Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 26. oktober, 2016 – Er du virkelig rede til at sætte dit liv ind på, at Barack Obama ikke vil starte en krig med Rusland (eller Kina) i de tre måneder, han har tilbage? Den eneste måde at sikre, at han ikke gør, er en stærk, tværpolitisk mobilisering for at lukke ham ned, tvinge ham ud, og at begynde en hurtig genopbygning af vores ødelagte økonomi, baseret på Alexander Hamiltons principper. Det vil bringe Amerika ind i et produktivt, økonomisk samarbejde og samarbejde om rummet med de asiatiske magter, som Obama har forsøgt at provokere til krig.

Det er dette mål, og ikke de ynkelige kandidater, der konkurrerer om at efterfølge Obama i embedet, som bør være fokus for vores opmærksomhed. Det indlysende stærke pres på Obama fra det britiske monarkis og den allierede regerings Konservative Partis side, for at få en betydningsfuld gengældelsesaktion i Syrien imod Vladimir Putins succesfulde intervention dér, har sat kampe i gang i Obamas Hvide Hus over krigspolitik.

Obama ønsker tydeligvis et opgør med Putin og har samme modvilje mod Kinas præsident Xi, men er ikke i stand til at gøre noget ved det, bortset fra krig, der hurtigt kan blive den, hvor der er »ingen overlevende«. Men han har rådgivere og medlemmer af kabinettet, og frem for alt briterne, der siger, at han skal »vove det«.

Putin, med stærk støtte fra Kina og Indien, har styringen mht. at bringe »evindelig krig« til en afslutning i Sydvestasien. Xis økonomiske »win-win«-politik har efterladt Obama uden nogen asiatiske allierede, hverken til handelskrig eller krig i det Sydkinesiske Hav.

Han nægter at tilslutte sig Putin eller Xi; hverken i fredsforhandlinger eller i bekæmpelse af terrorisme, eller i opbygning af nye infrastrukturkorridorer og udforskning af rummet.

Lyndon LaRouche opsummerede det eftertrykkeligt i dag: Putin og Xi, og især Putin, har styringen – med mindre Obama går til total krig med dem. Og Putin vil ikke tillade det at ske på den måde, som Obama tænker på. »Man kan ikke indgå kompromis med dette, eller tage afslappet på denne trussel – og der har været tale om en vis afslappelse i den henseende«, sagde LaRouche. »Luk Obama ned, for det er vi nødt til, for at redde nationen, for at redde verden.«

Erfarne kilder i Washington siger nu, at Obama er stærkt svækket af eksplosionen af Obamacare og hans fejlslagne Dodd/Frank-lovgivning, der er mislykkedes med at stoppe Wall Street bankernes konstante kriminelle adfærd. Hans præsidentskab markeres af konstante, mislykkede eller rent ud katastrofale krige. Narkotika- og selvmordsepidemier i Amerika har ramt 50 stater, og er blevet det overvejende problem i mange stater; Obama har – for nu at udtrykke det mildt – intet gjort for det.

Det er netop grunden til, at den farligste af de to, førende præsidentkandidater fortsat er Barack Obama. Tiden er ikke til at mildne presset på Obama netop nu, hvor hans »stræben efter sit eftermæle« kunne slå os ihjel.

Denne nations førsteprioritet er forsat en tværpolitisk bevægelse for at fjerne Obamas hænder fra amerikanske militærkapaciteter; og at tage ledelsen i en økonomisk genrejsning, gennem Lyndon LaRouches »Fire Love«, baseret på Hamiltons principper.

Foto: Den russiske præsident Putin og den kinesiske præsident Xi under en diskussion den 15. oktober, i Benaulim, Indien. [en. kremlin.ru]  

Bruxelles, 24. okt., 2016 – (Agora Erasmus[1]) – »Det vil ikke være muligt« for Belgien at godkende det i dag, sagde præsidenten for Valloniens parlament, André Antoine her til morgen på belgisk radio BEL RTL, med en respons til det seneste »ultimatum« fra EU-rådets præsident Donald Tusk, der indkaldte Vallonien til at ratificere CETA[2]-aftalen i dag. CETA, den ’Omfattende Økonomiske Handelsaftale’ mellem EU og Canada, er den økonomiske laissez-faire-afregulerings offensiv, der angiveligt skulle kickstarte væksten i det transatlantiske område.

Antoine fortsatte, »Der er et enormt misk-mask af tekster. Dette er ikke seriøs, international lovgivning … For det andet, så er ultimatummer og trusler ikke en del af et demokrati. Vi vil have en aftale, vi vil have en traktat; men vi ønsker at forhandle den med et minimum af høflighed og respekt«, sagde Antoine. En deadline ved årets afslutning ville være mere rimeligt.

Leder af Valloniens Socialistiske Parti, Elio Di Rupo, en af de mest udtalte modstandere af aftalen, tvivlede på, at man kunne nå frem til en aftale i denne uge. »Det tog dem flere år at forhandle CETA, og man nægter os et par uger«, sagde Di Rupo, en tidligere belgisk premierminister, søndag via Twitter. »Vil vi nå frem til en løsning? Det afhænger helt af indholdet. Hvis det ikke ændres tilstrækkeligt, vil vi fastholde vores modstand.«

EU og Wall Street Journal fik allerede anfald, hvor de bed i gulvtæppet, sidste fredag efter de opdagede, at den belgiske region Vallonien stemte 44-22 imod at ratificere CETA-traktaten og erklærede, at teksten var uacceptabel. I en smuk tale forklarede den modige ministerpræsident fra Vallonien, Paul Magnette, hvordan deres krav og forslag simpelt hen var blevet ignoreret. Trusler mod den demokratiske proces bør standse, sagde han. Der udbrød panik i Bruxelles.

CETA anses korrekt for at være den »Trojanske Hest« i Obamas TAFTA/TTIP[3] frihandelsaftale mellem USA og EU. Rent bortset fra de sædvanlige fantasier om formodede fordele ved frihandel og afregulering, så ville en ratificering af CETA have betydet at acceptere det perverse system med Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDS[4]), som også udgør kernen i Obamas TAFTA/TTIP. Med denne »revolution« i afgørelser af tvistigheder, kan »investorer« (dvs., private selskaber, og ikke individer) lægge sag an mod suveræne nationalstater og kræve erstatning, når sådanne stater træffer forholdsregler, der går imod deres faktiske eller potentielle profitskabelse. Med en sådan ISDS-mekanisme, kunne »investorer«, i tilfælde af, at den tyske stat nationaliserede Deutsche Bank med det formål at reorganisere banken, Glass/Steagall-stil, lægge sag an mod den tyske stat for at gøre indgreb i deres retmæssige profitter. Nogle sådanne tilfælde af »privat voldgiftsret«, som allerede er blevet brugt i nogle tilfælde, men som ikke er reglen endnu, har allerede skabt nyheder: ud over de amerikansk-baserede gribbefonde, der lagde sag an mod Argentina for at afpresse dem for en falsk gæld, var der også tilfældet med det amerikanske tobakskompagni Philip Morris, der lagde sag an mod Australien for at ændre indpakningen af cigaretterne. Kort sagt, så ville CETA og TAFTA, i stedet for at give beskyttelse til borgere og nationer, tilbyde rævene frit slag i hønsehuset.

Hvis Valloniens modstand bekræftes her til eftermiddag, vil Tusk aflyse festlighederne omkring underskrivelsen, som var planlagt at skulle finde sted i Bruxelles den 27. oktober. Hvis en godkendelse af CETA mislykkes, blot få måneder efter, at Storbritannien stemte for at forlade EU, ville det være et slag mod EU’s bestræbelser for at demonstrere, at den forsat går frem som en levedygtig enhed.

Foto: Elementer af CETA er »den absolutte grænse for respekten for demokratiet«, sagde Valloniens leder Magnette.

23. okt., 2016 – People’s Daily, det kinesiske kommunistpartis officielle avis, bragte en lederartikel i dag med ovenstående konklusion, som respons på Obama-administrationens overlagte provokation fredag, den 21. okt., hvor de sejlede krigsskibet USS Decatur, der medfører styrede missiler, igennem vandene ved Kinas Xisha-øer (Paraceløerne). Lederartiklen protesterede stærkt mod provokationen og sagde, at Kina »vil tage en række effektive modforholdsregler«. De bemærker, at mantraet om, at sådanne provokationer tester »sejladsfriheden«, er et falskneri, eftersom der ikke er nogen begrænsning af sejladsfriheden ud over, at kinesisk og international lov kræver, at udenlandske krigsskibe skal have godkendelse fra den kinesiske regering, før de sejler ind i kinesiske vande. »Amerikanske krigsskibes ulovlige indsejling i kinesiske vande uden tilladelse er en alvorlig krænkelse af Kinas suverænitet og sikkerhedsinteresser, bryder både kinesiske og også internationale love og udgør en trussel mod fred og sikkerhed så vil som orden i de relevante vande«, siger erklæringen.

Men lederen går videre og fastslår den fare, at Obama, der nu har mistet sit »omdrejningspunkt Asien«-doktrins udspil for at inddæmme Kina militært, som et resultat af Filippinernes afvisning af Obamas krigsplan, nu hektisk handler alene og kunne komme ud af kontrol.

De fortsætter: »Washington må indse, at det retmæssigt er denne eneherskermentalitet, der har resulteret i dets faldende, globale indflydelse og manglende evne til at levere offentlige tjenesteydelser med positiv energi. Washington må ligeledes indrømme, at æraen, hvor ét land kan dominere et alliancenetværk ved at skabe spændinger med løgne, aldrig kommer tilbage. Der er ingen, der ønsker at svække USA’s indflydelse i det asiatiske Stillehavsområde, men en sådan indflydelse må baseres på en positiv helligelse til en fælles udvikling af hele området. Dets forældede eneherskermentalitet bliver på ingen måde accepteret af regionale lande, der aspirer til fred, samarbejde og fælles fremskridt.« 

Foto: Krigsskibet USS Decatur, der er bevæbnet med styrede missiler, sejlede tæt på en række øer, som Kina gør krav på, i det Sydkinesiske Hav den 21. okt., 2016, hvilket fremprovokerede en voldsom protest fra Beijing.  

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 24. oktober, 2016 – Hvert eneste af præsident Obamas signatur-programmer, startende med Obamacare, har bragt lutter død, ødelæggelse og økonomisk ruin over det amerikanske folk. I dag er Obamacare ved at kollapse, med millioner af arbejdende familier, der lever lige over fattigdomsgrænsen, og som står over for præmiestigninger på 60-70 procent om året, samtidig med, at dækningen krymper. De såkaldte millioner af amerikanere, som nu, praler Obama, for første gang er dækket af en sygesikring, er for det meste mennesker, hvis indtjening er kollapset til et punkt, hvor de er kvalificeret til at modtage Medicaid, sundhedsvæsenets program for mennesker, der lever på fattigdomsgrænsen – eller som lever en smule over fattigdomsgrænsen, og som derfor er berettiget til tilskud. For alle andre er Obamacare en billet til reduceret lægehjælp, forarmelse og en potentiel tidlig død.

Folk dør unødigt på grund af Obamas såkaldte sundhedsreformer, som blev skrevet af og for forsikringsselskaber, der nu selv flygter fra Obamacare-forsikringspuljer, fordi programmet er ved at kollapse, og refusionerne skrumper.

Præsident Obamas politik til bekæmpelse af narkotikamisbrug, som han har fået fra George Soros og i sidste ende fra den britiske krone, er lige så morderiske, om ikke værre. USA har oplevet en epidemi af opiumafhængighed og dødsfald på grund af overdosis, siden Obama kom til magten. I de seneste to dage har Washington Post rapporteret om det faktum, at Obama-administrationen gennem Justitsministeriet effektivt har lukket alle programmer til bekæmpelse af stofmisbrug, og som var rettet mod de store farmaceutiske selskaber og distributører af medicinske produkter, og som sendte stærkt vanedannende opiater ud på samlebånd og direkte lod dem oversvømme det sorte marked, ofte gennem online-apoteker uden lovmæssigt opsyn. Ifølge Washington Post’ redegørelse blev der skrevet 249 millioner recepter for opiumspræparater i 2015, og dødsfald på grund af overdosis har været stigende med 15 procent om året.

Og husk løftet fra præsident Obamas 2008-kampagne om, at han »ejede« krigen i Afghanistan? USA og NATO er, otte år senere, stadig kørt fast i Afghanistan; Taliban, ISIS, og Haqqani-netværk kontrollerer mere og mere territorium, og opiumsproduktionen er røget gennem loftet. Ifølge en rapport udsendt den 23. oktober af De Forenede Nationers Kontor for Narkotika og Kriminalitet, er opiumproduktionen i år steget med 43 procent (i forhold til sidste år), til over 4800 tons. Og indsatsen for at udrydde den har været så godt som lukket helt ned. Officielt er mængden af opium, der er blevet beslaglagt eller udryddet, faldet med 91 procent i det forløbne år. Ikke så mærkeligt, at mennesker i hele USA med en opiatafhængighed, og som ikke længere har råd til lægeordineret OxyContin (stærkt smertestillende medicin), nu kan købe heroin på gaden for en fjerdedel af prisen. Obama spiller en førende rolle i en ny opiumskrig rettet imod USA, en krig, som i sidste instans kontrolleres fra London. Det kan ikke undre nogen, at Colombias præsident Santos, der netop har lidt et ydmygende nederlag, da det colombianske folk afviste hans rådne amnesti-aftale med de narko-terroristiske FARC-guerillaer, snart skal besøge Buckingham Palace for at konferere med de britiske kongelige om, hvordan man redder FARC-aftalen. I løbet af de seneste mange år er produktionen af coca i det FARC-kontrollere område i det sydlige Colombia også steget voldsomt, i forventning om amnesti.

Det er ikke muligt at tage konsekvenserne af at have tolereret otte år med Obamas præsidentskab i betragtning, uden at lægge tallene for alle disse lig sammen. For hver uskyldig person, som Obamas dronekrige har dræbt i udlandet, og som personligt overvåges af præsident Obama gennem hans regelmæssige tirsdags- »dræber-sessioner« i Det Hvide Hus, hvor mange amerikanere er så døde som en direkte følge af bedrageriet med Obamacare og oversvømmelsen af landet med illegale, medicinske præparater?

Foto: Obama leverer endnu et mislykket forsøg på at overbevise amerikanere om, at Obamacare er en fordel for dem.  

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 23. oktober, 2016 – Søndag fremkom Kina med den samme mening, som LaRouche i månedsvis har fremført – nemlig, at Obama er så afsløret og isoleret internationalt, at han er færdig politisk, men derfor også endnu mere farlig, idet hans eneste valgmulighed (bortset fra at træde tilbage) er at lancere en krig mod Rusland og Kina, en krig, som med sikkerhed ville betyde en atomar udslettelse af en stor del af menneskeslægten.

China Daily, som er det kinesiske lederskabs hovedmedie, havde søndag en leder om »sejladsfriheds«-provokationen fredag, hvor Obama og forsvarsminister Ash Carter sendte et krigsskib med styrede missiler gennem kinesiske vande, uden forudgående advis, i nærheden af Kinas Xisha-øer (Paraceløer) i det Sydkinesiske Hav. Lederartiklen bemærker, at Filippinerne, under deres modige nye præsident Duterte, har afvist Obamas krigspolitik til fordel for samarbejde om udvikling med Kina. Ved at deployere krigsskibet, fortsætter lederartiklen, og hermed overtræde både kinesisk og international lov, »siger Obama til verden, at USA hverken kan tolerere et fredfyldt Sydkinesisk Hav, eller et fredeligt og stabilt asiatisk Stillehavsområde. Da USA ikke længere kan finde en marionet-ballademager, er det rasende Washington nødsaget til selv at skabe en forstyrrelse.«

Alt imens Kina fokuserer på de strategiske fiaskoer af Obamas krigspolitik, så udgør det økonomiske kollaps, skabt af Obamas mislykkede politik med at yde Wall Street kunstig støtte, i stedet for at opbygge realøkonomien, den anden gren af Obamas, samt af hans klon Hillarys Clintons, uafvendelige politiske undergang. Administrationen forsøger hektisk at udsætte det vestlige finanssystems krak til efter valget, ved at ignorere Deutsche Banks død, opløsningen af det italienske banksystem, virkningen af Brexit-valget og den »smitteeffekt«, som disse og andre krisepunkter har på Wall Street- og Londonbankerne. Men, hvad der er mere ildevarslende, så arbejder Obama på at starte en krig, før han forlader embedet, eller endda før valgdagen den 9. november – en krig over Syrien, Ukraine eller muligvis Korea; og en hvilken som helst af disse muligheder vil betyde krig med Rusland og Kina.

Krigens mål er ikke Ruslands eller Kinas mytiske »aggression«, men derimod det stik modsatte – nemlig den udviklingsproces, som allerede er sat i gang af Kina og Rusland, og som direkte bringer nationer i hele udviklingssektoren ind i et samarbejde omkring Kinas win-win Silkevejsudvikling, og som endda når helt ind i Europa, hvor det tilbyder de europiske nationer et alternativ til NATO’s krige og deres økonomiers disintegration. For at fremme denne samarbejdsproces afholdt Schiller Instituttet i sidste weekend to konferencer, én i Essen, Tyskland, og én i Lyon, Frankrig. Formålet med de to konferencer, der begge adresseredes af Schiller Instituttets stifter, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, er at bringe Tyskland og Frankrig tilbage til de Gaulle/Adenauer-traditionen, gennem samarbejde med Rusland og Kina. Essen og Lyon er europæiske hovedpunkter på Kinas Silkevejs-jernbanelinjer, som nu tjener til at udvide øst-vest handel og samarbejde. Konferencen bød på talere fra Kina, Mellemøsten og Europa, inklusive repræsentanter for institutioner fra industri, videnskab og ingeniørvidenskab, omhandlende det presserende behov for globalt samarbejde for at genrejse Europas og verdens økonomi. Kinesiske sange og Schuberts Lieder, der begge blev sunget at en kinesisk bel canto-sanger, og begge akkompagneret af klassiske, kinesiske instrumenter, anslog tonen for udveksling af kultur gennem Silkevejsprocessen.

Den samme proces finder sted i Manhattan, gennem Lyndon LaRouches Manhattan-projekt, som bringer nationer sammen for sammen at konfrontere den verdenshistoriske opgave, som menneskeheden i dag står overfor – enten et samarbejde om at opbygge verden og knuse terroristsvøben, eller også et fald ned i global krig under Jordens aspirerende, nye imperieherrer. Obama og hans controllers er svage og afslørede – tiden er inde til at skubbe dem ud.  

Foto: Krigsskibet USS Momsen, med styrede missiler, på afstand, det Sydkinesiske Hav, juli 2016. (Foto: Den amerikanske Flåde.) 

21. okt., 2016 – Både Rusland og USA er i færd med at koncentrere militære planer om Det arktiske Område. Tidligere på ugen rapporterede det russiske Forsvarsministerium, at en øvelse var begyndt på Kolahalvøen, i Murmansk, med 5.000 tropper og 500 stk. udstyr. Soldaterne vil bruge deres organiske militærudstyr til at flytte til øvelsesområderne i Pechengsky-distriktet, hvor de driver angreb fra den fiktive fjendes undergravende grupper tilbage undervejs og øver luftforsvar og aktioner, der er nødvendige, når fjenden bruger masseødelæggelsesvåben, rapporterer pressekontoret for den Nordlige Flåde, iflg. en rapport fra TASS.

I mellemtiden giver Pentagon voksende opmærksomhed til området, men er også forsigtige med at omdirigere for mange resurser, som behøves andetsteds. USA må »sikre sig, at vi fortsat er i stand til at operere deroppe; vi er bevidste om, hvordan tingene ændrer sig og er klar til at respondere tilsvarende«, sagde chefen for flådeoperationer, admiral John Richardson på en nylig konference, rapporterer National Defense. Pentagon har planer om at bruge $6 mia. deroppe i finansåret 2017, inklusive $296 mio. på projekter, der skal støtte den fremtidige anvendelse af F-35A fællesangrebs-kampflyet på Eielson Flyvebasen i Alaska; $47 mio. til byggeriet af en ubemandet hangar til luftfartøjer på Fort Wainwright, Alaska; og $20 mio. til ombygning af hangarer og udstyr på Keflavik-basen, Island, som støtte til deployering af P-8A rekognosceringsfly, iflg. en rapport fra Forsvarsministeriet til Kongressen, »Resurser til Arktisk Strategi«, der også kræver $461 mio. til projekter til forbedring af overvågning, kommunikation og radarsystemer til polarområdet.

Foto: Nordlys over Islands hovedstad, Reykjavik. Den nuværende internationale lufthavn i Keflavik ligger godt 40 km fra hovedstaden, og rummede indtil 2006 en amerikansk flyvebase. Der er nu tale om at genåbne denne amerikanske, militære flyvebase.   

21. okt., 2016 – Præsident Rodrigo Dutertes direktør for de sociale medier under Dutertes succesrige valgkampagne 2016, Pompee La Vina, har opslået en EIR-artikel fra 2004 på kampagnens Facebook, Pompee La Vina Duterte 2016. Artiklen, af Mike Billington, havde overskriften, »Shultz og ’hit men’ ødelagde Filippinerne«. Foreløbig har flere end 2300 mennesker linket til artiklen via opslaget på Facebook, og en af de første responser inkluderede et link til Lyndon LaRouches webcast fra 15. november, 2013, der havde titlen, »The Philippino Future«.

Mike Billingtons artikel fra 24. december, 2004, var en del af en EIR-serie, der dokumenterede tilfælde efter tilfælde af de »økonomiske hit men«, der ødelagde nationer gennem kup, IMF’s plyndring og andre midler. Artiklen leverede en meget detaljeret, skridt-for-skridt redegørelse for kuppet imod Ferdinand Marcos og den efterfølgende plyndring af Filippinerne gennem de metoder, som på tidspunktet for udgivelsen for nylig var blevet afsløret af John Perkins i hans Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (En økonomisk hitmans bekendelser).

Opslaget på Facebook havde overskriften, »The Secret Sin of US to Philippines – Disclosure Time« (USA's hemmelige synd over for Filippinerne – afsløringens time), og lød, »Ingen hemmeligheder forbliver for evigt skjulte. Disse dokumenter forklarer, hvordan de amerikanske IMF-’økonomiske hit men’ (globale eliter) hjalp det ’Gule Oligarki’ med at overtage vort land og vore resurser fra 1986 og frem til i dag. Er Onkel Sam vores sande allierede? Tænk igen. Her hjælper en PDF dig til at forstå, hvorfor præsident Duterte sagde, det er Kina, Rusland og Filippinerne ’imod verden’. Skynd dig at downloade filen, før den er væk.«

Det er ikke tilfældigt, at en nær medarbejder til præsident Duterte opslår dette EIR-materiale på et tidspunkt, hvor præsidenten netop har fuldført et historisk besøg til Kina, hvor han omlagde Filippinernes kurs mod det, som Helga Zepp-LaRouche har kaldt det »nye paradigme« med win-win-samarbejde mellem nationer og områder i verden, for store projekter, rumforskning og andre fremskridt inden for pionervidenskab.

Den fornyede gennemgang af Wall Streets kup imod Marcos kommer betids, fordi Obama-administrationen fuldstændigt er flippet ud over Dutertes besøg i Kina og hans omhyggeligt udarbejdede brud med Washingtons dominans. Daniel Russel, Obamas tilbageværende top-asienspecialist, er nu på vej til Manila for at foretage et skøn over skaderne og vende tilbage med anbefalinger for, hvordan Washington bør respondere.

EIR-pdf:

http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2004/site_packages/econ_hitmen/3150philipp_coup.html

Webcast med LaRouche om Filippinerne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggYb4UhQEU

Foto: Rodrigo Duterte i maj, 2016, under slutspurten til præsidentvalget.

20. okt., 2016 – Professor ved New Yorks Universitet, Stephen F. Cohen, sagde til radiovært John Batchelor tirsdag, den 18. oktober, at vicepræsident Joe Bidens trussel om cyberkrig imod Rusland, under en optræden i fjernsynet i weekenden, havde »forbløffet« Moskva. Ifølge en opsummering, der blev udgivet i The Nation, fordømte talsmand for Kreml og kommentatorer i Moskva Bidens udfordring som en bogstavelig »amerikansk krigserklæring mod Rusland« og som den første i historien nogensinde. Bidens erklæring, som tydeligvis var blevet planlagt af Det Hvide Hus, kunne næppe have været mere farlig eller ansvarsløs, især taget i betragtning, at der ikke findes nogen faktiske beviser eller logisk baggrund for de to beskyldninger imod Rusland, der synes at have fremkaldt erklæringen, og som omfatter angivelig hacking, rapporterer en opsummering af Cohens radiointerview, udgivet i The Nation.

Iflg. opsummeringen påpeger Cohen, at der faktisk ikke er fremlagt noget reelt bevis for denne beskyldning, kun formodninger eller, som Glenn Greenwald har fremført, »påstande uden noget belæg«. MIT-professor Theodore Postol har skrevet, at der »ikke findes nogen teknisk måde, hvorpå det amerikanske efterretningssamfund kunne vide, hvem det var, der udførte hackingen, hvis denne blev udført af sofistikerede nationalstatslige aktører«. I stedet, fremfører Cohen, »er anklagerne, som dagligt leveres af Clinton-kampagnen som en del af dennes udlæg af Kreml-lokkemad for Donald Trump, i bedste McCarthy-stil, for det meste politiske, og han beklager den måde, hvorpå amerikanske efterretningsfolk har ladet sig bruge til dette uprofessionelle formål«.

En efterretningsekspert påpegede over for EIR, at anvendelsen af ordet »fortrolig« af direktør for Statens Efterretningsvæsen, James Clapper, og af sekretær for Indlandssikkerhed, Jeh Johnson, i deres erklæring fra 7. okt., som anklagede Rusland for at hacke ind i amerikanske valgsystemer og e-mail-konti, indikerer, at der i virkeligheden er en 55-45 splittelse inden for efterretningssamfundet om denne konklusion, og at det viser, at der er udbredt uenighed om, hvem, der faktisk var ansvarlig for hacker-angrebet.    

Uddrag af LaRouchePAC Internationale webcast, 21. oktober, 2016.

Efterfølgende kan udskrift af hele webcastet læses på engelsk.

Matthew Ogden: Vi vil begynde med en kort gennemgang af verdenssituationen; men vi har også et særligt ’traktement’ til jer i dag, som er at give jer de redskaber, I behøver for at blive de aktivister, som I må være for at gå med i vores presserende mobilisering omkring LaRouches Fire Love.

Men til en start mener jeg, at vi kan bedømme vores situation som følger: Til trods for valggalskaben, som virkelig dominerer den gennemsnitlige amerikaners psyke lige nu, og, tror jeg, som forårsager en hel del psykologisk trauma, så er den virkelige, store historie den, at den globale omorganisering nu skrider frem. Vi ser noget, som er hidtil uset i nyere historisk tid. Denne globale omorganisering af historiske proportioner er åbenlys for alle at se. Den finder virkelig sted langs linjerne af det, som hr. og fr. LaRouche i årtier har ført kampagne for, omkring et nyt, økonomisk og strategisk paradigme for planeten. Dette sås i meget skarpe vendinger, som helt sikkert overraskede mange folk i Obama-administrationen, med den filippinske præsident Dutertes besøg i Kina; hvor han, i meget klare vendinger, meddelte, at han skiftede kurs, og skiftede Filippinernes kurs, hen imod det, han kaldte »Kinas ideologiske strømning«, og ligeledes Ruslands. Dette er blot det seneste i et mønster af lande, der engang ansås for at være solide og indiskutable, amerikanske allierede, og som skifter kurs og kommer på linje med BRIKS, det Nye Paradigme og perspektivet for den Nye Silkevej. Det skal siges, at dette ikke er et spørgsmål om, hvem, der bliver præsident om tre uger eller tre måneder; men det er i virkeligheden et spørgsmål om, hvem, der har været præsident i de seneste syv et halvt år.

Dette er, på trods af alt det, Obama forsøger at gøre krav på, i form af hans store, økonomiske successer osv., Obamas sande eftermæle på verdensscenen. Pointen er, at disse nationer, der ser den disintegration, som nu finder sted i Europa og i det transatlantiske system, samt spredningen af kaos og evindelige krige og terrorisme osv.; disse nationer har set, at der findes et alternativ derude, som nu er fremme på bordet; og det er et både økonomisk og strategisk levedygtigt alternativ, der er vokset frem. De er ved at beslutte at springe med om bord og opgive dette døde og døende system; og i stedet gå med i et nyt paradigme, som klart viser sig at være fremtidens bølge.

Det bør understreges, at dette på ingen måde er en ekskluderende, geopolitisk blok, og heller ikke er en slags forældet geopolitik i kynisk koldkrigs-stil. Som Xi Jinping gentagne gange har sagt, så er dette et fuldstændigt nyt paradigme for internationale relationer, og det er et »win-win«-paradigme; det er noget, som alle kan tilslutte sig, inklusive USA – som Xi Jinping udtrykkeligt har indbudt, under en fælles pressekonference med Obama for næsten to år siden. Obama afviste det; men det betyder ikke, at USA ikke kan gå med i dette nye paradigme.

Det er vores ansvar, og det er vores job at skabe præcis dette dramatiske skift i amerikansk politik. Det bringer os frem til denne afgørende kampagne omkring den mobilisering, som vi nu er engageret i, for at få LaRouches Fire Økonomiske Love vedtaget og sat i kraft, og for at vende tilbage til Alexander Hamiltons principper, som det forklares i hans fire, banebrydende økonomiske rapporter til Kongressen. Vi vil foretage en ny gennemgang af substansen i disse rapporter; og vi vil også præsentere jer for en ny kampagneside på vores handlingscenter (på LaRouchePAC’s hjemmeside), som vil give jer redskaberne til at gå med i denne mobilisering og til at opnå den form for fast baggrund, som I behøver til at aktivere jer selv omkring.

Men før vi kommer til det, så er der et par afgørende udviklinger, der er sket blot inden for de seneste par timer – 24 timer eller mindre – omkring LaRouche-bevægelsens aktiviteter, både her i USA og internationalt. For det første, så er de første rapporter om en begivenhed i Tyskland, der stadig er i gang, ved at løbe ind; et Schiller Institut-seminar, der finder sted lige nu i Essen. Et seminar med 80 deltagere; med folk, der deltager, og med en hovedtale af Helga Zepp-LaRouche, hvor hun understreger denne dramatiske omorganisering og nødvendigheden af, at Europa går med i den Nye Silkevej. Højtplacerede repræsentanter deltog i begivenheden. De navne, vi foreløbig har fået, er: en embedsperson fra den Kinesiske Ambassade i Berlin, Tyskland; en repræsentant fra en førende, kinesisk tænketank, Kinesisk Institut for Internationale Studier; en repræsentant fra Etiopien; og også nogle eksperter fra den teknologiske sektor – en ekspert i maglev-teknologi, en ekspert i laserfysik og flere andre personer af denne kaliber. Vi vil få flere rapporter om begivenheden, og en audio af begivenheden vil blive tilgængelig, forhåbentlig ved dagens slutning, som I kan lytte til.

Der har også fundet en meget spændende begivenhed sted, som foregik i går aftes i New York City; hvor Jason Ross, medlem af LaRouchePAC Videnskabsteam, var inviteret til at fremlægge en meget detaljeret gennemgang af dette Nye Paradigme, den Nye Silkevej, BRIKS-perspektivet og alle de store infrastrukturprojekter, der er i dette program, ved et møde i New York-afdelingen af det Amerikanske Civilingeniør-Selskab. Jason Ross var hovedtaler ved denne begivenhed, med en detaljeret præsentation, før middagen, af udviklingen med Suezkanalen i Egypten, og ligeledes en endnu mere detaljeret gennemgang, efter middagen, af hele perspektivet med den Nye Silkevej og dennes implikationer mht. en potentiel fremtid med Verdenslandbroen. Dette var et meget aktivt forum med nogle højt kvalificerede ingeniører, der var engageret i en meget livlig og aktiv dialog. Så videoen af denne begivenhed vil forhåbentlig også blive tilgængelig på et tidspunkt; og vi vil også have en rapport om dette.

Jeg tror, dette giver jer en forsmag på præcis den form for aktiviteter, som vi hele tiden må være engageret i; og hold jer gevinsten for øje, som er det økonomiske program med LaRouches Fire Love efter Hamiltons principper. For, vi befinder os midt i en historisk omorganisering af globale proportioner, og som vil bestemme fremtiden for den kommende menneskehed.

Jeg tror, vi kan gå over til at diskutere disse ting, og så vil vi også, på et tidspunkt i udsendelsens forløb, præsentere denne nye kampagneside.

Engelsk udskrift:

LaRouche PAC Friday Webcast, October 21, 2016

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            TO MOBILIZE EVERYONE — EVEN YOURSELF!

        MATTHEW OGDEN:  Good evening, it's October 21, 2016.  My
name is Matthew Ogden and you're joining us for our weekly
broadcast here on larouchepac.com on Friday evening for our
weekly webcast.  I'm joined in the studio by Benjamin Deniston —
my colleague from the LaRouche PAC Science Team; and via video by
two members of the Policy Committee: Bill Roberts from Detroit,
Michigan; and Diane Sare from New York City.  We're going to
begin with a brief overview of the world situation; but we also
have a special treat for you tonight, which is to give you the
tools to become the activist that you need to be to join us in
our urgent mobilization around LaRouche's Four Laws.
        But just to begin, I think we can situate ourselves as
follows:  Despite the election madness which is really dominating
the psyche of the average American right now, and I think causing
quite a bit of psychological trauma, the real story is the global
re-alignment that is now in progress.  We are looking at
something which is unprecedented in recent historic memory.  This
global re-alignment of historic proportions is obvious for anyone
to see.  It really is right along the lines of what Mr. and Mrs.
LaRouche have been campaigning for, for decades, around a new
economic and strategic paradigm for the planet.  This was seen in
very stark terms and which certainly caught a lot of people in
the Obama administration by surprise, with the recent trip by
Philippine President Duterte to China; where he announced in very
clear terms that he is re-aligning himself and re-aligning the
Philippines with what he called the "ideological flow of China"
and of Russia, too.  I think this is just the latest in a pattern
of countries which were once considered to be solid and
unquestioning US allies, re-aligning themselves with the BRICS,
the New Paradigm, the New Silk Road perspective.  It has to be
said that this is not a question of who is going to be President
in three weeks or three months; but this is really a question of
who has been President for the last seven and a half years.
        This, despite everything that Obama is trying to claim in
terms of his great economic successes and so forth, this is
really Obama's true legacy on the world stage.  The point is that
these nations, seeing the disintegration that's now happening in
Europe and the trans-Atlantic system and the spread of chaos and
perpetual war and terrorism and so forth, have seen that there is
an alternative out there that's now on the table; and it's a
viable alternative that's emerged, both economically and
strategically.  They are deciding to jump on board and abandon
this dead and dying system; and rather, join a New Paradigm which
is clearly demonstrating itself to be the wave of the future.
This should be emphasized that this is in no way an exclusive
geopolitical block, or some sort of old, cynical Cold War-style
geopolitics.  As Xi Jinping has repeatedly said, this is an
entirely new paradigm of international relations, and it's a
"win-win" paradigm; it's something which everybody can join,
including the United States.  Which Xi Jinping explicitly
extended the invitation for, at a joint press conference with
Obama almost two years ago.  Obama rejected it; but that does not
mean that the United States cannot join this New Paradigm.
        That's our responsibility, and it's our job to generate
precisely that dramatic change in US policy.  That brings us to
this crucial campaign around the mobilization that we are now
engaged in to institute Lyndon LaRouche's Four Economic Laws, and
to return to the principles of Alexander Hamilton, as was
elaborated in his four watershed economic reports to Congress.
We will be revisiting those in their substance; and we will also
be presenting you with a new campaign page on our action center,
which is designed to give you the tools to join that mobilization
and to obtain the kind of substantive background that you need to
activate yourself around that.
        But before we get to that, there's a couple of very crucial
developments that have occurred just in the last few hours — 24
hours and less — around the activities of the LaRouche Movement
both here in the United States and internationally.  First of
all, we are just now receiving the first reports of an event
which is still ongoing in Germany; a Schiller Institute seminar
which is occurring right now in Essen.  An eighty-person seminar;
people who are participating in this with a keynote speech by
Helga Zepp-LaRouche, where she emphasized this dramatic
re-alignment and the necessity of Europe to join the New Silk
Road.  There were very high-level representatives participating
in this event.  The names that we have so far, are: an official
from the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, Germany; an official from a
leading Chinese think tank, the Chinese Institute on
International Studies; a representative from Ethiopia; also some
experts in terms of the technology sector — an expert in maglev
technology, an expert in laser physics, and several other people
of that caliber.  We will be receiving more reports on that, and
the audio of that event will be made available, hopefully by the
end of the day today, for you to listen to.
        Also, we had a very exciting event that happened just last
night in New York City; where Jason Ross, a member of the
LaRouche PAC Science Team, was invited to present a very in-depth
overview of this New Paradigm, the New Silk Road, the BRICS
perspective, and all of the great infrastructure projects that
are coming out of that program, to a meeting of the New York
division of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Jason Ross
was the featured speaker at this event, with a pre-dinner
presentation in detail on the Suez Canal developments in Egypt,
and also an after-dinner more in-depth overview of the entire New
Silk Road perspective and what this implies in terms of a
potential future with the World Land-Bridge.  This was a very
active forum, with some very highly qualified engineers engaging
in a very excited and active dialogue.  So hopefully, the video
of that will also be available at a certain point; and we will
have a report on that.
        But I think that just gives you a flavor of exactly the kind
of activities that we need to keep engaged in; and keep our eyes
on the prize around this Hamiltonian-LaRouche Four Laws economic
program.  Because we are in the midst of an historic re-alignment
of global proportions, which will define the future of humanity
to come.
        So, I think we can have a little bit of a discussion on
that, and then we will also present this new campaign page which
I mentioned, at a certain point during this broadcast. We're going to
begin with a brief overview of the world situation; but we also
have a special treat for you tonight, which is to give you the
tools to become the activist that you need to be to join us in
our urgent mobilization around LaRouche's Four Laws.
        But just to begin, I think we can situate ourselves as
follows:  Despite the election madness which is really dominating
the psyche of the average American right now, and I think causing
quite a bit of psychological trauma, the real story is the global
re-alignment that is now in progress.  We are looking at
something which is unprecedented in recent historic memory.  This
global re-alignment of historic proportions is obvious for anyone
to see.  It really is right along the lines of what Mr. and Mrs.
LaRouche have been campaigning for, for decades, around a new
economic and strategic paradigm for the planet.  This was seen in
very stark terms and which certainly caught a lot of people in
the Obama administration by surprise, with the recent trip by
Philippine President Duterte to China; where he announced in very
clear terms that he is re-aligning himself and re-aligning the
Philippines with what he called the "ideological flow of China"
and of Russia, too.  I think this is just the latest in a pattern
of countries which were once considered to be solid and
unquestioning US allies, re-aligning themselves with the BRICS,
the New Paradigm, the New Silk Road perspective.  It has to be
said that this is not a question of who is going to be President
in three weeks or three months; but this is really a question of
who has been President for the last seven and a half years.
        This, despite everything that Obama is trying to claim in
terms of his great economic successes and so forth, this is
really Obama's true legacy on the world stage.  The point is that
these nations, seeing the disintegration that's now happening in
Europe and the trans-Atlantic system and the spread of chaos and
perpetual war and terrorism and so forth, have seen that there is
an alternative out there that's now on the table; and it's a
viable alternative that's emerged, both economically and
strategically.  They are deciding to jump on board and abandon
this dead and dying system; and rather, join a New Paradigm which
is clearly demonstrating itself to be the wave of the future.
This should be emphasized that this is in no way an exclusive
geopolitical block, or some sort of old, cynical Cold War-style
geopolitics.  As Xi Jinping has repeatedly said, this is an
entirely new paradigm of international relations, and it's a
"win-win" paradigm; it's something which everybody can join,
including the United States.  Which Xi Jinping explicitly
extended the invitation for, at a joint press conference with
Obama almost two years ago.  Obama rejected it; but that does not
mean that the United States cannot join this New Paradigm.
        That's our responsibility, and it's our job to generate
precisely that dramatic change in US policy.  That brings us to
this crucial campaign around the mobilization that we are now
engaged in to institute Lyndon LaRouche's Four Economic Laws, and
to return to the principles of Alexander Hamilton, as was
elaborated in his four watershed economic reports to Congress.
We will be revisiting those in their substance; and we will also
be presenting you with a new campaign page on our action center,
which is designed to give you the tools to join that mobilization
and to obtain the kind of substantive background that you need to
activate yourself around that.
        But before we get to that, there's a couple of very crucial
developments that have occurred just in the last few hours — 24
hours and less — around the activities of the LaRouche Movement
both here in the United States and internationally.  First of
all, we are just now receiving the first reports of an event
which is still ongoing in Germany; a Schiller Institute seminar
which is occurring right now in Essen.  An eighty-person seminar;
people who are participating in this with a keynote speech by
Helga Zepp-LaRouche, where she emphasized this dramatic
re-alignment and the necessity of Europe to join the New Silk
Road.  There were very high-level representatives participating
in this event.  The names that we have so far, are: an official
from the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, Germany; an official from a
leading Chinese think tank, the Chinese Institute on
International Studies; a representative from Ethiopia; also some
experts in terms of the technology sector — an expert in maglev
technology, an expert in laser physics, and several other people
of that caliber.  We will be receiving more reports on that, and
the audio of that event will be made available, hopefully by the
end of the day today, for you to listen to.
        Also, we had a very exciting event that happened just last
night in New York City; where Jason Ross, a member of the
LaRouche PAC Science Team, was invited to present a very in-depth
overview of this New Paradigm, the New Silk Road, the BRICS
perspective, and all of the great infrastructure projects that
are coming out of that program, to a meeting of the New York
division of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Jason Ross
was the featured speaker at this event, with a pre-dinner
presentation in detail on the Suez Canal developments in Egypt,
and also an after-dinner more in-depth overview of the entire New
Silk Road perspective and what this implies in terms of a
potential future with the World Land-Bridge.  This was a very
active forum, with some very highly qualified engineers engaging
in a very excited and active dialogue.  So hopefully, the video
of that will also be available at a certain point; and we will
have a report on that.
        But I think that just gives you a flavor of exactly the kind
of activities that we need to keep engaged in; and keep our eyes
on the prize around this Hamiltonian-LaRouche Four Laws economic
program.  Because we are in the midst of an historic re-alignment
of global proportions, which will define the future of humanity
to come.
        So, I think we can have a little bit of a discussion on
that, and then we will also present this new campaign page which
I mentioned, at a certain point during this broadcast.

        DIANE SARE:  Good.  Well, I'll just add that what's come out
in the last days is the question of the Obama administration's
obsession with Lyndon LaRouche, through various of the Hillary
Clinton emails that have recently been released.  One, LaRouche
is mentioned over 40 times in these emails; in particular around
the question of Obamacare, which is just in its complete meltdown
phase.  I think they're trying to cover over the meltdown by
having doctors do 20 times more paperwork than they've already
been saddled with for their Medicare patients.  The whole thing
is insane; and what LaRouche had identified was that this was a
program like Adolf Hitler's T4 program to target these so-called
"useless eaters".  Ezekiel Emmanuel, Rahm Emmanuel's brother, who
was key in drafting the bill, in some of his writings made it
very clear that in his mind it was a real question; if a person
could not become a fully participating member of society, if they
were suffering dementia or other terminal illnesses, whether it
really was worth trying to save them at all financially, from a
dollar standpoint.  What happened — I'll just say to the credit
of the American people — is that in 2009, people may remember,
everybody came out with their pitchforks to skewer their
Congressmen; you had all of these completely raucous town hall
meetings in which the Congressmen were calling the police to
escort them home, because they were so afraid.  You had a quality
of fight.
        We also saw again a certain quality of fight around the
question of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
[JASTA], where the American people, led particularly by the
LaRouche Movement and the 9/11 Families, made it very clear that
there just are certain things that we are not willing to
tolerate; namely, the cover-up of who was responsible for
murdering Americans on that date, and the death toll in the
aftermath.  But I bring that up, because as Matt referenced early
on, there is enormous frustration, fear, and anxiety about the
fact that we have arguably the two worst candidates that we have
ever had in the history of this country; and we've had some
pretty bad ones.  People are thinking, "Well, how is this going
to work?  This is a disaster."
        I think people should also look at themselves, because: 1)
Had Bush been impeached when that was being discussed and was put
on the floor by Kucinich, and Nancy Pelosi took it off the table.
Had Cheney and Bush been impeached for all of their crimes — the
illegal wars, torturing people, and so on — you never would have
had an Obama administration.  The fact that Obama has not yet
been thrown out of office, when every single Tuesday he is still
holding meetings to decide who he is going to assassinate with
drones; and somehow this is not considered grounds to throw him
out and frankly put him in prison or put him in the criminal wing
of a mental institution or something.  In other words, that's the
cause of this crisis, not the so-called people who are before us
now in the elections.
        What we've seen in Manhattan is a shift; I think it's
dawning on people that perhaps if they want to change things,
they should start by changing themselves and changing the level
of their understanding and their thinking about what it means to
be a citizen in the United States.  We've started reading
Alexander Hamilton's original papers, which are posted now on the
website: "Report on Public Credit"; "Report on a National Bank";
"On the Constitutionality of a National Bank"; and "Report on the
Subject of Manufactures".  [We’re doing this] as a way of
qualifying ourselves to shape the policy of the nation.  This is
very important, because the United States in this way is
relatively unique; that is, the citizens of the United States do
have an enormous amount of power, which is not the same as what
you have in parliamentary systems.  The citizens are able, if
they are informed, to cause policy to be changed.
        That's why Obama's and Hillary's advisors were so freaked
out about Lyndon LaRouche.  Because LaRouche has demonstrated a
capacity through what he termed "the power of reason" to move the
American people.  We saw that with the concerts on September 11th
in memory of the 9/11 attacks; and we're seeing that now.  So, I
think this is a very important factor not to be left out of the
equation in terms of the shift which is occurring globally in the
direction of the BRICS.  Probably Bill or someone will something
[to say] about the situation in the Philippines, which I think is
remarkable in that regard, but we are absolutely I think in a
pre-revolutionary situation in the United States; and it's up to
us to put it in the proper domain.

        BEN DENISTON:  Because it's coming up now, I think it's
really worth just emphasizing for our viewers, for our
associates, for our activists that this issue around Mr.
LaRouche's role in the Obama campaign is just typical of what
makes Mr. LaRouche and our movement so unique.  Mr. LaRouche
acted in the future; he didn't respond, he didn't wait for the
kill lists to come out.  He didn't wait for Obamacare to be fully
demonstrated as it's being demonstrated now with people's rates
going up; the care people are getting is collapsing.  Even Bill
Clinton, who's been completely shackled under the Hillary/Obama
policy, came out saying this thing is insane and then backed down
from that when he was asked about it; but it's on video, you can
see it.  [LaRouche] didn't wait for that; he came out right way
and didn't just say it was going to be bad.  He said, "This is a
Hitler policy."  He forced the issue {before} it came up.  And
the reason why we put the Obama administration on its heels from
Day One, is because Mr. LaRouche took the lead; and didn't say,
"Oh, well this is the first black President, so we have to be
polite.  He's a Democrat, so we have to be polite."  He said,
"No, we can see now, this guy's going to implement a killer
policy, so we're going to call him out on the principle, on the
hardest level of the reality of what he's doing. This is a Hitler
healthcare policy. We're going to force the issue, and take the
fight to him right up front." That's what makes our Movement
effective. We act in the future, we don't wait for events to
come, and respond to them. We act on what the future is going to
be and what it needs to be.
        I think that's a really important precedent for what we're
facing right now, again, in this insanity around the "election
process," this Jerry Springer Show repeat of these "debates."
We're not responding to that. We're responding to the future, to
reality, what we're talking about with the world {shifting},
completely towards China's leadership on this New Paradigm, on
the absolute necessity for LaRouche's Four Laws for this
Hamiltonian program to save the United States.
        Those are the issues that are going to shape the future, not
responding to how ridiculous these debates are, who's saying
what. [With] the level of insanity going on in the United States
right now, it's worth instilling in people a sense of how you
actually fight to change history. It's this kind of process. It's
taking the lead, based on where history is moving, where society
is moving, what are the actual underlying principles driving the
process forward? — and acting on those, acting on the future,
not responding.
        Mr. LaRouche is mentioned in the Hillary Clinton emails.
That's no surprise. He came out, right out front, and forced the
issue, and drew the line, and that's been a critical factor in
ensuring the Obama administration didn't go full-scale Hitler
policy, even though they've gone that [way] to a very large scale
across many domains — healthcare, foreign policy, etc. But
that's leadership! That's what we're doing. That's why people
need to drop everything and work with our Movement more closely
and really get involved in our campaign, especially on this
Hamiltonian program. Because that's what's going to matter. Not
who has the best commentary on what's happening today, or
yesterday, or last week, but who's got an idea for where we need
to go and how to make that happen.

        OGDEN: The other thing that you can measure, in terms of
what the Obama Presidency has been, is how much closer to World
War III are we right now, than we were when Obama entered office.
If you look at the progression of history since the overthrow and
killing of [Libya’s Muammar] Qaddafi, and the spread of that
policy throughout North Africa and the Middle East, and the
attempt to do the same thing in Syria and elsewhere, {how much
closer we actually are}, right now, to an eruption of what would
become, in a very short period of time, thermonuclear war. And
this is being acknowledged by {everybody}, I mean [former
President of the Soviet Union Mikhail] Gorbachov, Kissinger,
people who you would not necessarily expect. It's a very
dangerous prospect.
        Americans should {resent} the fact that they're really being
{set up} by this election campaign, where there is a new
McCarthyism almost which is being instituted against the American
people, where if you question the no-fly zone [proposal for
Syria] or this Russia bashing propaganda or any of these
policies, then you are automatically classified as "Oh well, you
must be a Trump supporter," which is a ridiculous. Americans
should {resent} that kind of situation, and should say, "No!
Absolutely not. Not in our name. We do not accept being used and
manipulated into this kind of new Cold War, but really World War
III kind of program." It must be said that over the last 7-1/2
years, we have gotten perilously close to that threat. Again, Mr.
LaRouche was quite outspoken and quite explicit on that from the
very beginning. As soon as the Libya invasion happened, and as
soon as the death of Qaddafi occurred, Mr. LaRouche was on record
saying this is taking us down the slippery slope towards World
War III.

        BILL ROBERTS: I would also emphasize that there have been
important Presidential elections. There have been Presidential
figures who were effective such as Franklin Roosevelt, largely
because their Presidential campaigns were actually used to create
a current of real leadership in the population to be ennobled and
encouraged to fight. We haven't had an election like that for
years. There hasn't been a figure like that running for
President. Mr. LaRouche ran, literally, all of his [Presidential]
campaigns in this way, to educate and build up a constituency for
policies.
        Obviously [the current] election process is the complete
opposite. It's a psychological warfare operation on the
population. But we have an opportunity to create and educate the
kind of current of citizenry that can actually win the policy
fight, despite how insane this election is. This should be one of
the lessons of what Putin has effectively done, what Xi Jinping
[has done], this entire BRICS process. We have to actually build
up a capacity within the population to respond, now, on the basis
of knowing exactly what to do, to implement an economic solution.
        That's the Fourth Branch of government. That is the sense in
which Mr. LaRouche actually has been the Presidential figure
during this period. These emails, the process that's been
unleashed in the BRICS, has largely come out of Mr. LaRouche's
and Helga's life's work to educate the world on the principles of
economics, real economic development. Americans just have to be
encouraged to locate their responsibility and their duty in
something which is much, much higher that just voting in an
election. That doesn't require any courage at all. The fight for
ideas {does} require a little bit of courage, because we have to
challenge people to face their fears and confront the crisis that
requires specific qualities of ideas.

        OGDEN: Along the lines of exactly that "quality of ideas,"
our last two webcasts, here, the previous two Fridays, have been
focused around Mr. LaRouche's Four Economic Laws, and Alexander
Hamilton's four economic reports. We've really encouraged you, as
Diane said I think very correctly, "to qualify yourself as a
leading citizen in this campaign." And the way that you can
"qualify yourself" is to use that material to educate yourself
and to also engage in a mass-education process of the rest of the
American people.
        The average American citizen of that time, who Benjamin
Franklin proudly referred to as the "Latin farmer," was a very
literate, classically educated individual, who understood the
essential questions of the revolution, and prided themselves in
that. Hamilton educated those Americans about his ideas. He used
{The Federalist} letters. He used the media of his day — the
print media and otherwise.
        We're using the media of our day to do exactly the same
thing. That's what the LaRouche PAC website has been. It's been a
hub for that kind of self-education, and mass-education. The
community coming together around that kind of process,
nationally, is carried in the LaRouche PAC Action Center. On the
Action Center, we are proud to announce the launch, today, of a
new tool for you to use in that regard, and we're going to have a
little bit of a guided tour led by Ben Deniston, of this new
campaign page on our Action Center. This is on the
LaRouche-Hamilton Four Laws. We're going to walk you through that
here, but we also encourage you to immediately, on your own, get
onto this website, to sign up, and to be an active participant in
this new educational hub.

        DENISTON: We should be able to pull up the webpage for
people directly, so they can see it. What you'll see, if you're
newly visiting to the site, is right at the very top we have a
banner, advertising this new campaign page Action Center. This
could be, as Matt said, the hub, the mobilization center, to get
this policy through. If you don't see this banner, we will have
it featured in many other ways, including LaRouche's 4 Laws under
Our Policies. You can see this takes you immediately to a new
page, which is the landing page for this new campaign. Right
away, we're encouraging people — yourself, if you haven't done
so already, but if you have, encourage your friends, your
colleagues, your neighbors to do so — to sign up, to join the
mobilization. If you know LaRouche PAC, we're not just a news
service to throw things out to you; we're not just a commentary
service; we're a political {action} committee. We're putting the
emphasis on {action} in political action committee, and we're
asking {you} to make sure you get involved.
        We're doing stuff all around the country. Manhattan is a
major center of activity. We're leading the fight. But we also
have activity from around the nation, getting congressmen, labor
unions, state legislators, whatever groups, farm groups, all
kinds of organizations, on board in support of LaRouche's
economic reform program. We're asking you to get involved in that
process. Help make it happen, take action yourself. And its
starts here — on this page.
        If you return to the page, we can see that, right away,
there are three main sub-pages to this main landing page. On the
far left we see What You Can Do. If you simply click on that,
again, we're encouraging people to sign up, because the most
effective action activity is going to be in coordination with us,
nationally and, really, internationally. Again, we're running a
top-down coordinated campaign on this.
        But there's a series of measures that are being taken around
the country, and we're asking you to take also. There's a major
push to get elected officials on board with this, obviously.
There are bills to reinstate Glass-Steagall in both the House and
the Senate. That is a very straight-forward and easy task that
you can get your congressman to do — sign on to those bills, and
then push them to go farther, to understand the whole Hamiltonian
campaign. We'll get into that in a second. Intervene into local
meetings. Write a "Letter to the Editor." Under Print and
Distribute, we're going to feature, here, some leading material
which you can print out and take to these meetings and organize
with. So, these are some of the many things you can do.
        If you return back to the landing page, on the right side,
we're encouraging people to engage in a real social dialogue
around your activities. So, Report Back. We're going to be having
some breaking reports coming in, in just the coming days and
week. We've got some of the activity that Jason Ross was involved
in, which will be featured here, as was reported earlier. There's
other activity from Kansas, on major support from the Kansas
State Cattlemen's Association, in support of Glass-Steagall, and
LaRouche's program. Which is just a good illustration. If you go
out and organize these groups, people recognize that we need this
kind of reform, and we can bring these kinds of organizations on
board in support of this. So here is going to be our location to
report back, to comment on reports, to engage in discussion about
the campaign and the activity you are doing.
        Essential to this whole thing is the relevant background and
material you need to understand this campaign and to organize
around it. So, as you'll see, linked all over this page and the
sub-pages, including right here on the main landing page, the key
document is Mr. LaRouche's Four Laws paper. If you haven't read
this yet, this is a priority to read. You can access it directly
from here. It is a relatively short, very dense, very
well-composed presentation of the necessary program, in its
entirety. And it's the source of these Four Laws, four
components, but as Mr. LaRouche presents it.  If you understand
the necessity of this program, it's not four separate elements;
it's one policy, rooted in one scientific understanding of
economics.  Something rooted in Hamilton's work and developed
further by Mr. LaRouche in his work.  This is obviously the
central document to this entire campaign; and you can find it
linked all over the page.
        If you want more background, we have plenty of resources on
"Know the Full Story".  Some background on the crisis; again, Mr.
LaRouche's Four Laws paper linked multiple times.  And then
relative background on each of the Four Laws.  So, some of the
background needed for Glass-Steagall, for example; information
about the bills that currently exist in the House and the Senate.
Other resolutions and support for Glass-Steagall from all over
the country and internationally; if you haven't seen that, it's
quite impressive — the whole level of support already.  And
other relevant background, including some of the Obama campaign's
lies about Glass-Steagall; their Wall Street lies that it has no
relevance to the crash.  Something you've properly heard spread
throughout the media.  We debunk these kinds of things.  The
fraud of the Dodd-Frank issue, etc.  So again, relevant material
for people who are really organizing around this.
        Regarding the second policy point of Mr. LaRouche's Four
Laws — a Hamiltonian national banking system, again, we have
relevant background information for you here.  Mr. LaRouche's own
writings on the subject of national banking and credit, here and
featured in other locations, we have Alexander Hamilton's own
four reports to Congress; which as was mentioned by Diane and
Matthew, are a major focus of educating the American people on
the needed program today.  So again, we encourage to go directly
and actually read these reports; study them.  If you have
questions, or you want to get more information, engage with us.
The point is, we need people to understand the real roots of
American economics as Hamilton developed it and presented it; as
it was the founding core of our nation; and as Mr. LaRouche has
developed it to further degrees in the present period.  This is
what's needed in its entirety today.  Additional background on
how this Hamiltonian program has been brought to bear at multiple
points in the history of the United States: under John Quincy
Adams; under Abraham Lincoln; in certain degrees, under Franklin
Roosevelt operating under the constraints he could work in at the
time.  It's no secret to people who really know American history,
that this policy has returned repeatedly in any period of
economic recovery or upsurge.  That's what's needed today.
        Regarding the role of credit as Mr. LaRouche defined it,
specifically for the increases in the productive powers of labor
and the increases of energy flux density, we have some relevant
background material to understanding Mr. LaRouche's science of
physical economics and the role of credit in increasing these
critical metrics of real human economic progress.  So,
understanding Mr. LaRouche's concept of energy flux density,
understanding Mr. LaRouche's concept of the productive powers of
labor, this information is all available here for you to study;
some in video format, some in written form.  I would even
highlight Mr. LaRouche's own 1984 economics textbook, {So, You
Wish To Learn All About Economics?}; which is an excellent source
to understand the real science of economics as it is needed to be
understood today.
        And the fourth point, Mr. LaRouche highlights a science
driver program for fusion power and space exploration.  Again,
some background work from Mr. LaRouche directly on these
subjects; relevant material on fusion power; the role of a fusion
driver program for the economy — why this is critical.  And
similarly with space; why the space program is a critical
component to driving the economy forward.
        So, I would just restate that while we break down here
relevant background material for each of these four laws, these
four components, it is one program as Mr. LaRouche presented it.
What we're doing here is presenting you with secondary, tertiary
background material to understand all the elements.  But the
challenge we have before us is this Hamiltonian conception; we
have to educate the American people on this Hamiltonian-LaRouche
conception of real economics.  Most people probably know —
especially viewers of our channel, our website — there is major
support for Glass-Steagall out there; it's massive.  It's moving
forward; it's been moving forward, and that's critical.  But that
along is not enough.  Just Glass-Steagall alone is an absolutely
indispensable step, but it's only a step; it's a component of the
whole program.  We need to cut off Wall Street; we need to
separate speculation from the financial system; we need a stable,
regulated commercial bank system.  But, we need to actually
utilize that with a Hamiltonian program, with a National Bank,
with public credit to actually drive increases in the economy.
If we don't do that, we're not going to make it as a nation.
Glass-Steagall alone will not do that; it requires the
understanding that Hamilton understood.  We need to increase the
productivity of the labor force; we need to increase the energy
flux density of the economy as a whole; and people need to know
the science underlying these policies.
        I think we have a multi-faceted, but unified campaign here;
leading with Glass-Steagall as the first step, but then building
support among these people who support these reforms around a
real science of what it's going to require to grow again.  We
need real growth; we need real leaps in the productivity, the
value created by the US economy, by the US labor force.  We have
a wide-open opportunity to join with China, Russia, other
nations, in collaborating around those kinds of programs; but
it's going to require that shift in the United States to
recognize that's where we need to go.
        So, we have this new campaign page; it's an Action Center
location, it's a place for you, the activist, the members of the
LaRouche PAC to get involved in making this full Hamiltonian
program known to the American people.  Make it so you understand
all the elements integrated in their totality yourself, and you
can organize other leaders in your community — from regular
citizens all the way up to Federal elected officials around this
program.
        Just to reference back to some of the discussion, we're
acting in the future; this is what needs to happen in the future.
This is what you need to take action on now to shape where this
country goes; not responding to the insanity that's currently
called the news cycle, but getting active in shaping the future
of the country.  That's what makes this movement unique; that's
what gives us the chance to save this country at this late hour.
We would encourage you to get on these pages, to share these
pages; to get intimately connected to them and understand them.
And to get more involved in this campaign.

        OGDEN:  To accomplish this, we need to create the qualified
leadership.  This is not something where you can depend on
somebody else to do this; you can't depend on the "political
class" — so-called — to accomplish this.  We are going to need
to create a citizens' intelligentsia; and there is work that
needs to be done.  As Ben just went through, all the tools are
available to you.  You can attend these Congressional town hall
meetings; you can set up with your Congressional offices in the
districts and in Washington.  You can write letters to the
editor; this is a very important institution in the United
States.  Share your ideas with a mass-based readership of your
local newspaper, or national newspapers; and communicate the
substance of these principles — the Four Laws and the
Hamiltonian economic reports.  You can set up house meetings to
read Hamilton's papers in their entirety.  We've already begun
that process in Manhattan; there are weekly meetings now, every
Saturday, where some of the leading activists and leading
citizens in Manhattan come together and read these Hamilton
reports and discuss them, and discuss their implications for
today.  What's wonderful is that these are largely the same
activists who were involved in the presentation of the Mozart
{Requiem} on the anniversary of 9/11.  We are witnessing the
creation of this citizens' intelligentsia — a qualified
leadership for this country who are going to take the
intellectual responsibility to develop the knowledge they need to
exert the kind of leadership that's necessary.
        I might invite Diane to just say a little bit more about
this process of these weekly readings in Manhattan, as a model
for what can happen elsewhere in the country.

        SARE:  I know some people have discussed organizing such
readings; and I think that would be absolutely appropriate,
because that is in a sense, how the American Revolution was
organized.  In small circles of people discussing ideas; and it
is how Alexander Hamilton organized the republic with his
{Federalist Papers} with his collaborators John Jay and others.
I also just want to say, because part of the attempt to
intimidate and demoralize the American people is this big
promotion of this nonsense about Obama's great popularity and his
brilliant legacy of — as he himself puts it — "the greatest
economic recovery ever to happen in memorable recorded history of
mankind and civilization in general".  Which no one is
experiencing whatsoever.  And as far as his great surge in
popularity, the override of his JASTA veto in the Senate was 97 –
1; I would not say that 1 out of 100 constitutes a great spike in
popularity.
        I do think this case of the Philippines, I want to bring it
up because it's significant.  The Philippines, as people may
know, is not a particularly large or powerful nation. It's had a
special relationship with the United States, which had been
better when Douglas MacArthur was living.  The President has just
said to the US, "No, I am shifting our relationship to China.
We're not going to have a special relationship with the US
anymore; it's going to be with China, and with Russia."  What can
the United States do about this?  Absolutely nothing; we have
nothing to offer.  All we have is a lunatic who is having his
Vice President on his behalf and on behalf of the dying British
Empire, make threats about covert cyber-war attacks on Russia.
Of course, Ed Snowden asked the relevant question — maybe
someone should explain what "covert" means to these idiots.  I
think Americans should really take heart.  There is no reason for
you to be suffering, except a decision to go along with this
crap.  As we inform and educate ourselves as to what the Founding
Fathers actually intended with our republic, which is that
knowledge which is the bedrock of Lyndon LaRouche's life's work;
which he has taken to even higher levels in the realm of physical
science and physical economy.  That's our power; that's our
strength.
        And in these last two weeks before this dreaded election,
when it's clear to everybody that we are the best hope of the
United States, we should just be organizing.  I think that
webpage looks fantastic; that is a great resource.  So, we should
make use of it; everyone watching should forward it to all your
friends and neighbors.  Take this material and get on the warpath
a little bit.  There's no need to sit back and take this.  And by
all means, you certainly don't have to vote for either one of
these idiots.  So, I think it's a great moment of opportunity;
and the shift is being led right now by Putin and Xi Jinping and
Lyndon LaRouche.  We are the leaders of that in the United
States; and that's really your role and our role right now.

        OGDEN:  Wonderful!  So, I think that's sufficient for today.
Again, please become an active member of this new community that
we've set up with its hub on the LaRouche PAC Action Center.
There will be a free flow of ideas; report back, there's a field
there where you can type in your reports.  We want to share these
with as many people as we can to just sort of inspire people as
to what are the kinds of things that can be done.  There's
probably new ideas out there that haven't even been thought of
yet, but there's a lot that can be done right now.  All of the
material is available; this is something that you can use to pull
your friends into this orbit and lift people up out of the swamp
of this psychological trauma of this election period.  You can
inspire people and say, "No.  Don't become cynical; don't become
demoralized."  We have a lot that we can do.  This is an historic
and potentially wonderful time in human history; it is a
pre-revolutionary kind of situation on a world scale.  This is
your tool in order to become an active part of that.
        So again, it's on the LaRouche PAC Action Center, there's a
big banner right on the top of the larouchepac.com website right
now.  You can access it right there.  Please, sign up.  You will
receive updates and become part of the network; you can join the
Thursday Fireside Chat activists' calls; share your ideas, ask
questions to leading members of the LaRouche Political Action
Committee.  You can receive daily emails; you can receive the
weekly updates from LaRouche PAC in your email inbox.  You can
subscribe to both the LaRouche PAC Live and the LaRouche PAC
videos YouTube channel.  Just get everything that you can, and
become an active member.  You can expect some reports, I think,
from this historic seminar that occurred today in Essen, Germany
that was sponsored by the Schiller Institute; so please stay
tuned to the LaRouche PAC website for that, and for that numerous
other developments that we don't even know yet to have occurred.
But I'm sure that there will be a lot that will change over the
coming days and weeks.
        Thank you very much for watching today.  We look forward to
seeing you on the LaRouche PAC Action Center.  Stay tuned to
larouchepac.com, and good night.

20. okt., 2016 – Ruslands ambassadør til FN, Vitaly Churkin, responderede i går med et skarpt modangreb mod beskyldninger om, at Rusland skulle være ansvarlig for at forhindre, at humanitærhjælp nåede frem til Aleppo, og som var blevet fremsat af USA’s viceambassadør til FN, David Pressman.

»Det er ikke sandt«, udtalte Churkin. »Hvorfor nægtede det amerikanske militær at være opstillet langs med Castello-vejen sammen med det russiske militær, for at sikre denne vitale åres nonstop-operation? Hvad er det? Fejhed, eller et ønske om at opflamme lidenskaberne omkring Aleppo, koste, hvad det vil?« Churkin anklagede, at man »kunstigt pustede til konfliktens flammer udefra. Der er et svar til et spørgsmål, der blev stillet i dag, hvem bærer skylden, og det er kendt af hele verden: USA og U.K., som gennemførte en invasion af Irak og, sammen med andre aktører, lancerede en risikabel kampagne, der ikke tog højde for konsekvenserne, for at søge at opnå et regimeskifte i Syrien. For at opnå dette mål skyr de ikke støtte fra åbenlyse terroristgrupper.«

Viceudenrigsminister Sergej Ryabkov talte ligeledes i går for den russiske Duma, hvor han gjorde det klart, at Putin-regeringen ikke vil lade sig kue eller true til kapitulation.

»Hvis USA satser på at indføre yderligere strenge sanktioner [imod Rusland] i modstrid med sund fornuft og ved at se bort fra sine erfaringer, der allerede har været temmelig smertefulde for dem, så vil vi finde midler i vores værktøjskasse, der vil få en smertelig virkning, især mht. Amerikas stilling i verden.« Ryabkov sagde, at USA fortsætter med at udstede trusler imod Rusland »på daglig basis«, alt imens det »fortsætter sine bestræbelser på at bringe sin militære infrastruktur nærmere til de russiske grænser og danner anti-russiske alliancer med sine europæiske allierede«. Han tilføjede, at Ruslands respons hidtil har været »strengt proportional og passende« og »ikke ledet af følelser«, men at Rusland altid kunne skifte over til »asymmetriske« fremgangsmåder, om nødvendigt.

Dernæst angreb Ryabkov Obama-administrationen for at fremprovokere krig: »Under den nuværende administration, blev [den amerikanske udenrigspolitik] endnu mere arrogant, undertvingende og fokuseret på forsøgene på at gennemtvinge sin vilje over for andre lande … Det Hvide Hus kan kun bebrejde sig selv for problemerne i mange dele af verden, så vel som for vanskelighederne i relationerne med Rusland.«     

20. okt., 2016 – Under et »2+2«-møde i Washington onsdag mellem de amerikanske og sydkoreanske forsvars- og udenrigsministre, annoncerede Obama-administrationen en betydelig optrapning i atomkrigstruslen mod Kina og Rusland i Asien, under dække af enorme over-kill-forberedelser imod Nordkorea. Ifølge Voice of America onsdag, der citerede kilder i forsvaret og diplomatiet, annoncerede de to nationer lanceringen af forhandlinger om »udvidet afskrækkelse« imod Nordkorea.

»USA overvejer en permanent deployering på sine baser i Sydkorea af B-1B- og B-52-bombefly, der kan medbringe atomvåben, F-22 Stealth-kampfly, samt atomdrevne ubåde«, sagde VOA.

Mødet etablerede en gruppe på højt niveau for »Strategi for Udvidet Afskrækkelse og Konsultation«, ledsaget af »usædvanligt åbenhjertige, offentlige kommentarer fra de amerikanske hhv. forsvars- og udenrigsministre, om muligheden af en atomkrig, der indledes af Pyongyang på den Koreanske Halvø«, sagde VOA.

Dette må fortolkes som et gennemskueligt påskud til at stramme atomvåben-ringen omkring Kina og Russisk Fjernøsten, eftersom en overvældende respons på et nordkoreansk angreb ikke ville kræve sådanne deployeringer, lige så vel som, at deployeringen af THAAD er rettet, ikke mod Nordkorea, men mod Kina og Rusland.

»Enhver anvendelse af atomvåben vil blive mødt med en overvældende og effektiv respons«, brasede det ud af forsvarsminister Ash Carter, der tilføjede, at Sydkoreas sikkerhed bliver garanteret af »det fulde spektrum af amerikanske forsvarsevner«, hvilket vil sige atomvåben.

Sydkorea var repræsenteret ved mødet af forsvarsminister Han Min-koo og udenrigsminister Yun Byung-se. Yun sagde, Pyongyang nærmer sig »slutfasen af atombevæbning«, hvilket tvinger USA og Sydkorea til at bruge »alle instrumenterne i værktøjskassen« for at forsvare sig og få nordkoreanerne til at »føle panikken krybe ind under huden«. Han sagde dernæst, at Nordkoreas atomvåben og atommissiler er lig med »en dolk mod vore struber«.

Udeladt af diskussionerne var den kendsgerning, som anerkendes af næsten alle, at Obamas Korea-politik, kendt som »strategisk tålmodighed«, totalt er mislykkedes mht. at afslutte det nordkoreanske atomvåbenprogram – hvilket rent faktisk var hensigten. Ved at lade Nordkorea udvikle atomvåben, gennem en afvisning af at forhandle med dem, har Obama nu fået sit påskud til at forberede krig med Kina.

Kilder i Seoul sagde til EIR, at landet flød over med rygter, baseret på den aktuelle intense diskussionsrunde om en amerikansk militæropbygning i området, om, at Obama ønsker at »halshugge« Nordkorea inden sin embedstids udløb.

VOA bemærker, at nogle analytikere erkender, at de atomare affyringssystemer, som deployeres til Sydkorea, ikke giver nogen mening mht. Nordkorea.

»Jeg kan ikke se, hvad man skal med B-52’ere og B-1’ere på halvøen. Det placerer dem inden for rækkevidde af de nordkoreanske kortrækkende missiler og gør dem således mere udsatte, end hvis de var forblevet på [Guam]. De kan flyve til Korea på nogle få timer«, sagde professor i internationale relationer ved Troy Universitetet, Daniel Pinkston, forfatter af »Det nordkoreanske ballistiske missilprogram«. At udstationere sådanne fly og THAAD på den Koreanske Halvø ville være årsag til, at Kina »blev ekstremt oprørt« og til, at regeringsfolk i Pyongyang og Beijing skønnede, at denne fremskudte deployering af sådanne aktiver har til hensigt at afskrække kineserne, sagde Pinkston til VOA.

Carters barske henvisning til en atomar gengældelse forventes at rejse alvorlig tvivl om atomvåben-optionen, sagde Tara O fra CSIS, en pensioneret amerikansk oberstløjtnant i Flyvevåbnet. »Nogen må træffe en beslutning om, hvad en acceptabel pris ville være, hvis vi skal udføre noget som helst ud over retorik«, sagde O til VOA.  

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 21. oktober, 2016 – Kan det undre nogen, at Obama og briterne er synligt apoplektiske over den voksende indflydelse, som Lyndon LaRouches ideer og politikker har fået over hele planeten? Til trods for den farlige cirkusforestilling med det amerikanske præsidentvalg, har halvdelen af ​​planeten – hvis ikke mere – nu bevæget sig uden for Det britiske Imperiums bane og hen imod en ny kurs, der sættes af en økonomisk politik, som styres af LaRouches ideer efter Hamiltons principper sådan, som de kortfattet gives udtryk i hans Fire Love fra 2014. Denne fremgangsmåde er nu under hastig udbredelse uden for BRIKS-nationerne som sådan, og kunne blive den politik, som USA selv forfølger – hvilket er Londons værste mareridt.

Tag tilfældet med Filippinerne under præsident Rodrigo Duterte, der i dag i Folkets Store Hal i Beijing for hele verden meddelte, at »Amerika har tabt« og »jeg annoncerer min separation fra dem«. Han forklarede, at Amerika har tabt både militært og økonomisk, og han sagde til sine kinesiske værter: »Jeg har skiftet over til jeres ideologiske strømnings linje, og jeg vil måske også tage til Rusland for at tale med Putin og fortælle ham, at der nu er tre af os imod verden – Kina, Filippinerne og Rusland.« Dutertes ord modsvares af talrige konkrete, økonomiske aftaler mellem de to lande, som bringer Filippinerne solidt ombord på Kinas politik for Ét bælte, én vej.

Sammenhold disse udviklinger med Obamas knusende nederlag med underkendelsen af hans veto mod JASTA-loven, den tvungne frigivelse af de 28 sider [af den Fælles Kongresundersøgelse af 11/9], den »overraskende« vedtagelse af ​​Glass-Steagall i både det Republikanske og det Demokratiske Partis valgplatform – alle formet af LaRouches årtier lange lederskabsrolle, og alt i lyset af hele det transatlantiske finanssystems skrigende bankerot – og man indser, hvorfor Obama er løbet af sporet. Hans administration har drastisk optrappet sin konfrontation med Rusland, som det afspejles i vicepræsident Bidens nylige åbenlyse trussel om at lancere cyberkrig mod Rusland, såvel som også i det vanvid, der finder sted i Syrien. Og Obama bruger nu den orkestrerede koreanske krise til ikke alene at implementere THAAD-missilforsvarssystemet i Sydkorea, men også til at true Nordkorea med atomar udslettelse samtidig med, at han forbereder deployeringen af B-1B- og B-52-bombefly, der kan medføre atombomber, F-22 stealth-kampfly og atomdrevne ubåde til Sydkorea på permanent basis. Dette har kun ét formål: at stramme atomvåben-ringen omkring Kina og Russisk Fjernøsten.

Det er under kriseforhold som disse, at nationen og verden kan gribes af LaRouches idéer og principper.

Tidligere på ugen blev Lyndon LaRouche, i en artikel i Chicago Tribune, der omtalte ​interviewer Mike McKeons død, rost som en person, »der sagde tingene, som de er«, og som demonstrerede »forud-viden mht. at spotte de politiske tendenser«. Det vigtigste eksempel, som artiklen citerede, var McKeons berømte identifikation af Lyndon LaRouches afgørende, politiske indflydelse i Illinois før sejren dér i 1986, »længe før mange andre i det politiske etablissement«. Artiklen bemærkede, at McKeons kommentar om LaRouche-bevægelsen på daværende tidspunkt var: »Disse mennesker bør tages alvorligt.«
Ja, så sandelig …

Foto: Den filippinske præsident Duterte møder Zhao Jianhua under en reception for det diplomatiske korps under indsættelsesceremonien 30. juni, 2016. (foto: Presidential Communications Operations Office)

INKL. SÆRTRYK AF ARTIKLEN 'NYT KREDITSYSTEM'. 

Lyndon LaRouche udtalte følgende til LaRouchePAC’s Komite for Politisk Strategi den 17. oktober, 2016, med henvisning til præsidentvalget:

Der er en politik: Alexander Hamiltons politik, som den udtrykkes nu, i moderne form; det er, hvad vi vil have. Brug mit navn for at understrege Alexander Hamiltons navn som den person, der bør være den retningsangivende person for hele nationen. Jeg kan udrede det klart; det kan jeg gøre – jeg ved, hvordan det skal gøres. Det gør de fleste mennesker ikke; de hænger fast i fortolkninger.

Han var den ledende skikkelse i amerikansk historie, i dens tidligste del. Og i det tyvende århundrede har jeg været en ledende skikkelse i USA. Jeg siger nu, at Alexander Hamiltons lov, udtrykt i det følgende, i mine Fire Love, er det, der må gøres for nationen.

Vi har allerede politikken nedfældet, for vi har loven, der blev fremsat i mit navn for mere end to år siden. Dette er den lov, som bør være den retningsangivende lov, der bestemmer loven for USA som sådan.

Sig Alexander Hamilton; og Hamiltons lov og præstationer er de ting, vi peger på – dernæst bruger vi, hvad jeg har gjort, for lidt over to år siden. Jeg definerede [disse love] på ny, hvilket ingen anden person har gjort, undtagen i mit navn. Det er sådan, man skal se på det.

Det, jeg sagde, er meget enkelt. I 2014 fremlagde jeg en sag, den politiske sag, for USA’s folk. Det var, hvad jeg gjorde. Ingen anden havde gjort nøjagtig, hvad jeg gjorde. Men jeg har imidlertid ingen garanti for at løbe omkring på ubestemt tid. Pointen er simpelt hen at få en politik, en politik, der i dette tilfældet har eksisteret, og dette skal fremlægges som politikken. Det er ikke et spørgsmål om personer som sådan, det er et spørgsmål om at fastslå politikken. Det, jeg gjorde for over to år siden, er nøjagtig, hvad politikken bør være. Hverken mere eller mindre.

Jeg var den person, der fastlagde de »Fire Love«. Og jeg fremsætter disse love som en korrektion, for at korrigere og fjerne de fejltagelser, som er blevet opretholdt eller indført. Og som er fejltagelser. Med andre ord, så er det politikken, der er taget under overvejelse. Og politikken har en tilhænger. Jeg er den eneste, der udfærdigede erklæringen om Alexander Hamiltons love, som jeg fastlagde dem for over to år siden. Og denne proces trodser alle de former for miskmask, som på det seneste har været i valgprocessen. Punktum.

Jeg har her fremlagt en erklæring. Denne erklæring har sin egen, unikke karakteristik. Det er denne fremgangsmåde, der kunne vinde sagen. Det væsentlige er, at USA blev grundlagt på love, der blev skabt af Alexander Hamilton. I den nylige periode af mit liv har jeg været en ledende person med hensyn til at fremlægge dette princip. Man må udtrykke det på en meget ligefrem måde. De love, som vi ønsker at have, er de reformlove, som jeg introducerede på vegne af Alexander Hamilton. Det er måden at gøre det på. Og dette kunne være en lov, som alle nationer kan tage op og anvende.

Ideen var, at Alexander Hamilton var den person, der fastlagde det princip, som USA’s love bør hvile på. Og det blev ved navn fremlagt af mig, i den lov, som jeg introducerede for at blive praktiseret som sådan.

Jeg har instrueret kandidatemnerne i det argument, at Alexander Hamiltons program, som defineret i en fornyet form – at det er det, der må introduceres. Så enkelt er det. Planeten har brug for retningslinjer med hensyn til lov. Denne lov må anses for at være den retningsangivende lov, som er Alexander Hamiltons politik, som jeg har tilrådet nationen at praktisere. Det er en løsning, som vil virke.

NYT KREDITSYSTEM

Denne artikel er et særtryk af et indlæg fra Schiller Instituttets valgavis nr. 16, efteråret 2013. 

Grundlaget for et samfunds udvikling er ikke penge, men kredit. I det unge USA sørgede finansminister Alexander Hamilton for etableringen af et kreditsystem, så det valutafattige og gældsplagede USA kunne opbygge sin realøkonomi. På afgørende tidspunkter i USA’s historie er man gået tilbage til et sådant kreditsystem for at få nationen på ret kurs.

Danmark kunne på lignende vis skabe billig, rigelig kredit til investeringer i infrastruktur og samfundsøkonomien.

Efter at vi gennem en Glass/Steagall-banksanering har ophævet statens forpligtelse til at indfri bank- og finansverdenens spillegæld for hundrede af mia. af kr. – og fjernet denne gæld fra bankernes regnskaber – vil de tilbageværende værdier i bankerne ikke være tilstrækkelige til at skabe den nødvendige kredit, som økonomien behøver for at fungere. Vi må derfor skabe en ny kilde til kredit. Det kan ske ved en overgang fra det nuværende monetære system til den form for kreditsystem, der, under ledelse af det unge geni Alexander Hamilton, var den afgørende kilde til USA’s transformation fra en samling gældsatte kolonier til en supermagt. Det var det amerikanske kreditsystem, der, på trods af, at det undervejs blev saboteret en stor del af tiden, sikrede USA’s overlevelse og udvikling. Genindførelsen af dette kreditsystem er ikke blot en absolut nødvendighed, hvis USA skal overleve i dag, men er også et vigtigt forbillede for Danmark og Europa, hvis vi ønsker en lys fremtid, der ikke er afhængig af private finansinteresser og finansmarkedernes velvilje, men som i stedet giver os og andre nationer suverænitet og den frie vilje til at bestemme vor egen skæbne. Det amerikanske kreditsystem er dog en af de bedst bevarede hemmeligheder i såvel offentligheden som den økonomiske faglitteratur i dag, og vi vil derfor i det følgende give et indblik i afgørende aspekter af systemet og de perioder, hvor det, med stor fremgang som resultat, har været anvendt i amerikansk historie.

USA’s første nationalbank 

Inden for rammerne af et kreditsystem som det, USA’s første finansminister Hamilton satte i værk i USA’s tidlige år, er finanssystemet knyttet til den fysiske økonomi og gør det derved muligt at styre nationens opbygning med sigte på den fremtidige velstand og produktion. Dette gjorde det muligt for de amerikanske kolonier at sikre USA’s faktiske økonomiske uafhængighed, da man havde vundet kampen for sin politiske løsrivelse fra

Det britiske Imperium, i stedet for blot at have politisk uafhængighed af navn. For de amerikanske, grundlæggende fædre betød national suverænitet ikke blot evnen til at drive udenlandsk aggression tilbage og sikre de nationale grænser; det krævede etableringen af et økonomisk system, der var i stand til at sikre den fortsatte udvikling af nationen og dens befolkning ved at begunstige stigningen i arbejdskraftens produktive evne gennem en nationalbank. Allerede i 1781, før krigens slutning, skrev Hamilton til Robert Morris, den finansielle tilsynsførende for Den kontinentale Kongres, og forklarede sin idé: »En Nationalbanks tilbøjelighed er at forøge offentlig og privat kredit. Industri forøges, vareudbuddet mangedobles, landbrug og håndværk blomstrer, og heri består statens sande rigdom og fremgang. Den forvandler begge parters rigdom og indflydelse til en kommerciel kanal til gensidig nytte, der må tilbyde fordele, der er uvurderlige; der mangler et omsætningsmiddel, som denne plan yder gennem en form for skabende evne, der konverterer det, der således skabes, til et reelt og virkningsfuldt handelsinstrument. Det er udelukkende gennem en nationalbank, at vi finder bestanddelene til en sund, solid og gavnlig kredit med sikkerhed i værdipapirer.« Ved Uafhængighedskrigens slutning var den nyligt etablerede nation bankerot. En stor del af koloniernes fysiske økonomi var blevet ødelagt af kampene, og både den nationale regering og staterne befandt sig i en gældsklemme. Alene renterne på den totale gæld beløb sig til mere end hele den indkomst, der forudsås at stå til rådighed for den føderale regering. Akkumuleringen af denne gæld, oven i den fysiske ødelæggelse, frembød en bister udsigt for den nyligt uafhængige nation og en umiddelbar trussel om landets disintegration, eller endog generobring. Det var umuligt for den nye nation, med den utilstrækkelige magt, som var bevilget Kongressen i Konføderationens Lovparagraffer, at etablere et kreditsystem for at fremme en voksende nationaløkonomi med henblik på at honorere gælden. Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington og andre af USA’s grundlæggere var enige om, at en ny forfatning var påkrævet, som gav den nationale regering magt til at fuldføre de mål, der var skitseret i Uafhængighedserklæringen. Idet han som finansminister anvendte den nye forfatnings magt, omsatte Hamilton sin idé om kredit i praksis, som således gjorde det muligt at løse den tilsyneladende uløselige krise, hvor USA kun havde en masse gæld i stedet for det guld og sølv, der normalt var grundlaget for en valuta. Han udtænkte en plan for at sætte nationens aktive kapital fra landbrug og industri i arbejde, ved at skabe et finanssystem og en valuta, der var baseret på den fremtidige produktion, snarere end på guld, sølv og monetaristisk gæld. Hamilton arrangerede overførslen af de forskellige koloniernes gæld til det føderale regnskab og forenede den således som en samlet national gæld samtidig med, at han skabte muligheden for, at den kunne honoreres ved at blive knyttet sammen med kredit til nye fysiske investeringer. Begrebet gæld blev således redefineret som værende ikke blot monetaristisk gæld, men gæld blev en del af en proces, gennem hvilken investering i fremtiden skabte nye kilder til rigdom og hermed midlerne til at tilbagebetale denne investering – med andre ord: Det blev en gæld til fremtiden i stedet for en gæld til fortiden. Under Hamiltons kreditsystem blev den nationale gæld til en kapitalpulje, på grundlag af hvilken man kunne investere i opbygningen af den fysiske økonomi. Det, der kunne have været en forbandelse, blev til en velsignelse. Hamiltons system etablerede det princip, at økonomiens og valutaens værdi blev fastsat på baggrund af den produktivitet, der fremkom ved den fremtidige effekt af kreditten, snarere end de akkumulerede værdier fra fortiden. Benjamin Franklins hensigt om en papirvaluta, der var i overensstemmelse med den produktive omsætning, blev virkeliggjort gennem nationalbankens brug af en kreditvaluta. Det essentielle princip i kreditsystemet var ikke anvendelsen af pengesedler i stedet for guld og sølv, men snarere, at man førte en politik for udviklingen af hele den nationale økonomi, hvor den samlede nationaløkonomis produktive evne derfor understøttede valutaen, da valutaen blev en afspejling af den fremtidige økonomiske vækst.

Fysisk produktivitet

Hamilton skrev i sin »Rapport om Produktion« fra 1791 til Kongressen om virkningerne af sit system: »Det nye system fungerer som en ny kraft til industrifremstilling; det har, inden for visse rammer, en tendens til at forøge den reelle rigdom i et samfund, på samme måde som penge, som en driftig landmand låner til investering i forbedringer af sit landbrug, sluttelig vil tilføre ham reel rigdom.« Hamiltons kreditbaserede valuta satte hele landets aktive kapital i bevægelse. Idet han reflekterede over det system, som han havde konstrueret, skrev han i sin endelige »Rapport om Offentlig Kredit« i 1795: »Offentlig kredit … er en af hoveddrivkræfterne bag nyttig foretagsomhed og lokale forbedringer. Som erstatning for kapital er det lidt mindre nyttigt end guld og sølv, inden for landbrug, handel, produktionsvirksomhed og håndværk … En person ønsker at gå i gang med at opdyrke et stykke land; han køber på kredit, og med tiden betaler han købsprisen med produkterne af den jord, som hans arbejdskraft har forbedret. En anden etablerer sig inden for handel; med en kredit med sikkerhed i hans retskafne karakter søger han, og finder ofte, midlerne til, med tiden, at blive en rig handelsmand. En tredje starter en forretning som fabrikant eller håndværker; han er dygtig, men har ingen penge. Det er ved hjælp af kredit, at han bliver i stand til at skaffe værktøjet, materialerne og selv det udkomme, som han behøver, indtil hans virksomhed har forsynet ham med kapital; og selv da skaffer han, fra en etableret og for øget kredit, midlerne til at udvide sine foretagender.« I Hamiltons »Rapport om Produktion« stadfæstede han det essentielle, økonomiske princip som et fysisk system for produktivitet. Den primære værdimåler er ikke kapital, men de intellektuelle evner, som forøger arbejdskraftens produktive evne. Ligesom Winthrop, Mather og Franklin før ham anskuede Hamilton ikke valuta som rigdom i sig selv, men som regeringens forfatningsmæssige forpligtelse til at fremme videnskabelig opfindsomhed og iværksætterånd. Målet for kreditsystemet var ikke at producere med det formål at få penge, men at bruge kredit som middel til at øge arbejdskraftens produktive evne. Nøglen til Hamiltons løsning var hans enestående forståelse af, at sand rigdom ikke findes i penge. Som han fastslår det: »Produktionen forøges, vareudbuddet mangedobles, landbrug og produktionsvirksomhed blomstrer, og heri består statens sande rigdom og fremgang.« Det var dette, og kun dette, der gav USA’s papirvaluta en kreditfunktion.

John Quincy Adams

På trods af succesen med kreditsystemet i USA’s første år, lykkedes det efterfølgende for de private finansielle interesser, med centrum i Det britiske Imperium, der afskyede denne konkurrent til deres magt over økonomien, at få svækket kreditsystemet og dets tilførsel af kredit til opbygning af den nationale velstand. Da den første nationalbanks charter udløb i 1811 blev det ikke fornyet, og selv om en ny nationalbank blev etableret i 1816, så kom USA’s økonomiske genrejsning først, da Nicholas Biddle blev chef for nationalbanken i 1823. Biddle var glødende tilhænger af Hamiltons idéer og arbejdede under ledelse af økonomen Mathew Carey på at genoprette USA’s valuta og fysiske økonomi efter spekulationens hærgen. Under hans ledelse af nationalbanken, som tidligere under Hamiltons, indgik man fremtidsorienterede kreditaftaler snarere end at omsætte den fremtidige, potentielle rigdom til penge til nutidige betalinger. Det var Biddles princip at beskytte og nære økonomiens langsigtede virksomhed, snarere end at tillade den at blive offer for krav om omgående betaling, især betaling i guld og sølv. Landets økonomi blev i stand til at vokse i forhold til sin potentielle produktionsevne, snarere end gennem kunstig kontrol. Under Biddles embedstid fremmede

Banken, hvad der skulle vise sig at blive en af de mest teknologisk eksplosive perioder i amerikansk historie. I 1824 gennemførte formanden for Repræsentanternes Hus, Henry Clay, en lov om beskyttelsestold for at beskytte amerikansk produktion, sammen med General Surveying Act (Loven om landopmåling), som bemyndigede anvendelsen af personel fra den amerikanske hær til bygning af civile ingeniørprojekter. Med disse love på plads, og med Biddle som bankens leder, var jorden gødet for John Quincy Adams, der blev valgt som præsident i 1825. Før 1820 var der ikke en eneste jernbane, kun få kanaler, en jernindustri, der var brudt sammen, ingen moderne fabrikker af betydning, ingen udnyttelse af dampkraft til industriformål, kun maskiner af træ i fabrikkerne og stort set ingen offentlige skoler. John Quincy Adams’ præsidentskab forandrede alt. Man begyndte at bygge kanaler og veje i forceret tempo, hvilket åbnede for bosættelser i den vestlige del af Amerika. Kulminer blev udbygget med byområder, hvilket skabte de store industribyer i Midtvesten. Jernindustrien blev genfødt under toldbeskyttelse, efter mere end et århundredes undertrykkelse siden lukningen af Saugus-jernværket. Tusinder af kilometer af jernbaner blev bygget, med ingeniører fra militærakademiet i West Point som konstruktører af den store Baltimore- og Ohio-jernbane. Seks andre jernbanelinjer blev ligeledes planlagt og udarbejdet. Finansieringen og planlægningen af disse foretagender blev koordineret med føderale, delstats- og lokale myndigheder og USA’s nationalbank, der fremmede og styrede hele det nationale program og koordinerede både den offentlige og private, finansielle investering i infrastruktur og industri. Efterhånden som mere landbrugsjord blev opdyrket, flere fabrikker blev etableret og flere transportnetværk til transport af landbrugsvarer og kul til fabrikkerne blev fuldført, steg mængden af bankkredit, der kunne sættes i omløb, proportionelt, idet den først fordobledes og siden tredobledes i løbet af dette årti. Under kreditsystemets korrekte funktion forvandledes betydningen af gæld. Delstaternes gæld for infrastruktur var ikke længere blot en monetaristisk forpligtelse, men blev betalt af den fremtidige udvikling af industrier. Den gæld, der skabtes til forbedringer i landet, og personlig gæld inden for landbrug og produktion, var ganske enkelt en del af den voksende økonomi under kreditsystemet. De stater, der havde påtaget sig stor gæld for kanaler og veje, planlagde udviklingen af jern- og kulindustrier og nye transportveje for de nye landområders produktion. Disse nyligt udviklede landområder og industrier langs med infrastrukturvejene forøgede indtægterne til op imod ti gange mere end den oprindelige investering.

Påtvungen monetarisme

På trods af den utrolige fremgang under denne genetablering af kreditsystemet lykkedes det Det britiske Imperium, ved hjælp af den yderst effektive britiske agent Aaron Burr og en effektiv brug af pressen, samt en del-og-hersk-praksis i det politiske liv, at skabe et katastrofalt skifte i USA’s udvikling. Burr fik etableret en alliance mellem slaveejer-interesserne i syd og finanskredsene under ledelse af Martin Van Buren i nord. Denne alliance fik, ved brug af effektiv populisme, Andrew Jackson indsat som præsident. Under Jackson-administrationen blev der iværksat en intens kampagne for at forære alle statens værdier til forskellige interessegrupper, og efterfølgende brugte man alle lovlige og ulovlige midler for at få stoppet nationalbanken og dens velstandsskabende vækstpolitik. Jackson-administra-tionens tiltag lykkedes med at få kollapset kreditsystemet og fremprovokerede »Panikken i 1837«, som ledte til en årelang depression. »Markedslovene« fortrængte det almene vel. Den efterfølgende Van Buren-regering krævede betaling af gæld i nutiden, uanset de fremtidige omkostninger og spildet i fortiden. Gyldige kreditaftaler blev angrebet som ødselhed og årsag til krisen på trods af, at krisen i virkeligheden var skabt med overlæg af dem, der havde styret Jackson-regeringen. Kredit blev erstattet af nedskæringer som middel til at berolige »markedet«, med gældens »rigtige« niveau bestemt på basis af et monetært snarere end et fysisk grundlag. Man prædikede den falske doktrin, at markedet selv ville frembringe det rette udbud og den rette efterspørgsel af produktion uden et overordnet program for nationsopbygning. Snarere end at blive hyldet som en stor Demokrat og »en mand af folket«, bør Jacksons brutale ødelæggelse af nationalbanken ses som et af de største forræderier, der er begået i USA’s historie.

Abraham Lincoln

Da Abraham Lincoln blev præsident i 1860, var der, aftenen før sydstaternes løsrivelse, ikke færre end syv tusind forskellige valutaer i omløb i USA – en nation, der var håbløst splittet, og hvor Hamiltons forfatningsmæssige føderation næsten var gået tabt. For at redde Unionen var det nødvendigt at genoprette det nationale bank-system. Med de private New York-bankers tiltag for at afskære strømmen af indtægter til finansministeriet ved at ophøre med at købe statsobligationer og blokere for aftaler om udenlandske lån, kom finansministeriets pengesedler i miskredit, hvilket forårsagede en blokering af tilgængelig kredit. For at udmanøvrere denne finansielle krigsførelse imod nationen og finansiere den krig, der skulle redde republikken, etablerede Lincoln en ny, national kilde til kredit. Legal Tender Act (Loven om Lovligt Betalingsmiddel) fra 1862 bemyndigede udstedelsen af »USA’s pengesedler« (eller »greenbacks«) med det formål at »finansiere USA’s varierende gæld«. Med Kongressens vedtagelse af denne lov tog regeringen atter kontrol over den nationale valuta. Lincolns økonomiske rådgiver Henry Carey gjorde forbindelsen til den tidligere nationalbank tydelig, idet han i 1868 skrev: »USA’s na-tionalbank gav os ikke en møntvaluta; dens sedler var gangbare næsten pga. samme grundlæggende hypotese, der har gjort de udstedte, lovlige betalingsmidler (under Legal Tender Act) anvendelige.« Lincoln tredoblede statsudgifterne for at finansiere krigen, idet han udstedte 450 millioner i greenbacks. Samtidig gik han i gang med at fjerne de tusinder af separate – og ofte falske – valutaer gennem en reorganisering af national bankpraksis. En stribe love konverterede delstatsbanker til nationale, forenede, lovregulerede enheder, der tillod koordineringen af et nationalt banksystem, som kunne udstede national kredit. Dette landsdækkende banksystem blev grundlaget for genetableringen af en enkelt valuta og genindførte således den af forfatningen bemyndigede føderale kontrol over nationens valuta og finansforhold. Således lykkedes det faktisk for Lincoln at få princippet om offentlig kredit og om en national bank til at genopstå. Men systemet med national kredit kom, som tidligere under Jackson og Van Buren, atter under angreb fra den efterfølgende Andrew Jackson-regering. Finansminister Hugh McCulloch, i samarbejde med den britiske agent og Lincoln-desertør David Wells, indskrænkede helt unødvendigt Lincolns legale betalingsmiddel, i modstrid med industriens faktiske formåen og behov. Den efterfølgende økonomiske krise i 1870’erne, såvel som alle de efterfølgende kriser, som f.eks. efter mordet på præsident McKinley, i perioden 1929 – 1932 samt i dag, forårsagedes af den overlagte ødelæggelse af industriøkonomien og det dermed forbundne kreditsystem.

Franklin Roosevelt

Mordet på Lincoln blev efterfulgt af mordene på to andre nationalistiske præsidenter, James Garfield i 1881 og William McKinley i 1901. Arven efter Hamilton gik atter tabt, og under præsident Wilson blev ethvert tilbageværende levn efter et nationalt banksystem erstattet af det forfatningsstridige føderale banksystem, Federal Reserve. Langtidsinvesteringer i nationens fremtidige udvikling blev i stigende grad fortrængt af en kultur med hasardspil og vild spekulation. Denne boble eksploderede i krakket i 1929, der markerede den værste depression, som nationen nogen sinde havde stået overfor. Aftenen før Roosevelts indsættelse var arbejdsløsheden på over 20 %, to tredjedele af staterne havde truffet nødforanstaltninger for at lukke deres banker, og industriproduktionen var det halve af, hvad den havde været før krakket. Man kan lære en afgørende lektie af Franklin Roosevelts tilnærmelse til kreditprincippet under USA’s første na-tionalbank. Roosevelt var nødt til ikke blot at reorganisere bankerne, men også etablere et princip om kredit, som ellers ikke eksisterede. Hans regering reorganiserede bankerne, ikke for bankernes skyld som sådan, men for at gøre dem i stand til at operere i den nye sammenhæng med princippet om kredit, som han tilsigtede, med en plan for »Kreditinstitutioner for Industri«, der sluttelig blev til den udvidede Reconstruction Finance Corpora-tion (RFC). Roosevelt anvendte RFC, der var blevet skabt under Hoover for at indfri finansielle institutioner, som et surrogat for en nationalbank, idet han udvidede den kraftigt til sluttelig at yde kredit for, hvad der svarer til en billion dollars i nutidige tal. RFC og lignende tiltag fremskaffede finansieringen til de store projekter på Roosevelts tid, der gennemførtes af sådanne institutioner som Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, Rural Electrification Administration og Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), som sammenlagt gav beskæftigelse til millioner af amerikanere og dramatisk for øgede nationens produktive evne gennem forbedringer i adgangen til elektricitet, navigation, landbrugsuddannelse, ferskvand og transport. Disse projekter kunne ikke være blevet finansieret ved at tage lån og sælge obligationer i et klima med alvorlig økonomisk depression. Regeringen greb snarere ind for at sikre, at projekter, hvis fysiske, produktive resultater mere end ville opveje omkostningerne ved deres konstruktion, ikke blev forhindret på grund af manglen på tilgængelig kapital, der var nødvendig for deres gennemførelse. RFC-udlån og TVA-lån blev både direkte tilbagebetalt, og kom også indirekte mangefold tilbage gennem statens øgede skatteindtægter, som et resultat af den forøgede produktivitet. Ved at kanalisere kredit over til specifikke projekter var Roosevelt i stand til at sikre, at kredit gik til projekter, som ville give indtægter, snarere end blot at give statslån og hjælp til banksektoren generelt, som præsident Hoover havde gjort det. Roosevelt opnåede et fungerende kreditsystem, hvor en stigende mængde af finanssystemet var knyttet til realøkonomien snarere end til bankerne. De fysiske fremskridt opbyggede den industrielle styrke, der senere gjorde det muligt at imødekomme den omfattende forsyningsmæssige logistik, der var nødvendig for at vinde Anden Verdenskrig. Det ville ikke have været muligt uden Roosevelts tilbagevenden til den amerikanske tradition for et nationalt kreditsystem.

Kreditsystem i dag

USA’s økonomi er i de fem årtier, der er gået siden mordet på præsident Kennedy i 1963, blevet lagt i ruiner gennem et skifte fra en national strategi for økonomisk udvikling og promovering af videnskab og teknologisk fremskridt, til en politik, hvor private finansinteresser får lov til at diktere den økonomiske udvikling. Det har nået punktet, hvor Detroits nylige bankerot blot er symbolet på, hvad der venter mange andre byer og delstater. Ligeledes er USA som nation fanget i en gældsfælde, som man kun kan komme ud af, hvis man genindfører Glass-Steagall og vender tilbage til sit oprindelige kreditsystem, som man har gjort det på afgørende tidspunkter gennem de seneste 230 år. Men USA er ikke det eneste land, der lider under årtiers monetaristisk dårskab. Det gør størstedelen af den vestlige verden også – Danmark inklusive. Vi må derfor lære af det amerikanske kreditsystem, så vi kan skabe vor egen version af det og dermed sikre, at vi tager magten over vor skæbne ud af hænderne på finansverdenens private finansielle interesser og lægger den tilbage, hvor den hører hjemme: I hænderne på folkevalgte politikere og institutioner, der er underlagt vor nationale kontrol, og som har til formål at sikre det almene vel for såvel os i dag, som for de mange generationer, der forhåbentlig vil følge efter.

Skab kreditter gennem Nationalbanken

Det danske folketing bør vedtage en ny lov, der bemyndiger Nationalbanken til at udstede op til 500 milliarder kroner i nationale kreditter[1], der udlånes til en rente, der kun marginalt overstiger den nationale inflation. Kreditterne kan udlånes til følgende kategorier af projekter:

 1) Større infrastrukturprojekter.

Det kan være statsejede, brugerbetalte broprojekter, som f.eks. bygningen af Femern Bæltforbindelsen, Kattegat-forbindelsen og Helsingør/Helsingborg-tunnelen. Det kan også være motorveje, jernbaner eller magnettogbaner, samt hospitaler og læreanstalter.

 2) Opbygning af højteknologisk potentiale.

Opbygning af produktionssektorer i Danmark, der gør brug af ny teknologi og derigennem skaber et potentiale for øget fremtidig højteknologisk eksport. Det kan f.eks. være opbygningen af en dansk produktion af kernekraftværker, fusionskraftværker eller anden produktion, der involverer kernefysisk forskning og rumforskning. Forskning og produktion af brintbiler og brændselscelleteknologi. Udviklingen af nye keramiske materialer, superledere, nanoteknologi etc.

 3) Kredit til nye anlægsinvesteringer i industri og landbrug.

Nationalbanken vil udstede kreditterne og udbetale dem, efterhånden som de behøves for opbygningen af de forskellige projekter. Projekter af type 1 vil have en tilbagebetalingstid på op til 30-50 år. Disse lån vil administreres direkte af Nationalbanken. Lån af type 2 og 3 vil administreres gennem de lokale banker på vegne af na-tionalbanken. Kunder, der måtte ønske lån af type 2 og 3, retter henvendelse til deres lokale pengeinstitut, der sammen med kunden laver en plan for projektet. Banken sender så en ansøgning til en kreditkomité under Nationalbanken, der bevilger lånet.

Den lokale bank kan også tilbyde en pakkeløsning, hvor nationalbankkreditten suppleres med en kredit fra det lokale pengeinstitut på kommercielle vilkår. Det lokale pengeinstitut holder øje med projektet og sørger for udbetaling af lånets rater, efterhånden som projektet skrider frem. Det lokale pengeinstitut administrerer også tilbagebetalingen af lånet. Disse lån vil have en tilbagebetalingstid på 3 – 20 år, alt efter projektets omfang. Som modydelse for det lokale pengeinstituts arbejde betaler kunden et halvt procentpoint over nationalbankens udlånsrente, der tilfalder pengeinstituttet.

Alle vore valgaviser/kampagneaviser kan læses her: http://schillerinstitut.dk/si/category/nyheder/publikation/kampagneavis/

Læs Alexander Hamiltons originale rapporter her: https://larouchepac.com/20161013/alexander-hamiltons-four-economic-papers

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 18. oktober 2016 – I denne uge finder der intense møder mellem europæiske og amerikanske, politiske og militære ledere sted i hele Europa, møder, hvor man diskuterer og planlægger krige – krige i Syrien, i Irak, i Yemen og i Ukraine. Det underliggende grundlag for alle disse forhandlinger er Obamas og Londons hektiske bestræbelser på at få støtte til krig mod Rusland og Kina. Europæiske regeringer og/eller ledende institutioner yder i stigende grad modstand mod dette vanvid, men Obama og hans forsvarsminister Ash Carter er i færd med at planlægge provokationer, som kunne kickstarte en irreversibel proces hen imod krig, og således true selve civilisationen med et atomart holocaust.

Og dog er det således, at det store flertal af verden ser hen til Kina, Rusland og Indien, der i sidste uge mødtes med deres BRIKS-partnere Brasilien og Sydafrika i Goa, Indien, hvor de kickstarter, ikke krig, men global udvikling, med højhastigheds-jernbaneprojekter, der forbinder nationer gennem en Verdenslandbro; hvor de underskriver aftaler om opbygning af kernekraft og anden infrastruktur og andet samarbejde omkring rumforskning; og hvor de løfter de mange millioner mennesker i Asien, Afrika og Sydamerika, der er ramt af fattigdom, op til en menneskelig levestandard sådan, som Kina har løftet 700 millioner sjæle op af fattigdom.

Hvilket paradigme vil afgøre menneskehedens fremtid? Den vil, et langt stykke hen ad vejen, blive afgjort af USA. Samtidig med, at krigspartiet mobiliserer sine kræfter, og i takt med, at det uafvendelige kollaps af Deutsche Banks derivatmættede aktiver spreder panik i det vestlige finanssystem, så undertrykkes Obamaadministrationens ødelæggelse og befolkningens had til Obama og hans klon Hillary Clinton kun delvist af det pornografiske klovneshow, som præsidentkandidaterne opfører, eller som de syge medier promoverer.

Valg til regering, som det forudsås af Amerikas grundlæggende fædre, handlede om mere end at vælge politiske repræsentanter – de udgjorde en periode, hvor intelligente mennesker adresserede og opdragede borgersamfundet omkring de fundamentale principper for naturlig lov og den mission, nationen spiller for verdens fremtid. Det er grunden til, at Lyndon LaRouches præsidentkampagne hen over tre årtier har haft en dyb og varig indvirkning på nationen, på trods af relativt få stemmer, og på trods af konstante angreb fra regeringens og mediernes side.

Aldrig i denne nations historie er kandidater blevet så udskældt af befolkningen, som i det aktuelle valg, selv om ingen af kandidaterne i mange tilfælde var kvalificeret til stillingen. Befolkningen har kun ét valg – at stemme for principper, og at mobilisere borgersamfundet til fordel for LaRouches ideer, hans Fire Love baseret på Alexander Hamiltons gennemgribende opdagelser, samt en genindførelse af klassisk musik og kultur.

Som Friedrich Schiller sagde, så må vi alle på én og samme gang være patrioter for vore nationer og verdensborgere. På denne måde kan borgere i alle nationer være med i den ærefrygtindgydende opgave, at omstøde Amerikas deroute ned i et britisk imperiehelvede, og bringe denne engang så storslåede nation ind på linje med paradigmet for menneskeligt fremskridt.

Hvad ville Hamilton have gjort? Find ud af det. 

Foto: Den russiske præsident og udenrigsminister Lavrov diskuterer med den amerikanske udenrigsminister John Kerry. December 2015. (Foto: kremlin.ru).                

Med næstformand Michelle Rasmussen

N.B. den 25. oktober: Det blev meddelt i går, at vi ikke kører en kampagne for at få amerikanerne til at skrive LaRouches navn ind, når de vælger præsident, men at vi vil intensivere vores kampagne for at få LaRouches fire økonomiske lov vedtaget.

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 17. oktober, 2016 – Den amerikanske præsidentvalgkamps fornedrede tilstand ligger som en tung sten og tynger brystet af, ikke alene det amerikanske folk, men af verden som helhed. Amerikanere rapporterer, at de har »valgstres« i sådanne ekstreme grader, som ellers kun forårsages af de værste tilfælde af økonomisk kollaps og krig.

Medierne, med al deres »meningsløse støj og voldsomme fagter«, demoraliserer bevidst amerikanere med hensyn til deres lands fremtid. De driver med fuldt overlæg deres repræsentanter til at skjule sig i dybe, partiske rævegrave – de samme repræsentanter, der, for blot lidt over en måned siden, var i stand til at forenes i en stor sejr over saudisk/britisk støtte til islamisk terrorisme og nedkæmpe præsident Obamas forsøg på at blokere eller nedlægge veto imod Loven om Juridisk Retfærdighed mod Sponsorer af Terrorisme, JASTA.

Det, som nationen og verden har brug for, er at »vælge principper«: Alexander Hamiltons økonomiske principper, på hvilke denne nation blev grundlagt.

Hamiltons økonomiske principper er på ny givet udtryk i Lyndon LaRouches, fra 2014 og fremefter udviklede, »Fire Love til USA’s Redning«. De udtrykker naturlig lov, anvendt på økonomi.

Dette er i realiteten et internationalt spørgsmål; verden må nødvendigvis vedtage Hamiltons arbejder, og LaRouches Fire Love, sådan, som Kina er begyndt at demonstrere. De transatlantiske landes forskellige »Deutsche Banker«, billedligt talt, er klar til at sprænge det Londoncentrerede finanssystem gennem en nedsmeltning, og til at sprede en fattigdom, værre end den, krakket i 2008 var skyld i. Truslen om kollaps fører nu til trusler, der kommer fra Obama og briterne, om krig med Rusland.

Det, som vil være i stand til at forhindre dette, er genoprettelsen af økonomisk fremskridt og produktivitet i hele verden. Det var, hvad Alexander Hamiltons principper – på enestående vis – udrettede lige fra USA’s grundlæggelse. Som USA’s første præsident George Washington i et brev fra 1793 bemærkede, så syntes virkningen af Hamiltons politik »at være et mirakel«, der løftede de nye Forenede Stater ud af bankerotten og til hastig investering og vækst.

Nu anvender LaRouches Fire Love atter Hamiltons principper.

Amerikanske borgere bør indskrive Lyndon LaRouches navn på stemmesedlen ved præsidentvalget for genvedtagelsen af Alexander Hamiltons økonomiske principper således, som LaRouche på ny har udlagt dem.

»Jeg indskriver LaRouche og Alexander Hamilton; lad os få nationen til at vælge de rigtige principper« vil skære igennem de af rædsel slåede spørgsmål, amerikanere stiller hinanden med hensyn til den forestående valgdag. Den eneste mulighed, som USA, og verden, har for at overleve, frembydes af Hamiltons principper, som disse udlægges af LaRouches Fire Love. Så træf da beslutning om fremtiden.

»Det er ikke livets formål at leve, så længe man kan.

Det er livets formål at skabe en fremtid for menneskeheden.«

Lyndon LaRouche – maj, 2015.

16. okt., 2016 – Hvis forbryderne og tåberne i Obama-administrationen bedrager sig selv med troen på, at de kan fortsætte med at true og provokere Rusland uden, at det får konsekvenser, så indtager den russiske regering et ganske andet standpunkt. ABC News rapporterede den 15. okt., at den russiske regering er i gang med aktivt at forberede det russiske folk på en mulig krig. I løbet af de seneste dage har russiske statsmedier advaret om faren for atomkrig, og en NTV nyhedsudsendelse tog seerne med på en rundvisning i atomkrigsbunkere i Moskva. TV-vært Evgenij Kiseljov rapporterede, at tre russiske missilfregatter er en route til Syrien for at imødegå en potentiel, amerikansk bombekampagne. I begyndelsen af oktober iscenesatte den russiske regering civile forsvarsøvelser over hele nationen og udførte samtidigt tre prøveaffyringer af interkontinentale ballistiske missiler – to ubådsbaserede og én landbaseret.

Leder fra LaRouchePAC, 17. oktober, 2016 – På netop samme tidspunkt, som BRIKS-landenes statsledere mødtes i Goa, Indien, for at planlægge samarbejdet om et nyt paradigme for statsligt samarbejde om store projekter, udsendte præsident Obama vicepræsident Joe Biden for at levere en direkte trussel mod Rusland. Søndag morgen lovede Biden på NBC TV, at USA ville gennemføre et hemmeligt cyberangreb mod Rusland, hvor Obama valgte tid og sted. Russiske regeringsfolk, herunder præsidentens talsmand Peskov, har fordømt disse trusler i de skarpeste vendinger og kalder det den mest direkte trussel om krig siden Cubakrisen i 1962.

Disse trusler kommer fra en præsident Obama, der allerede har utallige menneskers blod på hænderne, gennem sine tirsdags-»dræbermøder« og den uophørlige drone-krigsførelse, som udføres på mange kontinenter – alt sammen uden nogen forfatningsmæssigt lovlig godkendelse fra Kongressen. Nu er USA åbenlyst engageret i koalitionens krigsførelse mod Yemen, på vegne af saudierne, hvor de udfører artilleribeskydning imod Yemen fra amerikanske flådeskibe i Golfen, netop, som verden viger tilbage fra de åbenlyse saudiske krigsforbrydelser, hvor de går efter civile i bombe-razziaer i Yemens hovedstad Sanaá.
Og det er denne Obama-administration, der beskylder Rusland for krigsforbrydelser i kampen for at fravriste al-Qaeda dets kontrol over dele af den syriske by Aleppo – og som igen truer Moskva med sanktioner. Udenrigsminister John Kerry var i London i søndags, efter to dages møder i Lausanne, Schweiz, om krigen i Syrien, hvor han mødtes med den russiske udenrigsminister Sergej Lavrov og udenrigsministre fra Saudi-Arabien, Tyrkiet, Qatar, Forenede Arabiske Emirater, Iran, Irak og Jordan. Han og den britiske udenrigsminister Boris Johnson kom ud fra deres møde i London med løfter om at indføre nye sanktioner mod Rusland – medmindre de stopper deres angreb på al-Qaeda.

Obama viderefører den tyranniske arv, der er forbundet med to tidligere Bush-præsidenter, inklusive den George H.W. Bush, som fik Lyndon LaRouches fængsling banket igennem i en hast i det, som den tidligere amerikanske justitsminister (1967-69) Ramsey Clark har kaldt det største tilfælde nogensinde af politisk motiveret anklage på baggrund af falske beviser. Politikkerne under de to Bush-administrationer, og som er blevet endnu værre under Obama, har drevet USA ud i bankerot, udslettet den smule, der var tilbage af det amerikanske sundhedssystem, og kastet millioner af husstande på fattigdommens og den kroniske arbejdsløsheds skrotplads. 93,5 millioner amerikanere i den arbejdsdygtige alder er ikke engang talt med i arbejdsstyrken! Netop i denne måned har 1,8 millioner amerikanske husstande modtaget standardbreve med posten, der informerede dem om, at deres Obamacare-præmier stiger med 50-70 %, alt imens deres dækning er blevet beskåret. Selv tidligere præsident Bill Clinton var fornuftig nok til offentligt at kalde dette »det mest sindssyge, han nogensinde har set«.
Obama og hans britiske herrer og saudiske partnere er i virkeligheden dem, der er bankerot. Det er deres transatlantiske finanssystem, der er færdigt. Som Lyndon LaRouche bemærkede søndag under samtaler med kolleger, så er den britiske økonomi totalt nedbrudt. De er desperate for at lange ud efter og fremsætte trusler imod Rusland og Kina i håb om, at deres løgne vil få fremdrift. De er bankerot, men farlige.
Kendsgerningen er, at der findes klare løsninger, begyndende med afsættelsen af Obama og den omgående genindførelse af Glass-Steagall. Hele den globale derivatboble, der beløber sig til mere end en billiard dollars, må annulleres. Når disse indledende skridt er gennemført, kan en økonomisk genrejsning omgående lanceres ved at benytte Hamiltons metoder, som det for nylig er blevet præciseret i Lyndon LaRouches Fire Økonomiske Love.

Det første skridt i alt dette er, at førende borgere opgiver deres frygt og tager lederskabet i at bringe Dræberen Obama til fald og igangsætte den økonomiske genrejsning, begyndende med Glass-Steagall. De seneste sejre, hvor Obama er blevet tvunget til at frigive de 28 sider, der fordømmer det saudiske monarki som ophavsmændene til angrebene d. 11. september, samt Kongressens vedtagelse af JASTA-loven, illustrerer den magt, der kan udløses gennem en koncentration af patriotiske kræfter. Det faktum, at Obamas veto af JASTA blev underkendt med et overvældende, tværpolitisk flertal i begge Kongressen huse, er en kraftfuld påmindelse om, at det store flertal af amerikanerne hader Obama og alt, hvad han har gjort og står for. Saudierne forsøger at skjule det knusende nederlag, som de og Obama led i kampen om JASTA, ved at spendere $100 millioner på lobbyvirksomhed, i forsøg på at fjerne den skete skade. De er dømt til at mislykkes.
Det, der nu er afgørende, er, at det samme niveau af mobilisering af førende borgere, der var aktive i JASTA-sejren, opretholdes og rettes mod Obama og gennemførelsen af Glass-Steagall og andre foranstaltninger.
Et afgørende træk for JASTA-sejren var Schiller Instituttets kors fire opførelser af Mozarts Rekviem i New York City-området på 15-års dagen for angrebene den 11. september. Det indsprøjtede en vital dimension af kulturel optimisme gennem forestillingernes skønhed – på et tidspunkt, hvor den desperate britiske fjende forsøger at begrave enhver kilde til optimisme gennem det pornografiske show, der kaldes præsidentvalgkampen 2016.
Uanset udfaldet på valgdagen, vil nationen og verden som helhed stadig være konfronteret med disintegrationen af hele det britiskkørte, transatlantiske finanssystem og truslen om krig og kaos. Løsningerne for at forhindre dette kollaps er forhånden, og det er førsteprioritet på dagsordenen. Det er kilden til styrke for at overvinde vore medborgeres frygt og opnå en hårdt tilkæmpet sejr. Det kan gøres.

Foto: Den indiske premierminister, Shri Narendra Modi (midten) i BRIKS-ledernes familiefotografi ved BRIKS-topmødet i Goa, Indien, 16. oktober, 2016. [brics2016.gov.in]

15. okt., 2016 – Talskvinde for det russiske Udenrigsministerium Maria Zakharova sagde ligeud den 13. oktober, at »den afgående amerikanske administration har forfulgt en ’brændt jords politik’ mht. de bilaterale relationer«, en karakteristik, der fortsat bekræftes af det seneste vanvid, der kommer fra Obama-administrationen.

I et interview med NBC’s »Mød pressen« den 14. okt., som vil blive udsendt i morgen, sagde den amerikanske vicepræsident Joe Biden, at »vi vil sende et budskab« til den russiske præsident Vladimir Putin, og at »det bliver på et tidspunkt, vi vælger, og under omstændigheder, hvor det vil få størst virkning«, iflg. uddrag af interviewet, som er offentliggjort af NBC. Da Biden blev spurgt, om den amerikanske offentlighed vil vide, at et budskab er blevet sendt, sagde han, »det håber jeg ikke«. Biden sagde også, at han ikke er bekymret for, at amerikanere vil stille spørgsmålstegn ved resultatet af afstemningen den 8. november, fordi Rusland ikke har evnen til »fundamentalt at påvirke valget«.

En trykt nyhed, der blev publiceret af NBC den 14. okt., fylder billedet bag Bidens trusler ud, under overskriften, »CIA forbereder et muligt cyberangreb imod Rusland«. NBC’s eksklusive rapport citerer unavngivne amerikanske efterretningsfolk, der siger, at »Obama-administrationen overvejer en hemmelig cyberaktion imod Rusland som gengældelse for angivelig russisk indblanding i det amerikanske præsidentvalg«. (Bemærk, som Zakharova også sagde, at man ikke har forelagt nogen beviser på, at Rusland skulle stå bag et hackerangreb mod det Demokratiske Parti og Hillary Clintons computere.)

NBC rapporterer, at CIA har fået til opgave at forberede muligheder for vidtrækkende, hemmelige cyber-operationer, der har til hensigt at »sætte i forlegenhed« og »chikanere« lederskabet i Kreml. De hev pensionerede admiral James Stavridis frem for at sige, at USA kunne »afsløre Putins og hans associeredes finansielle affærer«, inkl. pengeoverførsler til offshore-konti.

Dernæst nævner NBC-historien to tidligere CIA-ansatte, der hælder en spand koldt vand ud over hele den vanvittige plan. De fortalte NBC, at Det Hvide Hus har en lang historie for at give CIA opgaver med at forberede sådanne muligheder, men hver gang er de blevet opgivet. »Hvis man har til hensigt at bryde ind i deres netværk, så kan vi gøre det, men spørgsmålet bliver så, at de kan gøre værre ting mod os på andre områder.« De tilføjer: »Ingen af mulighederne var særlig gode, og vi mente heller ikke, at nogen af dem ville være særligt effektive … vil man have Barack Obama til at udstede ugyldige checks?« Tidligere vicedirektør for CIA, Mike Morell, tilføjede: »Fysiske angreb mod netværk er ikke noget, USA ønsker at gøre, for vi ønsker ikke at skabe præcedens for, at andre lande gør det samme, inkl. imod os.«

Kotegawa var ansvarlig for den gradvise afvikling af mange af de japanske banker under den asiatiske krise i 1997 og diskuterer her forskellen mellem den måde, hvorpå Japan adresserede de bedrageriske bankpraksisser, der førte til bankernes krise, versus, hvordan Vesten har gennemført en bailout (statslig redning) af de kriminelle, der var ansvarlige for krakket i 2007-08.

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15. okt., 2016 – I går meddelte det italienske Forsvarsministerium, at Italien vil sende 140 tropper til Letland som et led i de aftaler, der blev indgået ved det seneste NATO-møde Warszawa. Selv om udenrigsminister Gentiloni insisterede på, at dette ikke er et aggressivt træk vendt mod Rusland, ser mange italienere det – og selvfølgelig russerne selv – som et aggressivt træk.

Talskvinde for det russiske Udenrigsministerium, Maria Zakharova, svarede, på et spørgsmål fra det italienske nyhedsbureau ANSA, at »NATO’s politik er destruktiv. Alliancen er engageret i at opbygge nye linjer, der skiller Europa, i stedet for at opbygge dybe og solide relationer med godt naboskab.«

Oppositionsavisen Il Giornale sammenlignede ironisk beslutningen med Mussolinis Ruslandskampagne i 1941, ved at publicere en artikel med hovedoverskriften: »Italienske soldater imod Putin: Renzi trækker os ind i Ruslandskampagnen.«

Foto: Fra militærøvelsen Zobens 2016, der fandt sted i Letland 24. – 25. sept., 2016, med deltagelse af amerikanske, lettiske og litauiske soldater.

14. okt., 2016 – Talskvinde for det russiske Udenrigsministerium, Maria Zakharova, anklagede i går under sin ugentlige briefing USA for at makulere de amerikansk-russiske relationer.

»Det er med beklagelse, at vi ser Washington fortsætte med at forværre de russisk-amerikanske relationer«, sagde hun. »Vi hører, på næsten daglig basis, trusler om at udvide sanktioner og ligeledes om appeller til det internationale samfund om at følge trop«. Hun bemærkede, »Pentagon har været i gang med at opbygge sin militære tilstedeværelse langs de russiske grænser«, og »russofobisk propaganda fra nogle af de allerhøjst placerede regeringsembedsmænd går langt ud over det sædvanlige«. Faktisk »er der mere tale om utilslørede løgne end propaganda«, sagde hun. »Det, vi dagligt hører, om f.eks. russiske hackere, som ingen har set, men som alle allerede kender in absentia.«

»Vi har en voksende fornemmelse af, at den afgående amerikanske administration har forfulgt en ’brændt jords politik’ i de bilaterale relationer«, fortsatte Zakharova. »Dette er en farlig politik, der kunne få ødelæggende konsekvenser for international stabilitet og ikke har store chancer for at frembringe nogen positiv forandring. Hvorom alting er, så bør ingen, det være sig det nuværende, amerikanske lederskab eller den forestående administration, ligge under for den illusion, at Rusland bøjer sig for pres. Den nye administration vil forhåbentlig vise sig at være mere intelligent end dens forgænger.«

Den tyrkiske vicepremierminister, Numan Kurtulmus, er tilsyneladende også meget bekymret over, hvor de amerikansk-russiske relationer er på vej hen. I et interview onsdag med Anadolou advarede han om, at »stedfortræderkrigene« i Mellemøsten mellem USA og Rusland kunne betyde en genopdukken af global konflikt mellem de to koldkrigs-supermagter. Krigen i Syrien er på randen til at blive en »mere udbredt regional krig«, sagde han. »Hvis denne stedfortræderkrig fortsætter, efter dette, så lad mig sige det klart, at Amerika og Rusland vil komme til et punkt, hvor de er i krig.«

Hr. LaRouche har leveret den klare recept, såvel som løsningen. Vi begyndte at forklare dette sidste fredag med vores særlige webcast med Paul Gallagher (dansk: Glass-Steagall: Det presserende første skridt); men vi er gået videre med at forklare dette spørgsmål. De Fire Økonomiske Love efter Hamilton, som Lyndon LaRouche udarbejdede for næsten to år siden, og som begyndte med genindførelsen af Glass-Steagall, men som omfatter en recept, der er en meget præcis og videnskabeligt funderet fremgangsmåde for, hvordan man totalt skal reorganisere og genoplive ikke alene USA’s økonomi, men også skabe et helt nyt, økonomisk paradigme for det transatlantiske system, i harmoni med det, der allerede stråler ud fra Eurasien. I sammenhæng hermed har hr. LaRouche prioriteret de fire, økonomiske rapporter, som blev skrevet og forelagt Kongressen af vores første finansminister, Alexander Hamilton, i 1790’erne ved selve den amerikanske republiks fødsel. Disse fire rapporter er: »Rapporten om statslig kredit«; »Rapporten om statslig bankvirksomhed«; »Argumentet for forfatningsgrundlaget for Nationalbanken«; og »Rapporten om varefremstilling«. https://larouchepac.com/20161013/alexander-hamiltons-four-economic-papers

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Friday LaRouche PAC Webcast October 14, 2016

HAMILTON'S FOUR REPORTS AND LAROUCHE'S FOUR LAWS —
BASIC NECESSITIES FOR MANKIND'S CONTINUED EXISTENCE

        MATTHEW OGDEN:  Good evening; it is October 14, 2016.  My
name is Matthew Ogden and you're watching our weekly Friday
evening webcast here from larouchepac.com.  I'm joined in the
studio today by Benjamin Deniston from the LaRouche PAC Science
Team; and we're joined via video by Kesha Rogers from Houston,
Texas; and Michael Steger from San Francisco, California.  Both
of whom are leading members of the LaRouche PAC Policy Committee.
        Now, I just want to begin our broadcast here today by
re-emphasizing exactly what Mr. LaRouche has been emphasizing
every single time we've spoken to him this week.  That it cannot
be said enough that the American people scored a major victory
against Obama with the defeat of his treasonous veto of the JASTA
bill and the overwhelming veto override that was delivered as the
final act of the United States Congress before they left for
their districts.  This only demonstrates what the American people
are capable of when they overcome whatever fear, whatever
intimidation has come from this Barack Obama administration; and
we can see that it's been a force for seven and a half years to
try to intimidate the American people out of taking their country
back and acting in their own self-interest.  But Obama's decision
to ally with the British-Saudi treason terror faction and to veto
this JASTA bill, demonstrated who he was; it demonstrated his
true colors.  And the American people drew a line in the sand and
said, "Enough is enough!  No more of this."
        You can look at what has happened in the weeks following
that event.  We are now directly involved through missiles and
bombing in the war in Yemen; this is the decision by Barack Obama
to become involved in yet another unnecessary foreign war.  We
are siding with the genocide and war crimes of the Saudi regime
there in Yemen.  The lies and the propaganda that are coming out
of the Obama White House against Russia, and the actions that
Russia is taking in alliance with the Syrian government in
attempting to defeat ISIS and the terrorists in Aleppo are
unprecedented; along with the completely unfounded propaganda and
lies about so-called Russian cyber warfare and hacking and all
the rest.
        You can see the utter denial of the fact that we are right
on the verge of a complete blow-out of the entire trans-Atlantic
financial system.  All you have to do is read the headlines of
the major financial press to see that even {they} are admitting
that Deutsche Bank is more leveraged than even Lehman Brothers
was at the time of its collapse; and that Deutsche Bank could, in
fact, be the next Lehman.
        So, all of these three items combined should show you, as we
emphasized earlier this week on the Policy Committee show on
Monday, that you would have to be completely out of your mind not
to see how close we are to the combined threat of a complete
blow-out of the financial system and the very real threat of the
eruption of a nuclear war.  Even Mikhail Gorbachov is saying we
are closer to a Third World War than we have ever been before.
This is the remaining months in office that Obama has.
        What Mr. LaRouche has delivered as the prescription, as the
solution, is very clear.  We began to elaborate this last Friday
during our special webcast with Paul Gallagher; but we've
continued to elaborate this question.  The four Hamiltonian
economic laws, drafted by Lyndon LaRouche almost two years ago,
which begin with the re-institution of Glass-Steagall, but
contain a prescription which is a very precise and scientifically
grounded approach to exactly how to completely reorganize and
revive not only the United States economy, but to create an
entirely new economic paradigm for the trans-Atlantic system in
accord with what's already emerging out of Eurasia.  In
conjunction with this, Mr. LaRouche has put a premium on the four
economic reports that were written and submitted to Congress by
our first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, in the 1790s at
the very birth of the United States republic.  These are:  the
"Report on Public Credit"; the "Report on National Banking"; the
"Argument for the Constitutionality of the National Bank"; and
the "Report on Manufactures".
        So, as a key component of our show today, Ben and I in
conjunction with Kesha and Michael are going to elaborate a
little more on what is the contents, what is the substance of
those reports from Alexander Hamilton; and then, how do they
translate today in the four economic laws of Lyndon LaRouche,
with a major emphasis on how a breakthrough in terms of man's
exploration of space and everything that that entails in terms of
the great economic leap and scientific revolution for mankind, is
the application of the Hamiltonian principle for today.
        But before we get to some of that more detailed discussion,
I think we should just revisit a couple of the urgent points in
terms of the current mobilization.  The channeling of the spirit
of the JASTA victory into the mobilization for the re-institution
of Glass-Steagall and the proceeding toward the entirety of the
four LaRouche economic laws.

        BEN DENISTON:  Plenty can be said, but I would just
emphasize — you said it already, but I think given the state of
our nation today; and I hate to mention the elections, but this
is really a form of psychological warfare.  This is not an
election; this is a Jerry Springer episode, this is insane.  But,
as Matthew cited, look at what we did with JASTA.  That did not
require either of these candidates to do anything on that; that
was an action demonstrating the institutions of the United
States, the republican system of the United States.  The
integration between the work that we've been leading and the work
the 9/11 victims' families have been leading on the ground,
working with various institutions, various regions of the country
as a totality came together and slammed Obama, slammed the
British, slammed these degenerate Saudis on this issue; in spite
of the insanity leading the Presidential election process.  So,
that's the spirit we need to take right now to the current
Glass-Steagall fight.  This financial system is collapsing; as
was said, you can see that in any major press at this point.
There is no solution left in the monetarist framework the way
these guys are playing it.  Bail in; bail out; QE; they've been
playing these games for years now, and they're reaching the end.
This can't keep going; we need a reorganization of the system.
If we're not going to have a Presidential candidate who's going
to take the lead on that, that doesn't matter; we need to make it
happen.  We're not going to wait 'til after the election; we're
not going to wait for one of these ridiculous fools to take the
lead on this.  We're going to make it happen.  That's what we did
with JASTA; that happened.
        So, people who are cynical out there — we did it!  That
happened.  It can happen again, and it needs to happen again.
Glass-Steagall is going to completely cut off Wall Street; this
is going to be a massive revolution in the United States, a
massive shift of power in the United States away from the
interests of Wall Street and international finance back to the
sovereignty of the United States.  It is the necessary
indispensable first step for opening up this full recovery
program.  But I think people need to have the urgency of getting
this through now.  Again, don't let your friends, your
associates, the people you're talking to, fall into this cynical
pessimism; which is really being pushed at this point, with the
Jerry Springer show — aka these debates.  These things can
change; we can get these laws through.  There's already huge
momentum around the country on Glass-Steagall; there's growing
recognition of LaRouche's Four Laws as the necessary next steps.
So, I think the message to take away at this critical time is go
out and move!  This is the time to make this happen.

        MICHAEL STEGER:  Yeah, I think that's right.  I think it's
important to take a look at a couple of things in the context of
this Hamilton question. Because it was about two years ago that
Mr. LaRouche launched the Manhattan Project with the key focus of
Alexander Hamilton at the foundation of that, as well as a
commitment towards a Classical renaissance.  And what we saw in
the process of these last two years, was the mobilization of a
key part of the American population — the New York City area;
because of the questions of Glass-Steagall and of Wall Street
implicitly, and the question of 9/11.  There was a mobilization
of that population around an optimistic vision of the country,
both through Hamilton's policies, really the foundation of
Hamilton setting forth the most advanced conception of human
economy as a scientific practice that has been conceived yet.
Mr. LaRouche said this  himself, that what he took as the Four
Laws was essentially a patenting of what Hamilton had set forth
in these documents.  Both the power of the Federal government,
and the means and mechanisms by which you can develop and foster
a perpetual growth of the human species.  But I think it's also
important — because I think this is something that too many
Americans overlook, either voluntarily, but more so
involuntarily, because of the black-out in the media; that in
June of 2014, we saw consolidated what Xi Jinping had put out as
an international policy at the end of 2013, which was the New
Silk Road perspective.  In June 2014, that was consolidated by
the BRICS; and largely what we've seen, given the attempts to
undercut Brazil and South Africa, but we've seen an increasing
level of coordination and collaboration between Russia, China,
and India, that has fundamentally shifted world history.  We are
talking about a fundamentally new economic system; one that looks
at the very policy Mr. LaRouche laid out beginning in the 1970s.
At the core of that, is the question of an International
Development Bank; or what the BRICS have entitled the New
Development Bank.  Or as a LaRouche-Hamiltonian conception of a
new international credit system; that is there.
        Now, not only is that economic perspective there; it is
recruiting nations like Japan, the Philippines, Australia,
Canada.  Many nations joined the Asia Infrastructure Investment
Bank; nations like Egypt, and Iran.  But there is also a very
clear strategic component; we see this specifically in Syria.  We
see what Russia has done to confront Obama's war agenda.  Then
the coordination between Russia and China, India, and increasing
numbers of other nations throughout Eurasia.  This is a unique
opportunity for the American people to create a new Presidency
that looks to realign with Russia, China, and these major
nations.  All of the propaganda against Putin, all the attacks,
the lies, the mass of lies against Putin coming out of the Obama
operation right now in the Presidential election is a mass
cover-up of what really exists for the American people; which is
a chance to go back to a LaRouche-Hamilton perspective in
economic policy in the United States with very key collaborators
internationally.  That really is shaping the intervention we made
around JASTA, both the Manhattan Project and this Russia-China
intervention.  The BRICS is larger, but those nations most
specifically.  We really have a unique opportunity to shut down
this London-Wall Street financial system, which for 50-60 years
and longer, essentially, but since the end of World War II has
been a mass genocide program in Africa, in South America.  Forced
sterilizations; imposed famines; scientific frauds like global
warming, the ozone layer, or human overpopulation; all of these
things have been concocted as ways of undermining and destroying
the human economic growth potential.
        And we now see a potential today to change that.  An
intervention by the American people like we saw with JASTA,
around this LaRouche-Hamilton perspective is absolutely key.  But
I think this global perspective is essential to that, to
understanding why we can be so optimistic today.

        OGDEN:  Yeah, I think that if you go and look at what was
presented last week, Paul Gallagher presented a clear picture in
terms of the proximity of the complete breakdown of this
financial system; and the causes for that, the reason for that.
The insanity of 0% interest rate QE bail-in, bail-out regime that
has reigned since 2008; but really since the repeal of
Glass-Steagall in 1999.  The fact that what would be a productive
economy has been completely drowned and suffocated by a shark
tank — as he characterized it — of this just robbery, looting,
criminal practices and complete insanity as it reigns in terms of
economics.  The fact that Mr. LaRouche is on the scene, and has
for 50 years what has now been adopted in part by several major
nations on this planet — I think most clearly evidenced by the
policies of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New
Silk Road projects coming out of China.  We have the ability to
bring Alexander Hamilton's principles to bear on this current
situation.  The vacuum of leadership in the face of this total
meltdown of the financial system gives us a great opportunity for
optimism.  In fact, through reasoned leadership of the type that
was exerted in the midst of this fight for JASTA, but which was
really a fight against the entire imperial apparatus that has
dominated this country since 9/11; you can in fact create a
policy revolution of a type which has not been seen for a long
time, especially since John F Kennedy with his commitment to the
space program.  But really not since Franklin Roosevelt in the
full extent of that kind of economic approach.
        I think we should revisit these four economic principles of
Mr. LaRouche before getting a little bit more deeply into the
content of the Hamilton economic reports. We begin with [No.1]
the principle of Glass-Steagall, re-instituted exactly as
Franklin Roosevelt did it. It proceeds directly from there, that
through a restored actual commercial banking system in which you
have the Treasury of the United States restored to its original
intended role, as Alexander Hamilton created it; the power of the
Presidency, as Abraham Lincoln demonstrated very clearly through
his use of the Greenbacks and also his national banking bills of
1863 and 1864, can reorganize this banking system, from the top
down, to restore it to its original intent; that it should be
used for the productive investments of productive enterprise in
the United States and the improvement of productive enterprise.
        But that's not enough! What you have to have from that
standpoint, is [No. 2] a scientifically-grounded and principled
understanding of how credit, through the mechanisms that were
provided by Alexander Hamilton, must be directed to {increase}
the productive powers of your labor force. [No. 3] What are the
specific projects? What are the specific investments? What are
the specific cutting-edge discoveries that must be pursued that
in a scientifically provable and knowable way that will increase
the productive powers of your labor force, both individually and
as a whole? And that has to be defined from an understanding, as
Mr. LaRouche has uniquely developed it, of the principle of
energy-flux density, not a one-to-one labor power, as manual
labor per individual member of your society, but the application
of technology and ever-higher forms of technology, to create the
increases of productive powers of labor, upon which progress in
your society depends.
        And then, No. 4, what are the specific future-oriented
drivers that express the unique character of man? What makes man
different from a beast? How is mankind, as Vernadsky would define
it, a unique and distinct species, distinct from all other forms
of animal and other kinds of life? And, what is our imperative,
as that sort of species? I think it is no better expressed than
in the space program, as it was conceived and elaborated, as
Kesha has emphasized, by Krafft Ehricke, who Mr. LaRouche
directly mentions in that "Four Economic Laws" paper of two years
ago.
        So, that was elaborated on the webcast last week. We've got,
I think, a little bit more specificity for especially that third
economic law, but I think between what Ben and I have, and then
the discussion with Kesha and Michael, you can see the resonance
between what Mr. LaRouche is addressing in these four economic
laws, and what Alexander Hamilton originally laid out in the
content of those four economic reports that he drafted to
Congress in the 1790s.

        BEN DENISTON: You had some quotes from those reports that
you want to read?

        OGDEN: Sure, we can start with that.

        DENISTON: Okay.

        OGDEN: Let me bring up on the screen the first slide from
these Hamilton reports. [Slide 1] I'm going to focus mainly on
the "Report on Manufactures." This was written in December 1791,
but, as I mentioned earlier, this is merely one out of four, and
in the "Report on Manufactures," actually, Hamilton refers
repeatedly to his other three reports, "On the National Bank,"
"The Defense of the Constitutionality of the National Bank," and
"On the Public Debt," or, "On the Public Credit."
        I think the "Report on Manufactures" is a very important and
useful place to start, because it really is nothing less than the
study of the science of how the human mind, through its
application by means of technology, can in fact increase the
potential population density of any given economy or any given
nation. This is the way that Mr. LaRouche came at this, but in
fact it's very much demonstrated and laid out, explored, in an
exploratory way, in this "Report on Manufactures."
        Quickly, the context of the "Report on Manufactures" — you
could really call it Hamilton's "Defense of Manufactures," in the
context of what was becoming a prevailing but fraudulent
argument, coming from circles such as Thomas Jefferson circles
and others. That the United States, as a new nation, should
merely be an agrarian economy, an agrarian economy in one form or
another — landlords and peasants — or just an infinite
extension of agricultural lands westward, and just depend on the
product of the soil as the driver of the economy. Hamilton said,
this is false, this is a fraud, this must be addressed, and he
wrote the "Report on Manufactures" to address this.
        What Hamilton elaborates is that in fact an economy which is
dependent merely on agriculture will be able to support far less
people at a far lower standard of living and a far lower density
of population, than an economy which also includes manufacturers,
science, technology, and the application of that, through
technology. A kind of argument generally used, said that anybody
who was not farming and was doing something else, like
manufacturing, would be producing less food, and so we would have
fewer people; we would be able to support fewer people. Hamilton
destroys this argument, saying in fact that it's the other way
around: the more division of labor that you have, if two people
are just doing agriculture, they can only support themselves. If
instead one of them is engaged in agriculture and one in
manufacturing, not only can they support the two of them, but
they can support themselves and others.
        Let me go back to that first slide, with that quote.
Hamilton says, the purpose of this report is "to evince that the
establishment and diffusion of manufacturers have the effect of
rendering the total mass of useful and productive labor in a
community greater than it would otherwise be." So, you can see,
he's very clear in what the purpose of this study is.
        Next slide. [Slide 2] He says "It may be inferred that
manufacturing establishments not only occasion a positive
augmentation of the produce and revenue of the society, but that
they may contribute essentially to rendering them greater than
they could possibly be without such establishments." So, without
the use of manufacturing, the ability of the economy would be
lesser than it would be with manufacturing establishments.
        He says there are seven reasons for this. I'm not going to
elaborate all seven, but you can see on the screen on the next
slide [Slide 3] the seven reasons he has listed: "(1) The
division of labor." I touched on that briefly. "(2) An extension
of the use of machinery." We'll elaborate on that a little bit
more. "(3) Additional employment to classes of the community not
ordinarily engaged in the business." "(4) The promoting of
emigration from foreign countries." That's an apropos point. "(5)
The furnishing greater scope for the diversity of talents and
dispositions which discriminate men from each other." We'll touch
on that a little bit more. That's an important one. "(6) The
affording a more ample and various field for enterprise." And
"(7) The creating in some instances a new, and securing in all, a
more certain and steady demand for the surplus produce of the
soil." This one is actually often overlooked, but Hamilton says
this is the most important one, and I think it will be
appropriate for what Ben's going to get into.
        Let me elaborate just a couple of these ones. We're going to
take a look at No. 2: "An extension of the use of machinery."
Here's what Hamilton says about that. This is the next slide.
[Slide 4] Alexander Hamilton says, "The employment of machinery
forms an item of great importance in the general mass of national
industry. 'Tis an artificial force brought in aid of the natural
force of man; and, to all the purposes of labor, is an increase
of hands; an accession of strength,{unencumbered, too, by the
expense of maintaining the laborer}. He's saying you have an
increase of hands, almost artificial labor, and you don't need to
feed that labor.
        Next slide. [Slide 5] [Hamilton continues,] "May it not
therefore be fairly inferred, that those occupations, which give
greatest scope to the use of this auxiliary, contribute most to
the general stock of industrious effort, and, in consequence, to
the general produce of industry?" So, that's the use of machinery
in manufacturing.
        Let's take a look at the next slide. [Slide 6] This is where
he elaborates the point [No. 5] "As to the furnishing greater
scope for the diversity of talents and dispositions, which
discriminate men from each other." He says, "It is a just
observation, that minds of the strongest and most active powers
for their proper objects fall below mediocrity and labor without
effect, if confined to uncongenial pursuits. And it is thence to
be inferred, that the results of human exertion may be immensely
increased by diversifying its objects. When all the different
kinds of industry obtain in a community, each individual can find
his proper element, and can call into activity the whole vigor of
his nature. And the community is benefitted by the services of
its respective members, in the manner, in which each can serve it
with most effect."
        Next slide please. [Slide 7] He continues, "If there be
anything in a remark often to be met with — namely that there
is, in the genius of the people of this country, a peculiar
aptitude for mechanic improvements, it would operate as a
forcible reason for giving opportunities to the exercise of that
species of talent, by the propagation of manufactures."
        OK; next slide. [Slide 8] In this one, he's elaborating his
point [No. 6] about "affording a more ample and various field for
enterprise." This is quoted, but I think it's very important. He
says, "To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind,
by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least
considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation
may be promoted."
        Next slide. [Slide 9] He continues, "Even things in
themselves not positively advantageous, sometimes become so, by
their tendency to provoke exertion. Every new scene, which is
opened to the busy nature of man to rouse and exert itself, is
the addition of a new energy to the general stock of the effort."
        Next slide. [Slide 10] He continues, "The spirit of
enterprise, useful and prolific as it is, must necessarily be
contracted or expanded in proportion to the simplicity or variety
of the occupations and productions, which are to be found in a
society. It must be less in a nation of mere cultivators, than in
a nation of cultivators and merchants, less in a nation of
cultivators and merchants, than in a nation of cultivators,
artificers and merchants.
        Next slide. [Slide 11] I want to put special emphasis on
this one, because I think it opens up the point that Mr. LaRouche
was exploring in his Four Laws paper about physical chemistry.
Alexander Hamilton says under this one [Point No. 7], the heading
of "As to the creating, in some instances, a new, and securing in
all a more certain and steady demand for the surplus produce of
the soil." Hamilton says, "This is among the most important of
the circumstances which have been indicated. It is a principal
mean, by which the establishment of manufacturers contributes to
an augmentation of the produce or revenue of a country, and has
an immediate and direct relation to the prosperity of
agriculture."
        Next slide. [Slide 12]  "It is a principal mean by which the
establishment of manufactures contributes to an augmentation of
the produce or revenue of a country."
        Next slide [Slide 13] After elaborating a little bit why
it's advantageous to have a domestic market rather than just
depending on foreign markets for your produce and products, he
says:
        "It merits particularly observation that the multiplication
of manufacturies not only furnishes a domestic market for these
articles which have been accustomed to be produced in abundance
in a country; but it likewise creates a demand for such as were
either unknown or produced in considerable quantities.  The
bowels as well as the surface of the Earth are ransacked for
articles which were before neglected.  Animals, plants, and
minerals acquire a utility and value which were before
unexplored."
        Then, jumping forward quite a bit, I just wanted to go to
Hamilton's conclusion of the entire paper, after discussing
public credit and national banking. [Slide 14]  He says:
        "In countries where there is a great private wealth, much
may be affected by the voluntary contributions of patriotic
individuals.  But in a community situated like that of the United
States, the public purse must supply the deficiency of private
resource.  In what can it be so useful as in promoting,
prompting, and improving the efforts of industry?"
        So, just before Ben picks it up, I just want to emphasize
that what Alexander Hamilton is exploring, is the science of how
the human mind can increase the productive powers of labor and
through that, by means of the application of technology and
principles that were hitherto unexplored or undiscovered, can
increase the potential population density of a nation or an
economy.  I think this seventh point, which he puts the most
premium on, is the role that manufactures can play in spurring
the discovery of resources that we didn't even know were
resources before.  What had been previously considered just rocks
or otherwise, become the most valuable resources — minerals,
fuels, coal, oil, uranium; the most valuable resources for your
economy.  I think Alexander Hamilton would be particularly
excited if he knew about the potential of the Moon to be mined
for a resource that I'm sure they did not have any conception of
in 1791 — helium-3 — as a source of fuel for nuclear fusion,
for example.  So, I just wanted to give a little bit of actual
content of Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures; and maybe
we can use that to contextualize a little bit of what Ben's going
to present here.

        DENISTON:  People should know, we are making these — in
their totality — available on the LaRouche PAC website.  This is
admittedly some pretty heavy material for some of our viewers,
but this is really what's needed right now.  I would just
emphasize looking where we are in the United States right now,
and again, a lot of people know Glass-Steagall needs to happen; a
number of people have a sense of having some sovereign control
over our money supply.  But what Hamilton understood and what
LaRouche understands, is what is the science of growth.  You can
have sovereign control of your money, you can cut off destructive
speculation like Wall Street; you can throw that in the trash.
But how do you create growth?  How do you actually create a more
productive economy in totality?  That is what Hamilton
understood; that a true credit system can facilitate these
increases in the productive power of labor.  That's what the
American people need to understand right now; that's what we have
a chance of joining internationally with what's going on around
the world.  But it's going to require that the United States
return to our understanding of these core principles.  I wanted
to just take a second and pull a little bit out of what Mr.
LaRouche defined as his Third Law in his policy document; and
just go through a couple of historical examples to put a little
bit more of a picture on this relation of the actual
understanding of the productive powers of labor and the critical
role that Mr. LaRouche has defined in his work furthering
Hamilton's own understanding to a new degree.  Mr. LaRouche's
work on what he defines as "energy flux density".
        But if we can go back to the slides, I have the full quote
of Mr. LaRouche's Third Law up there.  [Slide 15] Again, the
policy document as a whole is available on our website.  I just
wanted to read this and then go through a couple examples.
Again, the First Law being Glass-Steagall; the Second Law being a
national banking system, as Hamilton had defined.  And then he
presents a Third Law with this national banking system:
        "The purpose of the use of a Federal credit system, is to
generate high-productivity trends in improvement of employment
with the accompanying intention to increase the physical economic
productivity and the standard of living of the persons and the
households of the United States.  The creation of credit for the
now urgently needed increase of the relative quality and quantity
of productive employment must be ensured this time once more, as
was done successfully under President Franklin Roosevelt or by
like standards of Federal practice used to create a general
economic recovery of the nation, per capita.  And for rates of
net increases in productivity and by reliance on the essential
human principle which distinguishes the human personality from
the systemic characteristics of lower forms of life; the net rate
of energy flux density of effective practice.  This means
intrinsically a thoroughly scientific, rather than a merely
mathematical one; and by the related increase of energy flux
density per capita and for the human population when considered
as each and all as a whole.  The ceaseless increase of the
physical productivity of employment, accompanied by its benefits
for the general welfare, are a principle of Federal law which
must be a paramount standard of achievement of the nation and the
individual."
        I think really, again, illustrates Mr. LaRouche's work
furthering this scientific understanding of economy really rooted
in the work of Hamilton and those who continued this American
System tradition; but applying a new scientific understanding to
it.  If we go to the next slide [Slide 16], I wanted to highlight
a study that was done under Mr. LaRouche's direction back in the
'80s.  Mr. LaRouche has a long history of trying to educate the
American people and institutions about real economics.  I thought
this was just one example, but I think it may be a helpful,
specific case study to try and put some depth to the idea of the
productive powers of labor and the relation of energy flux
density to the productive powers of labor.
        So, what do we mean by that?  This is one expression of
that; this is a measurement of the productivity of iron
throughout the history of the United States up to 1975.  Iron
being by weight the most-used element by mankind as a whole.
Obviously, it's the main component of steel, so this is a major
part of any modern economy, is iron production.  This is a rather
fascinating study, where Mr. LaRouche said, don't just look at
tons produced; don't just look at people employed.  Look at the
relation between productivity — how productive is your average
laborer producing iron — and energy flux density; what's the
actual energy density per time used in the actual manufacturing
process of blast furnaces?  If you examine this historically, you
get this very fascinating and clear demonstration of what Mr.
LaRouche is talking about in terms of energy flux density and
productivity.  You see a consistent increase in the tons produced
per average iron worker per year in this case is the actual
number being used; measured against the energy flux density of
the production process.  The energy per area, per time; so the
concentration and density of energy used in the blast furnaces to
produce this iron.  And you see a dramatic, many-fold increase in
how productive each individual worker is as a direct function and
relation of the increasing energy flux density of the productive
process.
        More interesting, you see this kind of comes in successive
waves; and each of these waves is associated with — you'll get a
rise for a certain period, and then the productivity increase
will tend to level off.  Then, you'll get a new technological
revolution; you'll move to a higher energy density fuel, for
example.  Moving into better forms of coal was one example of
this; types of coal that have more energy per mass, per weight.
Or moving to coke — a derivative of coal that can operate at
higher temperatures and enable higher production rates.  Or
moving to higher technologies in the more recent period of
injection of pure oxygen into the process to create even more
heat and a more intense productive process.  There are various
technologies associated with each of those steps; you have
increases in technology, increases in the energy density of the
fuel producing the process.  You can kind of measure that
together as expressed in energy flux density; and you can see
that to really understand progress — but also these qualitative
shifts in progress; these leaps that occur, these are the kind of
metrics we want to look at.
        When you talk about this idea of — it's not a question of
the number of people you have employed; it's a question of what's
the capability of your labor force to produce the goods needed at
higher rates or efficiency, etc.  So, I think it's just one
useful case study to give some concept of the relationship
between the productive powers of labor and energy flux density.
It doesn't show it in this graphic, but as I think many of our
viewers wouldn't be surprised, these metrics have gone down
significantly since 1975; since we really settled into a
post-industrial economy which has led us to this collapse process
— the abandonment of this real industrial, forward-oriented
economic policy.
        If we go to the next graphic [Slide 17], it's just another
illustration of the same thing from the same study; but it's also
just interesting to note that with each of these successive
leaps, you also get higher rates of productivity per amount of
energy.  So, this is literally the productive output of iron per
amount of energy put in.  This idea that energy as a scalar value
in and of itself means something is not true.  The amount of
energy you're using does not necessarily tell you what your
economy can do, how productive you can be; but it's an issue of
energy flux density.  Higher energy flux densities, the same
amount of energy measured in just scalar, quantitative terms
becomes much more productive; because you're employing it with
higher technologies and at higher energy flux densities.
        This is just one example.  Similar studies can be done in
various sectors of the economy; but this is the type of process
that enables the productive section of your economy to continue
to — as Mr. LaRouche said in the concluding section of this
Third Law:  "[T]o continue this process of ever increasing the
productivity and ability of your labor force to produce more
goods, higher quality goods, that are needed to support society."
Those are the metrics that we need to understand that the credit
must facilitate and go to.
        I just wanted to highlight one other illustration of this
energy flux density issue, but on a national scale.  If we return
to the slide [Slide 18], you can also see this in terms of the
economy as a whole.  This is a study that we developed in the
Basement Team looking at the history of the United States;
looking at what you could consider one metric for the energy flux
density of the nation as a whole.  Now, we're looking at the use
of power per capita; not just what any one individual uses, but
everything that goes into all forms of transportation,
manufacturing, agriculture.  You take the net energy investment
in totality across the entire nation, average it per capita.
Then here we have it divided by power sources.  You can clearly
see the history of the growth of the United States very clearly
expressed in the increasing energy flux density of the nation.
You clearly see the Great Depression illustrated by a significant
drop in the energy flux density — measured in per capita terms
— of the nation.  You see a dramatic rise in Franklin
Roosevelt's mobilization coming out of the New Deal programs into
the World War II mobilization; you clearly see that reflected in
this graphic.  What's the next dramatic rate of increase?  Well,
it's certainly associated with Kennedy's space program, starting
there in the early '60s you see a dramatic leap in rate of
increase of energy flux density of the nation as a whole.
        Then what do you see since then?  This leveling off and
collapse, which is directly associated with the collapse we're
seeing now today in the United States; expressed in these
physical metrics.  You see that what should have been an
explosion of nuclear fission power was suppressed to just that
tiny, red segment there.  If you could see it — you might not be
able to at all — there's a little green tiny layer on the very
top there which is wind, solar, geothermal all combined.  So, if
you think you're going to support the US economy on Green
technologies, you're living in a fantasy.  All of the massive
subsidies and investment and propping up these things has barely
done anything to contribute to our actual net energy flux density
for our country as a whole.
        This is where we are today; this is one expression of the
collapse.  This is the process we have to reverse.  Maybe just to
illustrate one last example, I think it's really worth comparing
this with the next graphic [Slide 19]; which was the forecast by
the Kennedy administration in the '60s.  It was forecast that
this process would increase; and the next major component would
be the rapid expansion of nuclear fission power.  You'd get this
interesting process of these waves of fuel sources being used and
then surpassed as society moves to the next level.  The gray on
the far right, if you haven't read it yet, that's mostly
wood-powered; in very early times, wood was the main energy
source.  That was superseded by coal, as you can see in the
brown.  That began to fall off as other fossil fuels — namely,
gasoline, diesel, and natural gas — became a major component of
the economy.  As you can see, under a healthy orientation, it was
understood in the early '60s by the Kennedy administration, that
that should then fall off, and we should see a rapid expansion of
nuclear fission power as the next wave.  So, this is what a
healthy growth process would have looked like.  This is the kind
of process we need to return to; and as Mr. LaRouche says,
increasing the energy flux density of the nation, of the
productive powers of labor, of the labor force, these are the
kinds of metrics we need to be looking at.  Today, that means
fusion power.  It's not illustrated in the graphic here, but if
we're going to overcome those 30-40 years of stagnation, if we're
going to overcome the dramatic collapse in the productive
capabilities of our labor force; we can't just continue what was
done before.  As you've seen in all these historical examples, we
need to go to the new leaps in technology, the new leaps in
energy flux density, to drive the greatest increase in the
productive capabilities of the labor force.
        Then you have a system that will work; then the Four Laws
will work.  Now, a national bank will work; now, Glass-Steagall
will work, because it will facilitate this physical growth
process.  As we've talked about, this means fusion power, this
means the space program.  It's no accident that in those graphics
we were looking at, the period of the space program is very
clearly expressed in both of those; driving the increase in the
productive powers of labor, even in industries not seemingly
related to the space program.  But you see that driver program
reflected in this iron production, for example; you see it
reflected in the totality of the national energy flux density.
        Which brings us to Mr. LaRouche's Fourth Law; a fusion drive
program.  As he's increasingly emphasized, that is truly
integrated with a real space program.  So that has to be the
front end of a recovery program.  That'll come with all kinds of
things:  rebuilding our infrastructure; rebuilding the national
transportation system; power systems; all kinds of soft
infrastructure.  But it has to be understood as unified around
this increase of your productive capabilities; that's how an
economy works.
        That's what Hamilton understood, as Matthew showed us.
Smash the idea that we should be just agrarian, or should we be
manufacturing?  If you take people away from the other — a
complete lack of understanding of the synergistic relation of
actual human revolutions in technology; revolutions in the very
nature of mankind's relation to the environment more generally,
which are driven by real creative discoveries, creative thought,
real unique human growth.  This is the message, the unifying
conception that the American people need to understand and rally
around, if we're going to get out of the mess we're in now.  It's
not going to come from any form of monetarist jiggering of the
system; it has to be rooted in a real understanding of the true
science of human growth, of human progress.
        I know that might be a lot to throw at our viewers today,
but this is the historical challenge that we're facing.  We have
it in our history; we have it in Hamilton; we have in Lincoln; we
have it in Franklin Roosevelt.  We have it in a more developed
form than even them, with Mr. LaRouche's work.  But it's on us to
bring this to bear now as the revolution needed in the United
States.

        ROGERS:  Before we close out, let me just add one principle
from the standpoint that the underlying principle at the
foundation and at the core of Hamilton's four Reports and
LaRouche's Four Laws gets right at the heart of formation of our
US republic and the formation of Union as Hamilton saw it.  It is
what is defined directly in the US Constitution, but more
directly in the Preamble to the Constitution; the idea that
Hamilton was instrumental in developing.  This conception that
"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the General Welfare, and
secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of
America."  What's at the core of that is the principle of the
General Welfare; which is directly under attack right now by the
actions of Obama.  That is explicitly shown in the attacks on not
only the General Welfare of the nation, but attacks on this very
principle of the increase of the productive powers of your
society, and on the creative and productive powers of the human
mind.  You can see this most explicitly in the insane recent
announcement by President Obama advocating the United States go
to Mars under the direction, should we say, and direct support of
private industry.  But in a recent conference President Obama was
in — the White House Frontiers conference — the key person he
was there with was a man by the name of Atul Gawande.  This is a
person who's been promoting the idea that the population doesn't
need health care, we need to cut healthcare; we need to kill off
more people.  That's what's at the core of the attack on the
General Welfare of our nation, is this idea of population
reduction — killing off of the population.
        When you look at what it was that was understood by
Alexander Hamilton on this question of advancing the productive
powers of labor, that was most directly expressed over a century
later after the death of Alexander Hamilton, with the birth of a
great pioneer by the name of Krafft Ehricke.  Krafft Ehricke's
understanding of the increase in the formation of a more perfect
union and the productive powers of labor, came with the
understanding that it was not until mankind left the confines of
one small planet — Earth — and actually went out into the far
reaches of our Solar System and developed the Solar System.  He
called explicitly for developing the Solar System through the
increase in the productivity of society, the increase of
manufactures, and the increase of everything that Ben just went
through very thoroughly in his remarks.
        I think what we get back to again, which was very clearly
understood by Alexander Hamilton, as Mr. LaRouche in the
foundation of his policies on physical economy, and by Krafft
Ehricke, is at the heart of this is the conception of, and the
principle of, the human mind.  The human mind in the power of
reason.  What I wanted to do is just read a quick quote from
Krafft Ehricke on this conception of the reasoning of the human
mind at the foundation of this very principle of what increases
the productive powers of labor in our society — or throughout
our universe.
        He says:  "We are cosmic creatures by substance; by the
energy on which we operate, and by the restless mind that
increasingly metabolizes information from the infinitesimal to
the infinite.  And on the infrastructure of knowledge, pursues
its moral and social aspirations for a larger and better world
against many odds.  Through intelligences like ourselves, the
universe — and we in it — move into a focus of
self-recognition.  Metal ore is turned into formation-processing
computers, satellites, and deep space probes; and atoms are fused
as in stars.  I cannot imagine a more foreboding, apocalyptic
vision of the future than a mankind endowed with cosmic powers,
but condemned to solitary confinement on one small planet."
        He goes on to take the principle which Alexander Hamilton
had defined in his four Reports, in his Report on Manufacturing,
and applies that to the development of space; particularly to the
development of our sister body, the Moon.  He says that the
manufacturing and the development of the process which would
organize the increase of society, the formation of a more perfect
union, off of the planet, would actually start with the
development of the Moon.  And he says:  "Lunar industry should be
viewed as an organism that over time evolves to progressively
more complex capabilities and generates sufficiently strong
foundations for expansion.  Lunar industry must be broad-based
and diverse if it is to last.  The need for economic feasibility
and early returns will require a skillful interplay between
market, consumer-oriented products and services, and
infrastructural investments such as transportation, energy, and
surface-space installations that expand food production and
diversity in industrial productivity."
        So, I think what is essential to understand is that
Hamilton's conception was not something that was confined to one
period in time, one period of history.  It wasn't confined to one
planet.  It was actually organized — as was later understood by
Krafft Ehricke — to the idea that man cannot be confined to one
planet.  If we are going to truly form a more perfect union, we
have to get off the Earth and develop the entirety of the Solar
System and universe we live in.  And only the human mind can do
that.

        OGDEN:  Well said. I think Hamilton would concur with that
one.  We can only encourage to do your own reading of these four
Hamilton Reports; and as Ben said at the beginning of the show,
we did make those four available on the LaRouche PAC website.
There's a big picture of Hamilton; you can click on it.  It's got
links to the four separate reports by Hamilton; each one is a
nicely formatted pdf.  You can print them out and read them on
your own.  I would also just emphasize that
larouchepac.com/fourlaws is the place where you can find
LaRouche's paper from close to two years ago, as you can see on
the screen.  This contains the four principles of LaRouche.  Put
those two together, and I think if you can do the work, we can
create the educated citizenry that's necessary to put these
policies into practice.
        So, the urgency of the mobilization for Glass-Steagall
absolutely persists; we are right on the cusp of a complete
meltdown of this financial system.  The Glass-Steagall
mobilization is one which must be generating the kind of activity
that we had during the JASTA mobilization.  That victory rendered
the Obama regime impotent.  Don't fall for the bluster and the
intimidation; don't give in to the fear that the Obama
administration is attempting to project right now.  We had a
revolution in this country with the override of the JASTA veto;
and it's a completely new situation.  If we maintain that kind of
sense of victory and urgency, we can continue to make some very
incredible breakthroughs.
        I'd like to thank Ben; thank you, Kesha; thank you, Michael.
Please stay tuned.  Obviously, we're going to just elaborate
these discussions much more in the days to come.  Thank you very
much, and good night.

14. okt., 2016 – Kilder i Washington har bekræftet rapporteringer om, at præsident Obama har sammenkaldt til et møde i det Nationale Sikkerhedsråd for at høre, hvilke muligheder, der er for en politik i Syrien, i lyset af de syrisk-russiske militære operationer for at udslette oprørernes sidste bastion i Aleppo. I generelle træk er fire muligheder blevet forberedt: En flyveforbudszone, en sikkerhedszone, en bombekampagne for at udslette det syriske luftvåben samt en udvidet bevæbning af de »undersøgte« syriske oprørsgrupper. Ifølge en kilde skulle der være stærk opposition mod at bombe det syriske luftvåben, fordi det med næsten usvigelig sikkerhed ville eskalere til en direkte konflikt med Rusland.

Blandt mulighederne for at bevæbne de syriske oprørere er der en vifte af muligheder, lige fra ekstremt restriktiv bevæbning, der fokuserer på de kurdiske kæmpere i den Syriske Demokratiske Styrke (YPG for det meste), og til en langt mere bred bevæbning af oprørsstyrker, der er integreret i nogle af hardcore salafist-grupperingerne.

En anden kilde, der tidligere deltog i processen med at udvikle og fremlægge sådanne militære optioner, forventer, at Obama vil tage en specifik beslutning, baseret på tre eller fire optioner, der forelægges ham, og han vil træffe en formel beslutning og senere udstede en eksekutiv ordre.

En kilde understregede, at situationen på jorden er blevet langt farligere og nævner, at tyrkiske militære enheder har bevæget sig ind i områder, der ligger meget tæt på områder, hvor enheder fra den syriske hær opererer, så vel som også intensiteten af russiske og syriske militære operationer i og omkring Aleppo. »Truslen om en direkte konflikt med Rusland« er vokset, indrømmer kilden.

14. oktober, 2016 – I dag understregede Lyndon LaRouche, at den omhyggeligt orkestrerede kampagne imod Trump over hans perversioner ikke vil lykkes med at dæmpe det folkelige raseri imod Obama og Hillary. Med bemærkninger om både krigshysteriet og det totale sammenbrud af sundhedsordningen Obamacare, hvor millioner af mennesker bliver tvunget til at betale 50-70 % ’s højere præmier for ringere og færre sundhedsydelser, sagde LaRouche, at dette forøger raseriet i befolkningen imod dræberen Obama og hans aktiv, Hillary Clinton.

»Der er så mange vrede mennesker. Hadet imod Obama og Hillary vil eksplodere uanset, hvad der sker med valget. Manøvren med at skjule Hillarys forbrydelser bag Trumps degeneration vil ikke virke. Raseriet vil komme frem og vil sluttelig overvinde denne bestræbelse.«

»Vores opgave er at samle de nødvendige styrker med henblik på at søge en fredelig løsning på Obamas fremstød for krig med Rusland. Hvis han starter en generel krig, er det undergang. Få folk med rygrad, inden for og uden for regeringen, til at lukke Obama ned, at få ham ud, nu. Ønsker de fred? Så luk ham ned.«