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89 O n March 29, constituency leaders from the nation’s capital, state rep- resentatives from across the U. S., and diplomatic representatives from several nations attended a seminar on global eco- nomic development in Washington, D.C., addressed by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. and his wife, Helga Zepp-LaRouche. LaRouche elaborated a paradox. On the one hand, the international financial system is in the process of systemic disin- tegration—a reality which the U.S. gov- ernment does not admit to exist. On the other hand, if President Clinton did rec- ognize the nature of the crisis and how to carry out an orderly bankruptcy reor- ganization in order to restart the econo- my, he would face massive revolt. The financial disintegration is being increasingly recognized around the world, LaRouche said. Nations such as Poland, Russia, China, and most of the Ibero-American countries, are now rejecting the “reforms” of the I.M.F., realizing that these are the worst things that could happen to the planet.The alternative, LaRouche continued, lies in the “Commonwealth” republican sys- tem, whose principles are best approxi- mated in modern history by the Ameri- can System of political economy. This system was developed through the influ- ence of the philosophy of G.W. Leibniz against that of John Locke, and generally through the war of the American colonies against the British monarchy— a war which continues to this day. We have not had many American Presidents recently who have fought the British, LaRouche said. President Clin- Washington Must Face Up to Economic Crisis Development Policy Seminar The second panel presentation brought together seven researchers, to paint the picture of America’s future if the Conservative Revolution succeeds. Victim by victim, the targets of the “Contract on America” were described, including: the elderly, the imprisoned, the poor, the sick, farmers, schoolchild- ren, and the “middle class.” Evenings of the two-day public con- ference were taken up with a Classical music concert, and with question-and- answer sessions with the LaRouches. Conference panels: Led off by Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche (bottom left), speakers included Rev. James Bevel (immediately below), Webster Tarpley (below), and Dennis Small (right). EIR Economics Editor Christopher White presents study of America's contracting productive capabilities. EIRNS/Philip Ulanowsky EIRNS/Philip Ulanowsky EIRNS/Stuart Lewis EIRNS/Stuart Lewis EIRNS/Stuart Lewis Click here for Full Issue of Fidelio Volume 4, Number 2, Summer 1995 © 1995 Schiller Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission strictly prohibited.
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On March 29, constituency leadersfrom the nation’s capital, state rep-
resentatives from across the U. S., anddiplomatic representatives from severalnations attended a seminar on global eco-nomic development in Washington, D.C.,addressed by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.and his wife, Helga Zepp-LaRouche.
LaRouche elaborated a paradox. Onthe one hand, the international financialsystem is in the process of systemic disin-tegration—a reality which the U.S. gov-ernment does not admit to exist. On theother hand, if President Clinton did rec-ognize the nature of the crisis and howto carry out an orderly bankruptcy reor-ganization in order to restart the econo-my, he would face massive revolt.
The financial disintegration is beingincreasingly recognized around the
world, LaRouche said. Nations such asPoland, Russia, China, and most of theIbero-American countries, are nowrejecting the “reforms” of the I.M.F.,realizing that these are the worst thingsthat could happen to the planet.Thealternative, LaRouche continued, lies inthe “Commonwealth” republican sys-tem, whose principles are best approxi-mated in modern history by the Ameri-can System of political economy. Thissystem was developed through the influ-ence of the philosophy of G.W. Leibnizagainst that of John Locke, and generallythrough the war of the Americancolonies against the British monarchy—a war which continues to this day.
We have not had many AmericanPresidents recently who have fought theBritish, LaRouche said. President Clin-
Washington Must Face Up to Economic CrisisDevelopment Policy Seminar
The second panel presentationbrought together seven researchers, topaint the picture of America’s future ifthe Conservative Revolution succeeds.Victim by victim, the targets of the“Contract on America” were described,including: the elderly, the imprisoned,the poor, the sick, farmers, schoolchild-ren, and the “middle class.”
Evenings of the two-day public con-ference were taken up with a Classicalmusic concert, and with question-and-answer sessions with the LaRouches.
Conference panels: Led off by Institutefounder Helga Zepp-LaRouche (bottomleft), speakers included Rev. James Bevel(immediately below), Webster Tarpley(below), and Dennis Small (right).
EIR Economics Editor Christopher Whitepresents study of America's contractingproductive capabilities.
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‘It is customary to think of the Renais-sance as a rebirth of learning in all
realms, and so the growth of vernacularliterature and the proliferation of booksis to be expected. But throughout theMiddle Ages, the written word was noless important. Christian faith was tightlybound to the Holy Word. The Gospel ofJohn begins: ‘In principio erat verbum, etverbum erat apud Deum’ (‘In the begin-ning was the Word, and the Word waswith God’). In no other religion is God rep-resented holding a book. The developmentof illuminated manuscripts in Florencewas utterly dependent on the perpetua-tion of medieval traditions of faith andlearning and the fervent pursuit of spiri-tual life within the city. In the Four-
teenth and Fifteenth centuries, manu-script production flourished in Florenceat a moment when the intellectual, secu-lar, and spiritual realms were interwovenand demonstrated a like desire for illu-minated books, many of which were cre-ated by the city’s finest painters”[Emphasis added; the other “religions ofthe Book”—Islam and Judaism—forbidgraphical representations of God.]
This pregnant observation concludesthe essay by Barbara Drake Boehm,entitled, “The Books of the FlorentineIlluminators,” which is included inPainting and Illumination in EarlyRenaissance Florence, 1300-1450 (NewYork: Metropolitan Museum of Art,1994, $75 hardbound), the catalog of agroundbreaking exhibition held lastwinter at the Metropolitan Museum ofArt in New York, which closed in Feb-ruary. The exhibition briefly overlappedanother one, dedicated exclusively to
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ton gives this country once again a Presi-dent who knows the British are theproblem—and he’s trying to find hisway to a path of growth and economicopportunity. But the reality is that Clin-ton does not know what to do, and that,if he did know and tried to do it, hewould be “lynched.”
Yet, the American Presidency is thecrucial agency for replacing the bankruptworld monetary system. Eighty percentof the world’s currency transactions aredenominated in U.S. dollars, and there-fore the dollar is the bulwark of interna-tional economic life. The power restswith the U.S., and particularly the Presi-dency, for making the necessary changes.
Therefore, President Clinton must betaught what to do, and must garner sup-port, LaRouche emphasized. But to winhim that support, we must confront hisbiggest problem—the “dumb citizens”who believe all the myths which havegotten us into the mess in the first place.
Using the example of Shakespeare’sHamlet, LaRouche told the leaders thatthey must learn the lessons of Classicaltragedy, and be prepared to discard theold ways of thinking that have led to thecurrent financial and economic disaster.Too many Americans would “rather bearthe ills we have, than fly to others weknow not of,” and have submitted to the“dread of something after death [of theI.M.F.],” said LaRouche, recalling Ham-let’s famous Act III soliloquy. Under thoseconditions, as in the drama, we will all endup dead.
Helga Zepp-LaRouche then spokeon the view from Europe of the currentcrisis. After reviewing how variousEuropean elites are showing a muchgreater awareness of the depth of thedisintegration crisis than are Americans,Zepp-LaRouche shifted gears intoexamples of the new fascist thinkingwhich is being discussed at Europeanmeetings of the Conservative Revolutionelite. The oligarchy is prepared to throwaway all norms of human and civilrights, and to “solve” this financial crisisin the same way they solved the 1930’sDepression, she said—with full-fledgedfascist economic programs, death campsand all.
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