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• Rescuing Civilization from the Brink
  The current crisis of the world financial system, and the worldwide economic and social crises which it has spawned, set the themes for an extraordinary international conference held in Rüsselsheim, Germany July 2-3, by the Schiller Institute, the thinktank founded by Helga ZeppLaRouche. Approximately 350 members and guests attended from Europe and the United States. Five of the speeches presented are published in this issue, with more to come in the near future.
  • Rescuing Civilization from the Brink:
    The Conference Program
    • Our Day's Darkest Hours
      On his return to the U.S.A., Lyndon LaRouche reflects on the 'great moments which had occurred within Europe,' over the July 2-3 weekend in Rüsselsheim.
    • Helga Zepp-LaRouche:
      The Greatest Crisis in History: Can We Solve It?
      Zepp-LaRouche's keynote speech to the conference. There is a relatively easy solution to the crisis: If the U.S. population can be aroused to move the Congress to implement Glass-Steagall, and return to a credit system in the tradition of the American Revolution, then there is hope for Europe.
    • IAM President Buffenbarger Greets Schiller Event
    • Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.:
      The Significance of the U.S. Crisis for Europe
      LaRouche's address to the opening panel of the conference, in which he reviews the true history of the United States of America, going back to Nicholas of Cusa and the Council of Florence.
    • Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.:
      Creativity as Such
      LaRouche's contribution to the final panel, on 'the most important of all strategic questions we have to face today: the fact that the human species is absolutely unique in its capabilities.'
    • Dr. Sergey Pulinets:
      Are Earthquakes Foreseeable?
      The Current State of Research
    • Antonella Banaudi:
      The Musical Soul