Volume 42, Number 6, February 6, 2015

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The BRICS Is the Only Alternative to Threat of WWIII  

Helga Zepp-LaRouche is touring European capitals to raise the alarum on the imminent thermonuclear war danger, and to present the alternative, as outlined in EIR’s Special Report “The New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge.”

Helga Zepp-LaRouche in Berlin: Stop the Threat of War by Cooperation with the BRICS  

by Alexander Hartmann

A report from Berlin on Zepp-LaRouche’s speech to a seminar on the strategic and economic crisis.

Build the New Silk Road

by Stephan Ossenkopp

Machiel Renier van Niekerk: South Africa’s Role in the BRICS Vision

The counsellor at the South African Embassy in Denmark gave this presentation to a Copenhagen seminar on the BRICS, cosponsored by EIR and the Schiller Institute.

Obama, NATO Policy Turning Ukraine into a ‘Tripwire’ for World War  

by Jeffrey Steinberg

While the Obama Administration has allegedly not yet decided on a military course in Ukraine, NATO is upgrading its presence along the borders with Russia—a clear intention of confrontation, which can be a tripwire for nuclear war.

Economics

Will Greece Be First in Europe To Join the BRICS?  

by Dean Andromidas

If Greece’s European “partners” attempt to carry out the threats they have made, Greece— despite its determination to convince them that it is in the interest of all of Europe to cut Greece’s debt in the context of a “New Deal-style” policy—could turn to new allies: Russia, China, and the emerging new economic order being created by the BRICS.

LaRouche’s Perspective: The Genesis of Today’s Economic Crisis, and How To Solve It

by Paul Gallagher

Wall Street has to be put out of any situation in which it can continue to manage the economic affairs of the country, as it has been doing.

International

As West Unravels: China, India, Russia Seek Closer Ties

by Ramtanu Maitra

The foreign ministers of the Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping held their 13th meeting in Beijing, laying the groundwork for future cooperation.

The Foreign Ministers’ Joint Communiqué

The Origins of Islamic State

by Hanuel Na’avi

An interview with EIR’s Jeffrey Steinberg by Hanuel Na’avi of the website The Last Defense.

National

The Manhattan Project: ‘It’s Hamilton’s Principles or Thermonuclear War!’

by Nancy Spannaus

The LaRouche movement’s “Manhattan Project” is campaigning to restore the principles of New York City’s Alexander Hamilton, as the unique source of ideas and leadership to save the United States from extinction.

Atlantic Council Promotes World War

by William Jones

Science

Forging Fusion: Physical, Chemical, and Nuclear  

by Jason Ross

The new quality of human civilization that will be ushered in by a fusion economy can only be adequately understood by looking at it in the long-term context of human development, from the physical world of the Stone Age, to the chemical world of the Bronze and Electrical Ages, to the nuclear world that we have only just ventured into.

Editorial

Are These Guys Clinically Insane?

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