Volume 40, Number 1, January 4, 2013
The Levee Breaks: 2013, a Year of Great Decisions
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
All the necessary preconditions exist, here and in Europe, to usher in a paradigm shift in the New Year. Helga Zepp-LaRouche points to recent developments, including a UN report confirming that the so-called Syrian rebels are in fact jihadi from 29 countries; a Washington press conference called by Rep. Walter Jones, demanding the President Obama obey the Constitution, or face impeachment; the denouement of Deutsche Bank for its criminal activities; and more.
Rep. Walter Jones Press Conference: Congress Alone Has the Power To Declare War
Congressman Jones, joined by Rep. Charles Rangel and several experts, held a press conference Dec. 19 in Washington, “regarding a letter that he and a bipartisan group of congressmen sent to President Obama strongly urging him to come to Congress before committing American troops to combat in Syria.”
A Fact Sheet: Obama/al-Qaeda Pact in Libya and Syria
by William Wertz
Economics
Wall Street, London Held Off Glass-Steagall—for 2012
by Paul Gallagher
A British poll shows more than 60% of Members of Parliament would support a Glass-Steagall law. It is likely that a similar majority of the U.S. Congress would agree. But fierce opposition from Obama, Geithner, and the Wall Street/London banksters has, so far, prevented a reinstatement of the FDR-era act.
A Pecora Moment? German Authorities Take on Deutsche Bank
by Roger Moore
Until recently, Deutsche Bank was considered a sacred cow within Germany—untouchable. Now that’s all over, and an investigation into the bank, à la the 1930s U.S. Pecora Commision, is being mooted.
International
UN, Arab League, Russia Warn: Syria Now on the Edge of Hell
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Syria is in danger of collapsing into a failed state, warn the UN, Arab League envoy Brahimi, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, following an intense week of diplomacy aimed at reviving the Geneva agreements of June 2012.
Guest Commentary: There Was No Syrian Revolution; It Was Terrorism from the Beginning
by Mohammad Mahfoud
The chairman of the Danish-Syrian Association submitted this report to the Schiller Institute’s Nov. 24-25 European conference in Germany.
National
The Larger Horror Behind the Sandy Hook Massacre
by Nancy Spannaus
The cause of the horror which has devastated hundreds of lives, and shocked the nation, has to be looked at deep within our culture, indeed, within ourselves.
Mayors Report More Hunger, Homelessness
A review of the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual “Survey on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities.”
Conference Report
Africa Pass: A Revolutionary Concept for Africa and the Mediterranean
by Ahman Rsheed
A speech by Mr. Rsheed, a Cairo engineer, continues our coverage of the Schiller Institute’s Nov. 24-25, 2012 conference in Germany. “I believe that this project has good prospects for growth, prosperity, and advancement, not only for the Egyptian people, but also the people of nine other African nations, and also many countries in Europe and Asia,” he said.
The ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’
by Mulugeta Zewdie Michael
In his speech to the conference, the Ethiopian Consul General to Frankfurt discussed a proposal to unite and develop the nine nations of Nile Basin Initiative around the great project of the Renaissance Dam.
The British Empire vs. Leibnizian Development
by Mike Billington
EIR's Asia specialist, in his address to the conference, located the origins of the World Land-Bridge in Leibniz’s vision, as presented in his Novissima Sinica.
Editorial
The Alternative to Hell
