World history, in the sense of Friedrich Schiller’s theory of drama, has reached a “punctum saliens” at which all previous tendencies converge as it were on a point of decision: Does humanity—which for the first time has the potential to destroy itself and all life on Earth, thanks to thermonuclear weapons, and which for the first time can follow live every single day on internet the most barbaric acts in Gaza ongoing for the last 22 months—have the moral capacity to survive? What is obvious at any rate is that the old world order—as it emerged after World War Two and especially after the end of the Cold War—and with it international law have broken down.

Even the UN, whose Charter remains the most important document of the international community, is in urgent need of reform because, as now constituted, it has proven incapable of responding adequately to the threat of war and demontage of the international order.

President Xi Jinping has now presented, with his idea of a community of shared future for mankind and the four global initiatives (GDI, GSI, GCI, and now GGI) [Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, Global Governance Initiative] a concept that clearly defines the next phase of human evolution. This concept has taken shape with the emergence of a new world order through the BRICS, the Belt and Road Initiative, and above all at the SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organization] conference in Tianjin, opening up the tremendously optimistic prospect for the global majority of humanity, that the 500-year era of colonialism can finally be overcome. The Chinese-Russian partnership is the rock on which the new world order is built, and the overcoming of tensions between China and India, two cradles of humanity that together represent 35% of the world’s population, is as a guide for positive change among all nations whose relationships are fraught with manipulations going back to the colonial era.

The tectonic shift underway with the emergence of a new world order, based on the tradition of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Non-Aligned Movement, and pursued under Xi Jinping’s four initiatives, clearly creates the conditions for lasting peace in the world. The appeal of this model, which offers economic progress and opportunities for cultural development to all nations, is seen in the growing number of nations in the Global South that see themselves as active and equal participants. If this dynamic existed alone, humanity would face a bright future.

However, everything now depends on finding a way to win over the nations of the former “collective West,” which has not been collective since the beginning of President Trump’s second term, to cooperate with the new emerging world order. The fact that a “Coalition of the Willing,” that insists the conflict over Ukraine must be decided on the battlefield, is needed, shows that it represents only a minority, even in Europe, and even within this coalition, the approval ratings of the respective governments are extremely low.

The distorted or non-existent reporting in Western mainstream media about the emerging world order, as seen at the recent SCO summit, means that the American and European populations do not have a clue about it. Instead, with appeals such as “Germany must become war-capable” (Pistorius), “Germany must build the strongest conventional army in Europe” (Merz), and Russia and China could become so powerful by 2027 that they would seek confrontation with NATO and the U.S., the attempt is made to prepare the population for a new militarism.

Therefore, it is urgent to find ways to demonstrate to the populations of European nations the dangers of a new militarism, as well as the positive potential that lies in cooperation with the new world order. In view of the recent rapprochement between China and India, the approach taken by President Xi, in a speech in New Delhi in 2014, would be particularly well suited for that:

“Even in ancient times, China already came to the conclusion that a warlike state, however big it may be, will eventually perish. Peace is of paramount importance, harmony without uniformity … and universal peace must be achieved. The Chinese concepts of ‘universal peace’ and ‘universal love’ and the Indian concepts of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakum’ (the world being one family) and ahimsa (causing no injury) are very much alike.”

President Xi’s Global Civilization Initiative offers an excellent approach to intensifying a similar dialogue with Western cultures on the basis of the most developed concepts and ideas.

Alongside Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who was a great admirer of Chinese culture and philosophy, Friedrich Schiller had a visionary idea of a united humanity, interconnected through aesthetic education and self-cultivation to the highest ideal of humanity. Schiller’s recognition that this ideal could be achieved through aesthetic education had great influence in China, due to the intervention of the scholar Cai Yuanpei, the first Minister of Education of the Provisional Republic of China and later President of Peking University. Cai Yuanpei introduced Schiller’s concept of aesthetic education into the Chinese education system and created a new word for it: “meiju.” And inspired by Schiller’s idea expressed in his “Ode to Joy”—”All men become brothers”—he developed a vision of a “great community” of the whole world, “datong shijie,” which would live together peacefully and harmoniously, without armies or war. Cai saw dialogue among cultures as the way to achieve this goal, believing that a nation must embrace the cultures of other peoples: “If you look at the development of history, you can see that the confrontation of different cultures always leads to the emergence of a new one.”

Therefore we need to seek out those ideas and concepts in all cultures and civilizations, out of which their greatest minds, their greatest poets, and thinkers have developed visions of a common future for humanity. These ideas have been almost forgotten in the West today, at least among the warmongering circles who, despite their constant talk of “Western values,” no longer have any idea what truly great ideas are. Exchanges among the peoples about the most beautiful works of different cultures will not only foster understanding, but also love for them.

Chinese initiatives have already proven that the principle of “peace through development” can truly overcome deep conflicts, as can be seen in China’s mediating role between Iran and Saudi Arabia, or recently between Pakistan and Afghanistan. There is, therefore, justified hope that the combination of joint economic development and dialogue about the best traditions of the respective cultures will also succeed in bringing the European nations and even America into this global community! In any case, this is a goal to which we should devote ourselves with all the passion of our love for humanity!

Yu Yingfu, the vice president of the China International Communications Group (CICG), cited in his keynote speech historical examples of peaceful exchanges of ideas between civilizations, naming, for example, Zhang Qian’s expedition (138-126 BCE) to the West, reaching Xinjiang and later Bactria (northern Afghanistan), with which he laid the basis for the formation of the Silk Road trade routes, which were not only a route for trade, but also became an exchange route for science and culture. He also cited Zhang He’s seven voyages to the Western Oceans all the way to East Africa, as well as the spread of Buddhism from India into China. Yu Yingfu also emphasized today’s need for exchanges and mutual learning toward a shared vision in order to move humanity forward.

Helga Zepp-LaRouche, who founded the Schiller Institute, participated in a roundtable discussion as part of the forum with the theme, “Promoting World Peace and Development Through Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations.” In her remarks she called for a concerted effort to rescue the West from its self-induced isolation from the Global Majority, and for the West to join into a dialogue of civilizations for a new paradigm of development.

The former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Le Yucheng called for the use of digital technology and AI to make cultural knowledge more accessible to the population. During the conference proceedings, several such projects were presented, including one by the National Library of China, which makes 143,000 volumes of ancient Chinese books available to the public with the aid of digitalization and the utilization of AI. China’s Federation of Literary and Arts presented their effort to collect all ancient myths, songs, ballads, epics, and legends, which will be, when completed, the largest such database of folk literature in the world. Also highlighted was China’s aim to build a digital library for technology and science in order to promote scientific knowledge and make China into a technological powerhouse.

At the forum there was also a presentation of the cooperation of the Shanghai Museum with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), where they organized the largest-ever overseas exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the last decades, with the title “On Top of the Pyramid: Civilization of the Ancient Egypt,” with altogether 2.77 million visitors in Shanghai and another 30 billion impressions online. The interest for the exhibit was so big, that the Shanghai Museum extended their hours in the final days of the exhibit to 24 hours a day. The Shanghai Museum is now partnering with Egyptian archaeologists for joint excavation projects.

This emphasis on the promotion of the classics was also echoed by David Gosset, the founder of the China-Europe-America Global Initiative, who emphasized the importance of the works of Plato, Confucius, and Dante in order to create a culture with depth. He emphasized: “Wisdom is not born of code. It is cultivated through reflection, through engagement with history, with ethics, with literature and art—through the humanities.” He emphasized that the ultimate purpose of AI technology must be for the betterment of mankind as a whole.

If one contrasts this level of discussion with the prevalent liberal value ideology of the West, where there are no more rational standards for the good, the beautiful, and the true, and if one sees the enormous effort China and other Global South nations put into the promotion of their greatest philosophical and cultural traditions, it becomes clear which part of the world is in decline and which is on the rise.

It is time for the West to leave behind its superficial ideas about the cultures of the nations of the Global South—ideas that, in many respects, are relics of the colonial and neocolonial era, which is now approaching its historic end.

The promotion of the creative aspects of the human soul must once again be the sole aim of education. In the realm of creativity, there will be no place for national chauvinism; the discoveries of one genius will be an everlasting enrichment for all humankind.

The nations of the West have become societies without historical and philosophical grounding, disconnected from their own better historical legacy. All citizens of good will should do their utmost to leave this behind and to ensure that at the next Beijing Cultural Forum, there is meaningful representation from governments and institutions of the Global North to join this global civilizational initiative.

Tobias Faku

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Today the White House released a 20 point program for a ceasefire in Gaza and a way forward whose approval by the United States and Israel were discussed by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, at a joint press briefing at the White House, following their meeting there earlier. The “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” was reportedly then provided to Hamas for their consideration, by envoys of Egypt and Qatar. Within hours, a joint statement was released by six nations in the region, along with Pakistan and Indonesia, thanking the United States and committing to “working on the program.”

President Trump spoke extensively at the press briefing, which did not take questions, thanking these nations, many of whose representatives he met in New York City last week, and others, and ebulliently calling the new program “historic,” and a breakthrough after “thousands of years” of strife. Trump reported how during his talks with Netanyahu this morning, Trump called Qatar’s Prime Minister al Thani, and Netanyahu apologized to him for having bombed his country, an act only “aimed at Hamas,” Netanyahu rationalized.

The main specifics Trump chose to announce were that a “Board of Peace” will be formed to oversee the implementation of the proposed terms, such as demilitarizing Hamas, and Trump will head it, though he demurred that he is very busy. Trump made a point of saying that a member of the Board of Peace will be Tony Blair.

This factoid alone cast a pall on the packed occasion, given that Blair is infamous for his record of lies, direct manipulation of Washington leaders, and causing the deaths of millions of Iraqis and thousands of Americans in Iraq and other wars. Even including the ebullience of President Trump, and the fawning smiles of Netanyahu, the hour-long briefing was a grave occasion, for conspicuously omitting any acknowledgment of the scale of IDF murder and destruction in Gaza—genocide—and the urgency to stop it. Instead, there were real estate developer undertones in Trump’s talk about how the seacoast should never have been given to the Palestinians in the first place. Trump asserts that the Abraham Accords, advanced five years ago, will now have a comeback.

On economic development, there is barely a veneer of a point or two on the topic, with Point 10 opening by saying, “A Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza will be created by convening a panel of experts who have helped birth some of the thriving modern miracle cities in the Middle East….”

In reality, the starting point in the whole region is that the current population of 450 million, in the 10 nations and Gulf states, from Egypt eastward to Iran, and Yemen northward to Türkiye, must have the means to life, and for generations ahead, which calls for the LaRouche Oasis Plan approach. Each person, in every sovereign nation, deserves the water, the power, the food, the industry, the healthcare, the education, the surroundings for a productive life.

We don’t know what will happen next on this 20-point “Comprehensive Plan,” over the coming hours and days, but any wait-and-see mode of reaction is wrong. We need to organize to spread the reality of the Oasis Plan concept, and variations on it worldwide.

This is the dramatic reality of the direction of the Global Majority now underway. Today was also the last day of the UN General Assembly annual General Debate. There were many messages of demand for truth, peace and development over the past six days, though blacked out from general reporting to the international public. EIR will publish several of them in a review.

For example, among the ringing speeches from Africa, came the words on Sept. 25 of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. He said: “Ghana has long recognized the state of Palestine and supported a two-state solution to the conflict. Contrary to the claims of some, a two-state solution would not be a reward for Hamas, but rather, a reprieve for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who have been facing collective punishment and forced starvation for no reason other than the fact that they are Palestinian….” He called for an end to the prevarication by the UN General Assembly, and spoke of how Africa is transforming itself to take responsibility for humanity.

There were dozens of bilateral and group meetings in New York in the past 10 days, among the Global Majority, for example, the BRICS foreign ministers on Sept. 26.

Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp-LaRouche today stressed that, “The Global Majority is not silent about what is going on.”

At the same time, there are critical actions in other parts of the world, to end the genocide in Gaza, and also to stop the insane perpetual war stance in Europe, blocking any resolution of the Ukraine conflict. The demonstration in Germany over the weekend was massive. Even more is expected this week in Berlin and elsewhere, for October 3, marking the National Day of Germany.

Be sure to attend the International Peace Coalition on Friday, October 3, this week. Sign the international petition, “The Nations of the West Must Cooperate with the New World Economic Order!”

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Sept. 27, 2025 (EIRNS)—The 121st consecutive online forum of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) took place on Friday, Sept. 26. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder and International Peace Coalition initiator, opened the proceedings by stating that the moral fitness of the world is being tested. She commented that at the same time that she was speaking, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the United Nations General Assembly, but noted that his speech was delayed when a large group of UN delegates walked out, causing some disorder, just as Netanyahu was about to utter his first words. Zepp-LaRouche made the point that Israel put up billboards around New York City reading “Remember October 7,” implying that Netanyahu was justified to commit any atrocity to seek revenge. She said that conditions in Gaza go beyond description, people in Gaza City are being forced to evacuate, but most people have no transportation, no food, no water, no medicine, etc. Thousands are fleeing, but they don’t know where to go since buildings are being bombed, including schools, hospitals, mosques, etc. Later in the dialogue, Zepp-LaRouche criticized the possibility that Britain’s Tony Blair might become a “temporary governor” of Gaza.

Zepp-LaRouche said that Netanyahu wants another meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in order to gain approval for another military strike on Iran, but noted that the mood of the U.S. population is shifting quickly against Netanyahu’s endless warmongering. She also noted the increased global resistance to this, as Iran is now receiving more military assistance from Russia and China, and there is a greater resolve among Arab nations, especially after the Israeli attack on Doha, Qatar. While much of the media highlight Trump’s recent comments in support of Ukraine as a new political U-turn, Zepp-LaRouche was more open to the suggestion that Trump is merely anxious to dump the problem on the Europeans. However, she was not sure that Europe could “fill the void,” despite its massive military buildup and spending surge. Ukraine is losing the war—if it has not already lost the war—likely with 1.7 million casualties, even though some view it like a bank that is “too big to fail.”

Zepp-LaRouche told the audience that all of Europe, and especially Germany, is being hit with psychological warfare so as to whip the population into an anti-Russia frenzy. There is now hysteria over alleged violations of NATO airspace, a claim which Russia has responded to by stating that their airspace is constantly being violated. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has even said that shooting down Russian planes “is on the table.” Large military exercises are currently underway in Hamburg, Germany, which are specifically aimed at the involvement of civilians, while Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said that the social state must be dismantled in order to spend €83 billion on tanks, artillery, and jet fighters. However, Zepp-LaRouche warned that any war will quickly become a nuclear war, and all that military hardware will be vaporized. She called on everyone to participate in and promote the Oct. 3 demonstrations in Berlin and Stuttgart to stop the war insanity, like the successful, massive demonstrations in the 1980s. She said that the very existence of Germany depends on this effort. She said that the root of all this hysteria is a fear on the part of the Western geopoliticians of the rise of the Global South.

A leader of the Schiller Institute in Mexico, Alberto Vizcarra, spoke next and gave a report on the just-concluded conference in Mexico City of farm leaders from nine states across the country. The conference was held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s School of Economics. Attendees included the 91-year-old Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, an engineer and former Mexican presidential candidate, leaders in the school’s economics department, and a very large contingent of young people. The Mexican farm leaders gave a picture of the dire economic crisis facing agriculture under free trade agreements that their government has tolerated. A highlight of this conference was the reading of a support letter from farm leaders in the United States who are suffering from the same policies, and identified the problem of global bankers and food cartels destroying farmers around the world. Vizcarra said that if Mexico would join with the BRICS and other Global South economic initiatives, there would be no need to break with the United States.

Dr. Apurba Kumar Bardalai, a retired Major General from the Indian Army, spoke of his experience as the leader of the United Nations peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, UNIFIL. He promoted the spirit of the anti-colonial, pro-development, 1955 Bandung Conference, but was critical of the hypocrisy of the controllers of the United Nations. He said that while the UN Charter is based on international law and principles of the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, Winston Churchill subverted it to his obsession of building a worldwide opposition against Russia. The UN became a pawn in the hands of just a few “permanent five” countries. Peace can be won when the powerful countries decide to prevent a war, such as the 1956 Suez Crisis. However, other wars are acceptable, such as his experience in Lebanon. He praised the Schiller Institute’s commitment to economic development as a road to peace and warned that if we fail in peace, the consequences will “haunt us forever.”

A video clip of an EIR interview with Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.), conducted by Diane Sare, was played in which Macgregor questioned the “success” of the Trump administration reducing it to “Biden II.” He said that the economic folly was leading to war, the collapse of the dollar, and economic default. But Macgregor said that much of the world is finding success in a new direction. He said that the U.S. should look for a way to deal with the coming default without hurting the population, but said that Trump is surrounded by Wall Street billionaires and does not see any other option.

Army veteran and leader in the Eisenhower Media Network Josephine Gilbeau then spoke, stressing the importance of all citizens of the world uniting for peace despite all the petty differences that we may have. She watched 13 hours of the speeches at the UN General Assembly, and said she was left feeling disappointed. She spoke of the Freedom Flotilla and the threats from Israel to the passengers.

Schiller Institute activist in Canada Ilko Dimov spoke of the importance of using classical culture to give people a higher identity and create a society based on Renaissance principles, and showed examples of his own art work to exemplify the point. He said that when President Trump speaks of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, we need to speak of Friedrich Schiller and beauty. Only this quality can provide a resistance to the moral crisis in the population. This issue would come up later when a question was asked whether President Trump was too erratic and should be removed with the 25th Amendment. IPC co-moderator Dennis Small answered that Trump has been oscillating for some time, but a bigger problem was the identity and lack of thinking by the American public. Small said that Americans have to think more like John Quincy Adams. Helga Zepp-LaRouche answered by asking who would replace Trump? She said that the most urgent problem is the threat of World War III, and that this is her top priority.

A former member of the European Parliament from Latvia brought up the danger of conflict in Moldova, and pointed out that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been traveling in the area. An important question came from a person in Venezuela asking about the threats to his country from President Trump, and how ideologues like Evan Ellis have said that a war with Venezuela would be a “cake walk.” Small replied that this is part of the “law of the jungle,” and its objective is to stop Ibero-American countries from working with China or the Belt and Road development plans. He said that this is not just a threat against Venezuela, but the same faction is also committed to destroying the Lula government in Brazil.

Later in the dialogue Mrs. Zepp-LaRouche warned of the danger of a new fascism to manipulate the public with censorship and control over all its data. She mentioned Peter Thiel and his article “The Straussian Moment,” wherein he presents the idea that since 9/11 the only way to have security is to surrender freedom.

However, it is not sufficient merely to expose the problems of the world, she said. We must give people a way out. The West would be welcomed with open arms if it engages in a cooperative spirit with the Global South. Our biggest task is to organize and educate the nations of the West, and create this new paradigm, Zepp-LaRouche concluded.

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“Only direct cooperation with the Arabs can create a dignified and safe life. If the Jews don’t comprehend this, the whole Jewish position in the complex of Arab countries will become, step by step, untenable. What saddens me is less the fact that the Jews are not smart enough to understand this, but rather that they are not just enough to want it.”

So wrote Albert Einstein in the context of the creation of the State of Israel, whose presidency he was offered, and declined.

An emergency summit of the League of Arab States and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation was held on Sept. 15 in response to Israel’s outrageous strikes in Doha, Qatar, targeting the Hamas representatives there to negotiate with their Israeli counterparts. Israel’s strike targeted negotiation itself. The summit issued a final communiqué denouncing the Israeli attack on Qatar, the barbaric destruction of Gaza, settlements in the West Bank, and Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, and calling for international action.

The assembled leaders demanded that the international community act to change Israel’s course. Specifically, they called on all nations “to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing its actions” against the Palestinian people, including by supporting efforts to end its impunity, holding it accountable for its violations and crimes, imposing sanctions on it, suspending the supply, transfer, or transit of weapons, ammunition, and military materials—including dual-use items—reviewing diplomatic and economic relations with it, and initiating legal proceedings against it,” as well as suspending Israel from the United Nations.

In Madrid, a crowd of some 100,000 people shut down the final stage of the Tour of Spain bike race. The prime minister voiced his support for the protesters, and called for Israeli teams to be banned from all international competitions, as has happened to Russian teams.

Meanwhile, Moscow persists in warning NATO that it is already at war with Russia, with consequences that could be devastating. The recent drone swarm that entered Poland is seen as a deliberate provocation by those who seek the continuation of the fighting, which is destroying Ukraine.

While Trump may have attempted to extricate himself from the Ukraine conflict by making unfulfillable demands on the Europeans, he is moving deeper toward conflict in the Americas with another strike on a Venezuelan vessel and continues his bellicose statements about Gaza.

What is needed is the success of an international campaign for a new paradigm of economic, cultural and political relations—the campaign waged for decades by the movement founded by Lyndon LaRouche. We need action, and action now!

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The 119th consecutive weekly meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) began with remarks by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute Founder and initiator of the International Peace Coalition. She said that “the world is completely out of order,” cataloguing the latest eruptions: the uproar about Russian drones over Poland, the Israeli attack on Qatar, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and others. She warned that the Kirk assassination can be seen as a warning to U.S. President Donald Trump, and the bombing of Qatar is another manifestation of the law of the jungle, which could be the final nail in the coffin of peace negotiations. The only “plus point” is that for the first time, all five members of the UN Security Council denounced the Qatar attack, with no U.S. veto.

She added that the common denominator in the violent acts around the world is that they all represent a reaction to the emerging new world economic order. A new development of the highest importance for the emerging order is China President Xi Jinping’s Global Governance Initiative, which echoes her Ten Principles of a New International Security and Development Architecture.

Donald Ramotar, former President of Guyana, focused on the tensions in the Caribbean region. He rejected Venezuela’s claim to two-thirds of the territory of Guyana, but also reminded the participants of U.S. attacks on Guyanese sovereignty in 1962, much as the United States is trying to bring about regime-change in Venezuela today. In the Caribbean, fear of U.S. sanctions is a major factor, after what has been done to Cuba and Venezuela. U.S. sanctions against a Brazilian judge are unprecedented interference in the internal affairs of a South American nation.

Regarding Trump’s justification of his assault on Venezuela, claiming that its government is a drug cartel, Ramotar reminded the participants that Pino Arlacchi, who served as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has characterized Venezuela’s anti-drug cooperation as one of the best. The issue is not drugs, Ramotar said, it is oil. Since President Nixon declared the War on Drugs in the 1970s, the drug scourge has gotten much worse. The use of the military to combat it has failed.

Looking at the global outbreak of violence referenced by Zepp-LaRouche, Ramotar asserted, “It is a clear sign of desperation and a new aggressiveness on the part of the NATO countries…. Gaza is being used in order to destroy international laws and international institutions.” He called the Ukraine war “a failed attempt to destabilize Russia.”

Shakeel Ramay, Political Economist and CEO of the Asian Institute of Eco-Civilization Research and Development, discussed the 2025 Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, saying that it should be a step toward a multipolar world, not a multibloc world. SCO has facilitated the resolution of conflicts, unlike NATO and similar “bloc” organizations. The SCO Development Bank will be created, complementing the efforts of other Global South organizations. Xi’s Global Governance Initiative is intended to combat the residual Cold War mentality. China respects diversity in its own society, and follows a people-centered policy; this approach can be applied globally.

Prof. Fernando Garzon, architect, urban planner, and leader of the Ecuadorian-Palestinian Union, referenced Ramotar’s warnings about regional tensions, noting that there are 25-30 U.S. and European military bases in the Caribbean, which represent a threat.

Turning to the issue of Palestine, he said that all members of the UN should recognize the Palestinian state and make it a full member. He called for the transfer of UN meetings to Geneva to include Palestinian representatives, and said we should hold corporations accountable for their participation in crimes in Gaza. Francesca Albanese has carried out an important study on this. We should consider sending armed forces into Gaza, and implementing UN Resolution 377, Uniting for Peace.

Jacques Cheminade, head of the Solidarité et Progrès party of France, dissected the confused and impotent foreign policy of his nation. Macron’s goal of sending troops to Ukraine provides targets for Russian missiles, and is rejected by the French population. “France has neither the money nor the weapons for what they pretend to do.”

An EIR video interview with Jonathan Kuttab, co-founder of Nonviolence International and executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America, was presented. He began by saying, “On the Palestinian side there is a strong feeling of helplessness, but not hopelessness.” Israelis know that their conduct is unacceptable to the world, but their attitude is “So what? We can do whatever we want.” Israel has a new sense of impunity. In response to a question on the role of the British in the Middle East, he said, “The British are behind every evil thing that happens in the world…. Many people think that they are also manipulating the United States itself.”

“We really need international law,” said Kuttab, including the Israelis. The Israelis are very shortsighted if they think they can ignore international norms. What would it take for nations to support UN Resolution 377? It will take pressure from ordinary people on their governments.

Zepp-LaRouche responded by saying that if the Palestinian delegates to the UN do not receive visas, we should mobilize the IPC to move the General Assembly meeting to Geneva. AOC is cancelling her appearance in North Carolina due to security concerns after the Kirk assassination. “The role of the British subversion of the American republic needs to be addressed,” she said, because it is the root cause of the destructive campaign for a “unipolar world.” She urged everyone to sign the new statement from the Schiller Institute.

Ramotar asserted that the BRICS is offering a viable alternative to the collapsing colonial system, and the ongoing aggression and sabotage is intended to wreck international law, replacing it with the “survival of the fittest” where the colonial forces hope to come out on top.

Discussion Period

In response to a question, IPC co-moderator Dennis Speed asked Zepp-LaRouche to elaborate on the 10th principle of her proposal for a New International Security and Development Architecture, that humans are essentially good. She responded by saying that when you are confronted with a great evil, we need to have love, and that is most difficult. If you don’t have that love, you cannot find a solution. Rage short-circuits your reason. Man has an infinite capacity for self-perfection, not only of the mind, but for the improvement of one’s character.

Cheminade suggested that Resolution 377 is often misunderstood as a way to trigger military intervention. Its effectiveness is to present a consensus of the world community and to isolate Israel, leading to boycotts and a halt to weapons sales, and to touch the consciences of Israelis.

A participant questioned whether the recognition of a Palestinian state would deter Israel, which has attacked numerous sovereign states. Speed emphasized the importance of intervening with their representatives at the upcoming UN General Assembly session and vowed that the Schiller Institute and The LaRouche Organization would have a regular presence there. Ramotar insisted that Israel will not stop because they see the opportunity to realize the dream of a Greater Israel, with the acquiescence of the U.S. He castigated the Arab countries for their passivity, saying that “we have to shame them.”

In her concluding remarks, Zepp-LaRouche urged everyone to pressure their governments in the context of the upcoming UNGA meeting. The SCO conference showed a new confidence in the nations of the Global South, and we have to convince the citizens of the Global North/Global West to give up their arrogance and cooperate with the Global Majority.

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The situation in France following the vote of no confidence against French Prime Minister François Bayrou is indicative of the entire Western system. François Bayrou is the fourth (!!) French prime minister to be ousted from office within 20 months. Emmanuel Macron’s approval ratings are at 15%, and protests in France are directed against him and/or his austerity policies.

The people of Europe are realizing that they will have to pay with their living standard for the march into war with Russia. The economies are collapsing, while military spending is skyrocketing. The coalition of the brain-dead, as Ray McGovern calls them, which wants to make the population war-ready, does not care in the slightest about the population.

Governments are being replaced, but the underlying problem is not being addressed.

The only way out of the transatlantic breakdown crisis is to cooperate with the New World Economic Order, which is being promoted by the majority of humanity, this was the topic during the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

All nations can work together based on mutual benefit and jointly work together to develop their economies for the prosperity of all. One step in this direction is to get the United Nations General Assembly to unite for peace and pass UN Resolution 377.

Join Helga Zepp-LaRouche in her live dialogue and discuss the issues and solutions that move the world and its people. Send your questions, comments, and reports to questions@schillerinstitute.org or post them in the next live stream.

The world is entering a new era of civilization following the extraordinary decisions made at the SCO summit and the profound moves toward a paradigm of Peace through Economic Development. These changes give the people of the world a precious opportunity to respond to create a New Just Security and Development Architecture, so that every human life is treated with dignity and respect.

In this global context, Professor Jeffrey Sachs in a September 6 Consortium News article outlined concrete actions for leaders, organizations and representatives to intervene to end the Genocide.  These demands are summarized below:

1. End all economic trade, shipping and air links with Israel as done recently by Türkiye. 

2. All U.N. member states that have not yet done so should recognize the State of Palestine.

3. Arab signatories to the Abraham Accords, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the U.A.E., should suspend their diplomatic relations with Israel until the Gaza siege ends and the State of Palestine is admitted to the U.N.

4. Suspend Israel from the UN General Assembly, as done in the case of the South African Apartheid Regime.

5. U.N. member states should stop the export of all technology services that support the war (Amazon, Microsoft) until the siege of Gaza ends and Palestine’s membership in the U.N. is adopted by the U.N. Security Council.

6. Under Res. 377, Uniting for Peace, a U.N. Protection Force should be sent to Gaza and the West Bank. Writes Sachs, “Typically, it would be the U.N. Security Council that mandates a protection force, but in this case, the U.S. will block the Security Council with its veto. There is another way.”

 In addition to the above, there must be a plan for reconstruction of the entire region which will require abundant amounts of energy and fresh water.  Lyndon LaRouche’s 1975 Oasis Plan would be a good model, and will become a real possibility if the west can abandon its destructive short-sighted quest for global hegemony and cooperate with the Global Majority as proposed in the Schiller Institute Appeal on the other side of this leaflet.

We encourage all organizations, leaders and representatives to follow these immediate actions. Please join the international chorus to create an era where we can have true peace and prosperity for all human life.

Join Helga Zepp-LaRouche in her live dialogue and discuss the issues and solutions that move the world and its people. Send your questions, comments, and reports to questions@schillerinstitute.org or post them in the next live stream.

In a discussion with international collaborators, Helga Zepp-LaRouche described the changed political world situation after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting, which took place on August 31 and September 1, 2025, as follows:

“The strategic picture is one of incredible changes going on at the same time and in very different directions. But one thing is certain to say: With the meeting in Tianjin in China with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the world is already changing and has already changed in a way which cannot be undone. What that signifies for sure is that the effort to have a unipolar Western-dominated world in control over the majority of the world population is definitely over. A new system is clearly being established where the attitude of the West to look at this new formation as the enemy is completely suicidal and fatal, and we must correct it. The only way to relate to this emerging new world order is through cooperation. I think that is the absolute message which we have to introduce in every channel of the Western organizing for what can possibly be done.

“What is happening is enormous; it is nothing less than the establishment of a new world economic order based on principles which are in great affinity with what Lyndon LaRouche had been fighting for his whole life, starting with the IDB, the idea of overcoming developing sector under-development and introducing justice in the economic system. That will take an enormous fight to explain to people because by just glancing at the media this morning, they are completely hysterical about the fact that the big three—China, India, and Russia—are now together. And on top of that naturally other SCO members as well. But the verbiage is that the probable war criminal Putin got the red carpet treatment, blah, blah, blah; all of this sort of thing.”

Describing the approach that must be used to win the populations in the Western nations to participate in this historic change and to help their respective countries join this changed world, Zepp-LaRouche said:

“I think by now, everybody has the sense of the incredible potential of this moment. These are the kinds of moments which do not come all the time, and they are the rule of the developments. In 1989, this was such a moment; what we called the star hour of mankind, the historic chance of ’89. This was thoroughly screwed up. That chance remained sort of lingering a little bit afterwards because there was a discussion that Russia could have joined NATO. There are now new documents out that Clinton even considered it at a certain point. Lyndon LaRouche was in the middle of this, if you remember our first trip to Moscow after Lyndon came out of jail. This was the period when this potential clearly existed, and it was sabotaged. So, we should really get this sense across to the people we are talking to, who are all correctly complaining about the suffering of various kinds of poverty, unemployment, other considerations, school violence, drug addiction, suicidal tendencies. This is the moment to really change direction, and I think we must do it with the sense that mankind is the only creative species; that man is gifted with creative reason, and therefore we are not the victims of this or that or some developments we can’t influence. If you have the right historic coalition and constellation of forces, you can, through voluntary action and having the right idea of a plan for the future, one can shape history. I think it is that optimistic sense we must invoke in the people we are organizing so they don’t feel small and think that you can’t do anything anyway, this kind of pessimistic self-conception.”

“So, I think we should go into this with a total explosion of organizing and really demand that people be visible with us in a coalition of voices to say we want to end this geopolitical insanity. We want to have a world where countries are equal partners; our country is one part and not trying to sabotage it. So, I think that is what we should be doing in all countries—European countries, the U.S.—we should talk to all the best contacts and get them on board with this perspective and then take it from there.”

Germany, France and the U.K. have activated the “snapback,” an ultimatum to Iran for inspections of nuclear sites. The last time that Iran attempted to cooperate with the West, the U.S. engaged in fake negotiations to set them up for an attack. The sanctions regime imposed upon Iran has caused more than 500,000 deaths from hunger and lack of medical care.

Zepp-LaRouche commented upon the new German theory for how the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage was carried out. She said that the tale of a “small sailboat with practically hobby-divers” who supposedly carried out the crime, is viewed with skepticism internationally. This act of terrorism caused a rift between Europe and Russia, and marked the beginning of the German economic collapse. Russia points out that if there is not a proper investigation, no infrastructure anywhere in the world is secure. Zepp-LaRouche deplored the present political climate in her homeland of Germany, where military leaders are holding highly secretive meetings in preparation for war.

Fortunately, the September 3 meeting in Beijing will help consolidate the global majority. On the same day, more than 6,000 firms will attend the Vladivostok Forum, where Arctic development is on the agenda. We will push to include the Bering Strait tunnel as a key element for our perspective of global peace through development. Zepp-LaRouche joked that perhaps Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize because his bullying has brought China and India closer together.

Dr. Georgy D. Toloraya, Executive Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; Director, Asian Strategy Center, Institute of Economics; and Chief Researcher, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the Beijing meeting will be a milestone, because the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will offer a declaration for how the Eurasian countries can jointly address the world crisis. Also, there will be a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific, and the Vladivostok Forum. Toloraya said that we have stepped back a bit from the threshold of nuclear war, but the situation is still very concerning.

Zepp-LaRouche replied that the voice of the Global South is being heard clearly in the collective West. All problems could be solved easily if we can change the mindset from confrontation to cooperation. In response, Toloraya said that this will not be easy, because egoism and exploitation is deeply ingrained in the so-called “golden billion,” and supported by military force and psychological warfare. Zepp-LaRouche came back saying that the golden billion is not a homogeneous group, and that Western leaders do not enjoy popular support; the collapsing economy will further erode what support they have. A clear offer of cooperation from the Global South, for joint ventures to develop the South, would have an impact. There is much room for intervention, which is what we should concentrate on. Toloraya said that Russians were hopeful that Trump’s election was an expression of the desire for change in the U.S., but the results so far have been disappointing.

Graham Fuller, former U.S. diplomat, CIA official, and Islamic scholar, said that “Ukraine is just the symptom of a much deeper malaise between the U.S. and Russia.” He is “very excited by the Schiller Institute’s idea of the land-bridge,” but political obstacles, particularly Russophobia in the U.S., are daunting; people will talk about hordes of communists rushing across the Bering Strait. He charged that the British created Russophobia, fearing that Russians might invade their crown jewel of India. In the U.S., we deported Russian ballerinas and musicians to keep the U.S. “pure.” Fuller proposed to make Ronald Reagan the poster boy for better relations with Russia, because he enjoys a good reputation in the U.S., and we could revitalize his image as a great patriot who was “a proponent of getting along with Russia.”

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), thanked Fuller, who played the role equivalent to what today is DNI, for his “tour d’horizon.” He said that there is hope because Putin and Xi are in no rush. The world is shifting toward the majority.

Zepp-LaRouche said that there is something beautiful about humanity which gives her optimism, but she still can’t understand what is wrong with leaders who are willing to risk its extinction. “What does it help you to have riches, if everything is destroyed in the end?” she demanded to know. Lamenting again the condition of her homeland, she said, “You have to shout loud into Germany,” to awaken some of these Germans who are sleepwalking.

IPC moderator Anastasia Battle reported on her recent experiences in organizing in Germany, saying that people don’t share the Russophobia of their leaders, and it would be good if Russia’s leaders could directly address the European populace, and specifically anti-war demonstrators. McGovern, back from a week in Germany himself, pronounced, “It’s the media.” German media are worse than in the U.S. and as bad as in Britain. Russia stopped short of taking Kiev because they believed in the Minsk accords. Russia does not wish to expand its territory. He offered another joke: Why is Tony Blair involved in the Gaza negotiations? Because Satan was unavailable this week.

Discussion

Purnima Anand is the president of the BRICS International Forum, a civil society organization based in Delhi, India. She said that India will find new trading partners in response to the tariffs announced by Trump. India trades in large volumes with both Russia and the U.S., so why the complaints from the American administration? “America cannot always be number one, Europe cannot always be colonizers.”

Toloraya emphasized that “BRICS is open to cooperation with the West,” but lamented that the West isn’t interested.

Returning again to the sad state of Germany, Zepp-LaRouche reported that nurses there are being advised that they must be prepared to treat wounded NATO soldiers before caring for civilians. She touched upon the insolvency of the U.S. and the West, saying: “I think we are going into a very stormy period…. I think that what happened in 2007-2008 will be the proverbial peanuts” compared to the collapse we are faced with now.

The question of Trump’s threats toward Venezuela, and his claim that its government is a “drug cartel,” came up. IPC co-moderator Dennis Small reminded the participants that when the British HSBC bank was caught laundering over $60 billion for the Sinaloa Cartel, it faced no consequences.

In concluding remarks, Fuller asked, “Will we block the BRICS at every turn, or will we join them for something that could be very rich?” Returning to his proposal to promote Ronald Reagan as a model for U.S.-Russian détente, Zepp-LaRouche recalled that in his proposal for the Strategic Defense Initiative, Reagan offered cooperation with Russia on making nuclear weapons obsolete, an idea taken from her late husband, Lyndon LaRouche.

Moderator Battle posted a link to the names of 97 prominent endorsers of the “Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi, Trump and Putin To Meet on Commemoration of VJ Day, Sept. 3.” eir