Will We ‘Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles,’ as LaRouche Did?

In response to the complete detachment by Western political leaders and the Establishment to respond adequately to successive global and domestic crises, American statesman and economist Lyndon LaRouche began his campaign for the Presidency in 1976, and continued running until 2004. LaRouche’s own qualifications for President came from his own intellectual work in matters related to physical economy, science, and statecraft, which he had developed and formed as the basis for his own organization in the early 1970s, which has exerted a significant influence into policy-making circles internationally, including in Russia, China, and nations of the Global South.

Like LaRouche, and like the revolutionaries in the early American colonies who decided, 250 years ago, “to take arms against the sea of troubles” caused by the British empire, “and by opposing, end them,” this generation of Americans, watching the mass killing of innocent people in Palestine, and the pursuit of a senseless war in Ukraine, must rise up and declare their independence from the crimes being committed once again by the British Empire, but now in the name of the United States – their name.

Many important discussions are taking place between the U.S. and other nations on matters of war and peace. In Istanbul, talks between Ukraine and Russia are beginning, while delegations of the two countries arrive. The British Empire, as they did in the Summer of 2022 in the Istanbul 1.0 talks, are now attempting to cajole Zelenskyy ahead of talks to provide “background advice” as to how he should handle the meeting. This means sabotaging the opportunity for peace, and continuing the war to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and by extension, the possibility for a new security and development framework.

Underneath the glitz, glitter and chatter of self-congratulation by the Trump Administration, of facilitating talks under the pretense of securing “America’s interests first,” what’s required in all the hotspots of conflict—Ukraine, Southwest Asia, India-Pakistan—is a new security and development framework which provides mutual benefit and lasting incentives for all nations to pursue their sovereignty and development, in harmony with each other. In his 1976 presidential campaign, LaRouche proposed his International Development Bank (IDB) as a means to develop the nations of the Global South against the usurious, murderous practices of the IMF and World Bank. Today, Helga Zepp-LaRouche is calling for a new, security and development architecture, through her 10 Principles, which will be the central topic of the Schiller Institute May 24-25 Memorial Day Conference, “A Beautiful Vision in Times of Great Turbulence,” 9 days from now.

To depart from the process of confrontation and “just wars” being committed in the name of the U.S., such as in Gaza, and to embark on a new process of dialogue with other nations, your participation and organizing for that conference can begin to shape that.

Speakers: Cliff Kiracofe