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Four Decades of Folly:

MY REVOLUTION & ITS REVOLTING FOES

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

May 22, 2004

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1. Just over fifty years ago, I, who had been strongly impacted by the leadership of President Franklin Roosevelt, completed the most important, original scientific discovery of recent history in the science of physical economy, what is known today as the "LaRouche-Riemann" transformation in the principles of physical economy: the most successful of the known methods of long-range economic forecasting within four decades or longer.

2. Later, approximately forty years ago, what had been the world's most powerful economy in history, that which had been saved from ruin under the direction of the U.S.A.'s constitutional traditionalist, Franklin Roosevelt, launched a Franklin Roosevelt-hating, continuing, self-inflicted, trans-Atlantic process of cultural degeneration, which has led the world to the brink of an immediately threatened, planetary New Dark Age today.

3. All developments of decisive importance for the world over the course of the coming two to three generations, will now be defined, very soon, as the outcome of the clash between those two axiomatically conflicting forces of cultural developments, mine and theirs, today.

4. The cockpit of this presently terminal form of global crisis, is the upper twenty-percentile of the income-brackets of the so-called "Baby-Boomer" generation, which spewed, as the force of an ultra-decadent, ultra-sophistical counterculture, from the leading universities of the U.S.A., Europe, and elsewhere, during approximately a decade, from 1964 on. This percentile of that generation, chiefly dominates the politically and culturally controlling positions of power and influence in government and private life today, the positions dominated by the upper twenty percentile of those in their fifties or early sixties today. The fault lies not in detailed features of current policies or compositions of government; the fault lies in that intention which subsumes the way in which policy is shaped in its entirety. Without uprooting the intention which is characteristic of the impulses of the relevant dominant portion of the Baby-Boomer generation, there is no hope now for the survival of civilization during a protracted period to come.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON POST
May 23, 2004
The Sunday, May 23rd edition of the Washington Post's "Outlook" section, featured an article by CSIS associate James Mann on the subject of the spectacle of self-inflicted catastrophe being exhibited by the recent behavior of the Democratic campaign of Senator John Kerry.

LAROUCHE WARNS OF TERRORIST THREAT — FROM LEFT-RIGHT SYNARCHIST OPERATION IN THE AMERICAS
WASHINGTON, May 19—U.S. Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. today warned of the near-term threat of Synarchist-sponsored terrorism in the United States, and urged governments in the Americas "not to be taken into manipulation by right-left provocations, orchestrated in part from Cheney's crowd..."

LAROUCHE INTERVIEW WITH WORLD AFFAIRS MONTHLY — May 19, 2004
TOM POCHARI: This is World Affairs Monthly, and I have on the line today, Mr. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., a prominent American economist, politician, and the publisher of the Executive Intelligence Review. He was born in 1922 in New Hampshire in the United States, and he's currently running a campaign to win the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States.

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this week in history

May 24 - 30, 1787

Two hundred and seventeen years ago, in Philadelphia, on May 25, 1787, fifty-five delegates from the 13 American colonies came together to shape what became the longest-lasting constitution in human history. They engaged in a debate, behind closed doors, for nearly four months, before they came forth with the finished product. The result was the remarkable statement of principle, and procedure, which is known as the U.S. Constitution. In many respects, as Dr. Benjamin Franklin said when he was asked about the document, at the conclusion of the convention, this Constitution gave us our republic, "if we can keep it."

What distinguishes our Constitution from that of most others in the world is, the fact that it represents a statement of principle, in sharp contradistinction to the compendium of "do's" and "don'ts" which comprise many others. That statement of principle appears in the Preamble, which is, contrary to the judgment of many, the overriding philosophical statement, by which all other details within the document must be judged. The intention of that document must guide the implementation of each specific party, or any apparent conflict between the parts.

The Preamble itself expresses three major principles, all of which are actually inherent in any well-functioning republic.

First, the document sets forth the absolute sovereignty of the United States Federal government, in declaring the establishment of the government as an instrument of all the people of the United States. This concept is much misunderstood by populists and others, who wish to make their marks in life through rebellion against the "powers that be." It is the people of the United States, not some "outside" authority, which is establishing this government, for the purposes stated therein, and therefore it is the people who have the authority, and the responsibility, to ensure that the purposes of the government are carried out.

Second, this all-important first paragraph sets forth the principle of the general welfare of the population as the commitment of the government. Much ink, and heated debate, has arisen in response to this clause, which, in fact, was the product of earlier proposed governing documents by Benjamin Franklin and others. Even the so-called "Father of the Constitution" James Madison argued vociferously against the "general welfare" clause giving the Federal government powers to act in areas of vital economic policy. Yet, the Preamble is clear in stating that the government must operate for the general welfare of all the people—and a later clause of the Constitution repeats that intention. A negative testament to the importance of the "general welfare" clause is the fact that it was omitted from the preamble to the Confederate Constitution, a document explicitly dedicated to a slave society.

Third, the Preamble sets for the requirement that the government act in the interest of our "Posterity." By including this concept, our Founding Fathers showed that they were thinking beyond the immediate practicalities of creating a functioning government, and toward defining the principles on which a successful society must be based. The measures of government must not only provide for the fundamental needs of the current generation, but must be so shaped as to ensure that those same needs are met for future generations. The implications, and responsibility, is profound.

Granted, to fully understand the reasons why the U.S. Constitution is, in the opinion of this publication and political movement, the best in the world, requires a much fuller discussion about its philosophy, its history, and its authors. Much of this material can be found on the larouchepub.com website. But, as we seek to find the principles we need today, to get ourselves out of the most severe moral crisis of our nation, soon to become the most severe economic and strategic one, we should turn our attention to the Preamble of our Constitution. It reads:

"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

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Feature:

On the Campaign Trail Against Racism
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Democratic Candidate LaRouche's indictment of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for having annulled the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order to try to exclude him from the Party's leadership, is the opening speech of a DVD which his campaign is putting into wide circulation.

  • How Excluding LaRouche Lost Gore 2000 Election
    Some 53,150 Democrats voted for Lyndon LaRouche in the May 2000 Arkansas Democratic Primary ... which entitled LaRouche to send at least seven delegates to the Democratic National Convention. ... But the Democratic National Committee, and Arkansas Democratic bureaucrats were hysterical at the prospect of LaRouche breaking open the vacuous Convention prepared for loser Al Gore. ...
  • DNC Racists Eviscerated Voting Rights Act
    by Barbara Boyd

    On March 27, 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to apply the Voting Rights Act to the Democratic Party's practice of refusing to count the Presidential primary votes of Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. By the same action, the court sustained the position of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and a three-judge court sitting in the District of Columbia: that the Democratic Party is a 'private club' and can exclude anyone it chooses—the very same argument employed by the Democratic Party throughout its racist past to exclude blacks and other minorities from the political process.
  • Louisville Press Conference
    'Bring the Threat of War Under Control, Now'

    Candidate LaRouche met the press in Louisville, Kentucky on May 7, with Democratic State Representative Perry Clark, who has endorsed LaRouche for President.
  • U.S. Is Suffering the Insanity of Empire
    On May 8, Lyndon LaRouche gave this talk, transmitted simultaneously to weekend educational and recruiting sessions of the LaRouche Youth Movement in Pennsylvania and in Seattle, Washington.
  • 'I'm Trying To Save The Democratic Party'
    LaRouche addressed members of the Christian Ministerial Alliance of Little Rock on May 10, accompanied by LaRouche Youth Movement organizers from Houston who had been campaigning in Arkansas. We excerpt two significant questions from the ministers, and LaRouche's answers.
  • To Arkansas Legislators:
    Capital Investment To Produce a Human Being

    On May 10, 2004, Lyndon LaRouche addressed a group of legislators in Little Rock, Arkansas, who were at a reception for him.
  • Arkansas Candidates' Forum:
    We Shut Down Our Jobs, And We Are Poor'

    LaRouche was grilled by Government TV channel host Don Elkins at a televised candidates' forum in Fayetteville, Arkansas on May 12.
  • Get The Common Man To Vote For Himself
    Lyndon LaRouche spoke before the Alabama Democratic Conference in Montgomery, on May 15, 2004.

Economics:

Oil Price and Interest Rate Hikes: A Lethal Combination
by Richard Freeman
The escalating price of crude petroleum, the leading edge of a worldwide Weimar-style hyperinflationary process, is in the initial phase of wrecking economies from Japan and the United States, to the developing world....

New Silk Road Diplomacy Steps Up in NE Asia
by Kathy Wolfe

On May 14, South Korea's Constitutional Court threw out the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun and restored him to a new majority government, as his youth movement supporters tied yellow ribbons to lamp posts around the country in celebration.

  • Gwangyang Port's Horizon Is Eurasian Land-Bridge
    by Kathy Wolfe
    A trip to Gwangyang Port at Korea's southern tip, 150 kilometers west of Busan (Pusan), shows that South Korean planners expect great success for the Eurasian Land-Bridge and a huge increase in cargo, especially once the South-North Trans-Korean Railway (TKR) is operational.

Russian: Crash Certain; LaRouche Has Solution
by Rachel Douglas
Speaking to the Strana.ru web news service on May 18, former Russian Central Bank chief (1992-94 and 1998-2002) Victor Gerashchenko called for 'a revival of the Bretton Woods system, with fixed exchange rates and a tie to gold,' as 'not ideal, but an entirely acceptable option' for changing the international monetary system, in the face of the onrushing crash of today's speculative financial system.


International:

Sharon's Operation Rainbow: All Colors Are Blood-Red
by Dean Andromidas

Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships fired on thousands of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators protesting the Israeli attack on the Palestinian city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on May 19, killing woman and children. The slaughter of unarmed demonstrators was just the most brutal incident in the military operation which the so-called Israeli 'Defense' Forces (IDF) have given the Orwellian name of 'Operation Rainbow'; but in this rainbow, every color is blood-red.

Amnesty International Charges: War Crimes!
On May 18, while the Israeli military was destroying dozens of houses in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International released a report entitled 'Under the Rubble: House Demolition and Destruction of Land And Property,' which charges Israel with class A war crimes.

The LaRouche Doctrine Debated in Egypt
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

As soon as the LaRouche Doctrine proposal for establishing peace in Iraq and Palestine was issued April 17, it was warmly welcomed in intellectual and political circles in the Arab and Islamic world. Among the first to endorse the idea of a new U.S. policy for Southwest Asia outlined by Lyndon LaRouche, was Prof. Mohammed Seyyed Selim, of the Center for Asian Studies, University of Cairo. Weeks later, this author was invited to present the proposal at the Center's annual conference.

Australia Tortures Children in Camps
by Allen Douglas

A nurse who served in the notorious Woomera IDC in the middle of the South Australian desert, summed up the case in her submission: 'The Australian government is thereby culpable of torture of children.'

Thailand's South Erupts As Neo-Cons Eye Straits
by Mike Billington
After two decades of relative peace, the Islamic-majority southern provinces of Thailand have erupted in violence, escalating towards a potential religious/separatist revolt. While the roots of the outbreak, both foreign and domestic, remain largely a mystery, there is no question that the neoconservative faction in Washington is prepared to take advantage of the crisis, to expand their imperial designs to include a U.S. military presence in the strategically crucial Malacca Straits.

Congress-Led Alliance Pulls Surprise in India
by Ramtanu Maitra

The four-phase (April 20-May 10) general elections to constitute the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament) turned out to be a stunner. When the votes were tallied on May 13, it was discovered, to the utter surprise of politicians and pundits, that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had been routed.

Rumsfeld's 'Ungoverned Areas' Spread Across The Americas; Will War Follow?
By Gretchen Small

In November 2002, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attended the Fifth Defense Ministerial of the Americas, in Santiago, Chile, to personally deliver an ultimatum: The governments of the Americas must create a multinational military force tasked to intervene in the terrorist-infested 'ungoverned areas' of the hemisphere, or the United States might do so...

Toledo Teeters, As Soros Pushes Uprising
by Luis Vásquez Medina

The ousting of Peruvian Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi in early May, preceded by last month's march of the coca growers (known as cocaleros) on Lima and the bloody uprising in the border city of Ilave, where a supposedly corrupt mayor was lynched, marked a phase change in Peruvian politics. At present, the fall of the Alejandro Toledo government is nearly inevitable. He has lost the blessing of his mentor, the drug-legalizing megaspeculator George Soros, the same person who put Toledo in the presidency in 2001. Now Soros and his cohorts in the international financial oligarchy have worse in store for Peru.

Dialogue of Civilizations In the Golden City of Prague
by Our Correspondent

A conference of the World Public Forum—Dialogue of Civilizations took place in Prague from May 4-6, on the theme, 'Europe in the 21st Century: a Meeting Place of Civilizations.' About 250 politicians, church representatives, scientists, intellectuals, and artists achieved an exchange of ideas on Europe's future during the three days of meetings.


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National:

Chalabi, Torture Scandals Lead To Beast-Man Cheney's Doorstep
by Edward Spannaus

How long can Dick Cheney last? The now-daily torrent of high-level leaks pouring out of both military and civilian agencies, reflects the high degree of institutional determination to clean out the Cheney-Rumsfeld corruption from the military-security establishment. It also portends that the Abu Ghraib torture scandal is not going away, and that it cannot to be contained at the level of a handful of privates and sergeants. The drive to oust Cheney, which was launched by Democratic candidate Lyndon LaRouche in the fall of 2002, has now taken on the character of a steamroller.

LaRouche Opens Campaign Against Party Racism
by Nancy Spannaus

LaRouche Campaign radio ads began going out across Alabama on May20, exposing the racism of the Democratic Party leadership, and putting out the message that the party had better reform itself now, if it is not to be destroyed in the upcoming Presidential election.

Book Review:

The Vietnam Veteran In Greek Tragedy
by Dean Andromidas

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
by Dr. Jonathan Shay, MD
New York: Scribner, 1995
272 pages, paperback, $14
A masterwork is not too strong a word to identify Achilles in Vietnam by Dr. Jonathan Shay, who is neither a Classicist nor a literary writer, but a clinical psychiatrist at the Department of Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Boston, where he treats Vietnam combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"Our Purpose is to organize people to contribute, intellectually and otherwise, to the organizing of a mass-based movement—a Gideon's Army, but with mass-base potential and actual support—to mobilize the memnbers of Gideon's Army to study, to read, to think, to consult together, to organize together, to try to reach out and influence broader and broader layers of the population."
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