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LaRouche Addresses Cadre Schools in Seattle, — Monterrey, Mexico, and Wiesbaden, Germany

Here is the transcript of Lyndon LaRouche's opening remarks with three cadre schools, across two continents, on May 3, 2003: Seattle, Washington; Monterrey, Mexico; and Wiesbaden, Germany.

The subject for this week, obviously, as the lead of the briefing for several days emphasizes, is the issue of an organization called the "Synarchists," otherwise known as the "Nazi-Communist" group; and otherwise known in the United States

today as the "neo-conservatives," a group associated with Vice
President Cheney, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and the group of neo-conservatives around them, who are followers of a French Synarchist—a famous one, by the name of Alexandre Kojeve; and Prof. Leo Strauss. Kojeve died in 1968. He was a key part of the Vichy pro-Nazi regime—that operation, where he had played a key role, then. And Professor Strauss, who was long a professor at the University of Chicago, who pulled together, in about three successive generations of these particular types of fascists, tied to the famous fascist attorney, Carl Schmitt, who designed the Notverordnung policy, under which the Hitler dictatorship was run.

These people are now controlling the mind, essentially, of the President of the United States. And, what we've seen since Sept. 11, 2001, in particular, but also originally with the very appointment of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, who is one of these crazy people—and evil and dangerous people—we've seen that the U.S. government has been going in a direction toward what some of these people call "World War IV": That they're moving, like Adolf Hitler, through wars and so-called "preventive wars," to try to dominate the world through nuclear, airborne, and related terror. That's what's going on.
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this week in history

May 12-18, 1804

Because of the very short historical memory of the present generation, aided, of course, by lying history books, we concentrate most of our columns on the positive developments in the history of the United States, which can serve as object lessons in terms of what must be done today. But this week, we are directing our attention to a nodal point in the development of the most dangerous enemy we face today, modern imperial fascism.

The crucial event we reference, is the May 18, 1804 decision by the French Senate, to proclaim Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of France. That decision was followed by his actual crowning, with the blessing of the Pope, in December of that year.

Without understanding Napoleon, it is impossible to know what fascism is, or to comprehend how the corruption which he represented, has come down to us in the present day.

Napoleon came into prominence as an aide to a prominent French reactionary financier, Paul Barras, in the wake of the French Revolution. That bloody upheaval, which began as an attempt to replicate the American Revolution on European soil, was hijacked by British and other oligarchical agents, so that it turned into an orgy of class warfare and blood, with the main forces of "left" and "right" both committed to a bestial notion of man. As the "right" took over in 1795-96, Napoleon rose in rank in the Revolutionary French Army, and soon began leading expeditions of imperial plunder, beginning in Northern Italy, and then expanding to Egypt.

Napoleon's ambition was no secret. He modelled himself upon the Roman Caesars, with a view to conquering the world as a source of loot, and to conquering the absolute loyalty of the population of France. Thus, when he returned from Egypt in 1799, he seized power through maneuvers in the Assembly, but then quickly proceeded to establish a system of plebiscites, whereby the masses were compelled—by action of secret police terror—to ratify his increasingly autocratic power.

The years of Napoleon's rule were characterized by his imitation of the rule of the Roman imperial Caesars. He moved to conquer southern Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Austria, and finally, Russia. His soldiers were "rewarded" with loot from his expeditions, and France was filled with the objects he had stolen. Law was rewritten according to the Roman imperial formula, then called the Napoleonic Code, and a "neo-classical," or perhaps, better, Romantic, style imposed on all popular art and culture. Even the churches were brought to heel, through Napoleon's insistence on establishing concordats, which gave him, as representative of the French state, the right to pass on all decrees, appointments, and the like. In effect, France became dominated by a quasi-Roman Pantheon, where all religions were subsidiaries of the state.

Napoleon also declared that his imperium would be hereditary.

Yet, by his appeal to the "glory" of France, and by providing continuous campaigns for the Army, Napoleon built a popular fascist base within his country, which was then supplemented by a massive system of spies and enforcers, who did not hesitate to ensure that "traitors" were rooted out. Frenchmen were turned against each other, just as they were turned against other nations. Wealth was defined not as the product of labor power, but as plunder that could be consumed. Authority was established on the basis of power and force, implemented by a privileged bureaucracy, not by reason or deliberation.

If that paradigm sounds familiar to you, it should, because such a fascist ideology is precisely what is being promoted in the United States today.

Napoleon, like other fascists in history, did not end up well, of course. His arrogance, combined with the inherent flaws in his ideology of war and economy, resulted in his being outwitted and defeated in his Russian campaign in the winter of 1812, and then later in Austria and Germany. Paris finally fell in March 1814, inducing Napoleon to flee to the island of Elba, but his own insane delusions led him to attempt a return to power in 1815. He was defeated soon after, and sent to the prison island of St. Helena, to die a miserable death.

But it is not just the leader of a fascist movement who suffers. The wave of destruction throughout Europe was immense, and the mental destruction has not been overcome to this day. Until Napoleon and his fascist ideology are extirpated from popular culture, there is a danger it will drive us to a far worse disaster today.


In Vicenza, Italy:
LaRouche Delivers a Message of Optimism

Lyndon LaRouche spent several days in Italy last week, where on May 5, 2003, he addressed a think tank, ISIES, associated with the Chamber of Commerce of Vicenza, a northern city which produces high-quality goods for export. Here is the transcript of his opening remarks, which were followed by a lively two-hour discussion.

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Economics:

Depression Collapses Purchasing Power by 50%
by Richard Freeman
Since 1963, the purchasing power of an American worker's average weekly paycheck—measured in physical terms, by a household market basket of goods essential for human existence —has plunged by a staggering 50%. This collapse in purchasing power was caused by, and confirms the force of the physical-economic depression that has overwhelmed the United States for the past several decades.

SARS Sounds the Alarm Bell: Restore PublicHealth Systems
by Linda Everett
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, every sane policy-maker, in a plethora of Congressional hearings, rallied for rebuilding the nation's public health infrastructure to deal with possible bioterrorist threats. Now, 18 months later, after the anthrax attacks, the coast-to-coast spread of West Nile virus, the re-emergence of both malaria and tuberculosis, the faltering smallpox vaccination drive, and the eruption of the global epidemic of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), there is new scrutiny of our 'tattered' public health system.

  • Science of SARS
    by Colin Lowry
    The isolation and full genetic sequence of the new coronavirus has been accomplished by Canadian and American researchers. The genetic sequence shows that this coronavirus is unlike any previously known to infect humans.
  • Stopping Disease: The Yellow Fever Case
    by Marcia Merry Baker
    The first line of defense against disease is to try to stop its spread. This is no less so, when the enemy-disease is a 'mystery variety,' i.e., one whose features (transmission, incubation, incubation, etc.) are still unknown, as in the case of SARS.

Wall Street 'Reform:' Meet the new crooks in the world of finance—they're the same as the old crooks.
by John Hoefle
Reform is in the air on Wall Street, as both the financiers and their nomi-nal regulators promise to end the era of corporate scandals and predatory practices, and usher in a strict new era of ethical behavior, honest dealing, and service to the public. Reform is in the air—and the stench is overpowering.

Science and Technology:

Problems of U.S. Policy On Radiation Protection
Two eminent experts, Zbigniew Jaworowski and Michael Waligórski, discuss the deliberate misrepresentations, omissions, and bias in a report by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection, at the expense of the general welfare.

  • The Real Chernobyl Disaster
    The LNT assumption, as implemented by national regulations and official policy, was the prime cause of the disastrous consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
  • Japan: What Shut Down 17 Nuclear Plants?
    by Marjorie Mazel Hecht
    Japan's ambitious nuclear vision—to become energy self-sufficient and a world leader in advanced nuclear technology—has long been a target of the geopoliticians and the anti-nukes. Japan chose to go nuclear (52 nuclear plants now supply 34% of its electricity), because nuclear made the most sense for a country with high-technology, energy-intensive industry, and virtually no indigenous oil or gas supplies.

International:

John Paul II Before the UNO
The Roles of Church and State
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
In his addresses to the United Nations Organization (UNO) on December 2, 1978 and October 5, 1995, Pope John Paul II presented the world with a set of concerns which the present world crisis now proves to be more urgent than at any time since the 1960s Cuba missiles crisis and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Pope in Spain, Calls For a New Europe Of Peace and Justice
by Elisabeth Hellenbroich
Pope John Paul II's May 3-4 visit to Spain came at a crucial moment in that nation's history. In the weeks preceding the war in Iraq, Spanish society had been shaken by political turmoil.

Open Letter From Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Germany's Unions, SPD Need To Fight For a Lautenbach Plan, Not Budget Cuts

Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued an open letter addressed to German trade unions and the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), under the title, 'No Regime Change in Berlin—The Lautenbach Plan Instead of Cutbacks!' It has been masscirculated by the Civil Rights Movement Solidarity party (Bu¨So), of which she is the chairwoman, since late April.

No Room for Detours On Mideast 'Road Map'
by William Jones
The release of the 'road map' for Mideast peace on April 30 offers the potential for a change in the disastrous policy direction of the Bush Administration, which is currently dominated by the war faction.

LaRouche's 25-Year Oasis Plan' Campaign
by Marcia Merry Baker

In 1975, Lyndon LaRouche issued a policy proposal in Berlin, for an International Development Bank (IDB) to back priority regional economic programs in the mutual interest of nations in key regions of the world. Foremost among these was the Middle East, which LaRouche had just visited. During the same period, he conferred in Europe with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Saboteurs Mobilize To Wreck 'Road Map'
by Dean Andromidas and Scott Thompson
Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Israeli Radio on May 6, that he will not take a single step to implement the 'road map' for Middle East peace, until he discusses his 'reservations' with President George W. Bush personally, in a visit to Washington in late May or June.

Pentagon Vandals and The Collectors' Council
by Anton Chaitkin
Following the invasion of Iraq, internationally organized criminal groups were allowed freely to loot Iraq's museums as U.S. military occupation troops stood by. Over 5,000 years of mankind's history and cultural heritage have been threatened; thousands of artifacts have disappeared. The green light for this looting may have been arranged at a series of pre-war meetings between the Defense Department and a group of wealthy collectors, the American Council for Cultural Policy (ACCP), lobbying for the decriminalization of private-ownership-by-theft.

Eurasian Nations Working Hard To Create a Multipolar World
by Mary Burdman
The nations which opposed Washington and London's war against Iraq—especially China, India, France, and Russia—have not abandoned efforts to move the international situation towards real multipolar cooperation.

National:

LaRouche Expose´ of Strauss's 'Children of Satan' Draws Blood
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Just weeks after the LaRouche in 2004 campaign began nationwide circulation of 400,000 copies of the Children of Satan dossier, exposing the role of University of Chicago fascist 'philosopher' Leo Strauss as the godfather of the neoconservative war party in and around the Bush Administration, two major establishment publications have joined in the expose´.

Rumsfeld's Reorganization: Will Congress Defend The Constitution?
by Carl Osgood
The U.S. Congress has a make-or-break opportunity to live up to its Congressional responsibilities by shooting down Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's 'emergency' legislation, which would effectively scrap the 100-year-old Civil Service system, eliminate collective bargaining rights, and greatly weaken protections against discrimination, and strong-arming of whistle blowers, among the nearly 700,000 civilian Defense Department employees.

U.S. Military:
Rumsfeld & Co. Force Behind-the-Scenes Revolt
by Edward Spannaus
'Rumsfeld conducting war on Army,' read a headline in the May7 Baltimore Sun. In fact, Donald Rumsfeld's denigration of the Army and its infantry forces has been a hallmark of his entire reign as Defense Secretary, with Rumsfeld and his top deputies, such as Paul Wolfowitz and Steven Cambone, clashing repeatedly with top Army leaders over the past two years.

Earth to DNC:
LaRouche Is Number 1 in Support
by Anita Gallagher
The Democratic National Committee and the mendacious U.S. press are sounding an ugly dissonance with reality, as they struggle to hype and stage Democratic Presidential candidate forums in Ohio on May 17 and Wisconsin on June 13, while so far excluding Lyndon LaRouche—the candidate who leads Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Sen. John Edwards (DN. C.), and all the other 'major candidates,' in money raised, number of individual contributions, and number of contributors in those states!

'Doomsday' Budget For New York City
by Mary Jane Freeman
Fire! It's blazing in your Brooklyn neighborhood. It's 7:00 at night. Four and a half minutes later the New York Fire Department (NYFD) company arrives, the fire is brought under control, and no lives are lost. You were lucky. By the end of May, under the announced budget cuts of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, your local fire company will close. Response time for a company farther away will be longer and lives will likely be lost.

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