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Three-child policy is poised to fail as the communist state continues to focus on development at the expense of rights

The Now-Lit Fuse of Thermonuclear War? Moderator’s Opening Remarks Harley Schlanger moderated the first panel of the May 8 conference, which began at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Schlanger serves on the Board of the Schiller Institute. For 20 years he was a national spokesman for Lyndon LaRouche. Welcome to the Schiller Institute conference, “The Moral Collapse of the Trans-Atlantic World Cries Out for a New Paradigm.” I’m Harley Schlanger, and I will moderate the first panel, which is entitled “...

SUBSCRIBE TO EIR Executive Intelligence Review. Replace Murderous Sanctions with Economic Reconstruction by Harley Schlanger kremlin.ru President Vladimir Putin of Russia, in his annual State of the Nation address on April 21, warned that Russia will not tolerate actions that threaten its sovereign interests. April 23—As tensions increase dramatically due to the targeting of Russia, China and other nations that refuse to submit to the unipolar, “rules-based order” enforced by the U.S., UK...

(Part II) An antidote (not the only one) to the rise of consumerism is Catholic Social Doctrine.  From the beginning of the modern Catholic social thought in the pathbreaking encyclical of Pope Leo XIII entitled Rerum Novarum (A New Order) in 1892, popes have cautioned that growing consumerism has been a threat to Human Dignity, Solidarity,  the Preferential Option for the Poor, the Common God, and, more recently, Care for Creation.  The emphasis on accumulating more and more wealth and cons...

My Thoughts On An Improved US-Africa Policy for President Biden I was asked to participate on inauguration day in an event sponsored by African Women for Biden/Harris 2020. As an American, who is knowledgeable about Africa, I was pleased to present my ideas for an improved US-Africa policy. Below is the content of my remarks.. January 20, 2021 Hello, this is Lawrence Freeman. I am happy to join you this afternoon in celebrating the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris. I...

SUBSCRIBE to EIR Daily Alert Service Call for ‘Unity’ Is Not Enough: Development Is the New Name of Unity! Jan. 21 , 2021 (EIRNS)—In her week strategic webcast today, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, commented on her observation of the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States. “I watched the inauguration and his speech, naturally. First of all, I’m not impressed by his artists’ tastes. I thought that Lady Gaga was quite horrible; if you comp...

SUBSCRIBE to EIR Daily Alert Service At Home and Abroad: The Only Viable War-Avoidance Strategy Is Rapid Economic Development The systemic breakdown crisis of the entire trans-Atlantic economic system which Lyndon LaRouche warned about as far back as 1971, is now fully underway and is bringing the United States and the world to the brink of fascist policies, both economically and politically—exactly as LaRouche forecast would occur, were his policies for global economic development not adopte...

A culture of care as a path to peace in Africa Every year on New Year’s Day, the Pope invites us to reflect on the importance of peace. Is the world listening? Fr. Enobong Paulinus Udoidiong - Rome, Italy. The message of peace is always the clarion call of the Church, to the world, on the first day of the New Year. This Year 2021, Pope Francis wants us to cultivate a culture of care as a path to peace. COVID-19: Testimonies of solidarity Even with all the suffering wrought by the coronaviru...