FROM SANA’A, YEMEN

Solemn Commemoration and Solidarity Stand for Lyndon LaRouche

May 31—A group of Yemeni officials and members of the BRICS Youth Cabinet—including Fouad Al-Ghaffari, a friend of the Schiller Institute and President of the BRICS group—held a commemoration on May 29 in solidarity with the recently deceased great American thinker, Lyndon LaRouche.

The ceremony was held in the headquarters of the Yemeni General Investment Authority (YGIA) and was addressed by the Deputy Director of the YGIA, Engineer Khaled Sharafaddin; Sheikh Saleh Sayel, Chairman of the Political and Foreign Affairs Committee in the Shura (Consultative) Council of the Yemeni Presidency, and Secretary General of Al-Tahrir Party (Liberation Party); and Al-Ghaffari.

Al-Ghaffari, President of the Yemeni BRICS Youth Cabinet, and representative of the International Alliance of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Strategic Projects, emphasized in his statement that the Yemeni people are confronted with the mission of implementing the slogan, “defend with one hand and build with the other” [coined by assassinated head of the Yemeni Salvation government, Saleh Al-Sammad], while benefitting from the vision provided by Lyndon LaRouche of a world that will rise from economic ruin to build the World Land-Bridge. He asked the audience “where would we be today if we hadn’t learned about LaRouche?” Reviewing LaRouche’s record of fighting for the non-usurious credit system for development, the Productive Triangle which evolved into the New Silk Road, he referenced LaRouche’s contribution to the emergence of the idea of the RIC (Russia, India, and China) which developed into the BRICS.

LaRouche became known in Yemen as early as the 1990s, and later, the contributions of Helga Zepp-LaRouche and, along with hers, those of the Arabian thinker Hussein Askary. This, Al-Ghaffari stressed, contributed to the emergence of the Yemeni BRICS Youth group that shouldered the learning and teaching of the translation into Arabic of the Schiller Institute’s Special Report, The New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge. Al-Ghaffari concluded by emphasizing the importance of knowing the LaRouche-inspired doctrine of the BRICS, not simply as a political matter, but as a scientific one, because it offers the citizen the power of forming a modern society.

Foreign Minister Sharaf:
LaRouche Is with Us Today

Yemen’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Engineer Hisham Sharaf, sent the following message to the event:

Our condolences to Mrs. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the chairwoman of the International Schiller Institute, for the loss of her husband and life-long companion. We would like to express our appreciation for Mrs. LaRouche and her deceased husband Lyndon LaRouche for their stances regarding Yemen. Mr. LaRouche is present in Sana’a with us today through his development theory of physical economics, which has also helped Yemen by bringing China on board the Yemeni situation through placing Yemen on the map of the Belt and Road Initiative. We hope that Yemen will receive attention from our friends in China to play an active role in ending the war of aggression waged against our nation and in lifting the economic blockade imposed on our country, so it could once again resume its role in globally building and defending the joint mission of achieving the common Goals of Sustainable Development 2030.

A statement by Hussein Askary, Southwest Asia Coordinator for the Schiller Institute, was read by one of the Youth Cabinet Members, citing a passage from Prophet Mohammed’s Tradition (Hadith), stating:

When the son of Adam [a human being] dies, his/her connection to this world is broken, except for three: A continued charity, a useful knowledge/science, or a good posterity who pray for him/her.

In his statement, Askary noted that Lyndon LaRouche’s soul enjoyed all three ties to this world and immortality: First, through his international organization that is helping people around the world to create a better world; second, through his scientific, economic and philosophical ideas, which have revolutionized the world and given it the New Silk Road, which is now evolving into a world land-bridge; and third, through all the young people of the world (including the Youth gathered in Sana’a today) whom LaRouche adopted as his children, making them his posterity—who are now praying for him.

Engineer Sharafaddin on LaRouche’s Ideas

Engineer Khaled Sharafaddin, Deputy Director of the YGIA, told the audience gathered in Sana’a:

I would like to express my sincere condolences to Mrs. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the Schiller Institute, also known as the Silk Road Lady, for the departing of Mr. Lyndon LaRouche—may all his lovers around the world find consolation in his works and deed, especially his economic ideas of physical economics and creation of credit for infrastructure development. These ideas, that are natural to human character and intuition, have united our people here in the country and brought us many friends from outside. This is the deep-rooted foundation and the good effect that he has created and the which we feel here in this gathering.

Yemen has benefitted greatly from the knowledge of the late LaRouche as was evident in the report Operation Felix: The Miracle of Yemen’s Reconstruction and Connection to the New Silk Road [produced by the Schiller Institute in collaboration with the YGIA], which is one of the many gifts of Mr. LaRouche. This “miracle” report has contributed, through Yemeni resolve and in collaboration with the Schiller Institute, to bringing about a modern vision of the reconstruction of Yemen which strengthens its economic unity, as expressed in the report, through the “development corridor Sa’ada-Aden” and its extensions to the mineral deposits corridors and further to the coastlines, to connect with the Maritime Silk Road and the Eurasian Land-Bridge.

The “miracle” report is the best translation of the famous saying that “the best way to foresee the future is by building it yourself.” This commemoration event for Mr. LaRouche brings back the memory of the launching of the miracle report last year during this same month of Ramadan. The National Salvation Government has responded to the report by creating a high-level commission to study it. This report has already changed many things here, that we don’t have time to list.

A personality of the caliber of Lyndon LaRouche, who has been giving so much, has his name on the lips of people in many parts of the world wherever there are people who realize the commandment of our Creator that we were created to build/develop (i’maar) the world and be His vicegerent (khaleefa) on Earth. If we don’t adopt the doctrine of i’maar and neglect the saying of Imam Ali (Allah bless him), “let your eyes be more fixated on building the land rather than on collecting the taxes,” then the result will be the destruction of the Earth and the humankind. Human societies have followed and implemented many economic theories, but only the truthful and right one will prevail, which will be perpetuated along with his [LaRouche’s] other immortal contributions and graceful memory, that will enable nations to grow and achieve sustainable development.

Sheikh Saleh Sayel:
LaRouche Engraved in Our Memory

Sheikh Saleh Sayel told the meeting:

I would like to convey my deepest condolences to Mrs. Helga Zepp-LaRouche. This commemoration for the soul of Lyndon LaRouche is a unique event, because it is convened for the memory of a universal and inspiring scientist and thinker, whose like will not be repeated. His is a record of a glorious struggle against the arrogance of imperialism inside its own abode. LaRouche is a symbol for those who do good, as that was evident in his fight against usury and the international gambling casino and its fund [the IMF], and in his struggle to present the concept of national credit banking since 1975 as sovereign right of every free nation.

I would also like to express my appreciation of the role played by the LaRouche movement in supporting Yemen’s right of self defense in the face of the brutal foreign aggression. They keys to development provided by LaRouche will be engraved in the memory of all Yemenis as true foundation for the right to reconstruction and defense. The role of the ideas of LaRouche is something we rely on in the coming days and years as a crucial element for the future of Yemen and the world.

Banner Honoring the Immortal LaRouche

A massive banner adorned the meeting hall of the commemoration event, featuring pictures of LaRouche and his wife and collaborator, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, in different stages of his life, placed like a film sequence.

The text on the banner, with the Old City of Sana’a in the background, reads as follows:

Commemoration and Solidarity Stand for Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.

We stand here in the Republic of Yemen from the BRICS Program of the Yemen Investment Authority in commemoration of the recently deceased, great thinker Lyndon LaRouche.

It is also a stand of condolence for his companion Mrs. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Chairwoman of the Schiller Institute and the Silk Road Lady.

A stand of gratitude for his defense of Yemen against the three-pronged act of aggression, economic blockade and occupation.

A stand of solidarity with the international LaRouche political movement to achieve his dream of building the World Land-Bridge.

A stand for the victory of his soul as many of his dreams are coming true in many parts of Earth on the basis of Physical Economics, which he pioneered in our time.

A stand to celebrate that his picture will forever adorn the report, Operation Felix for Reconstruction of Yemen, to inspire and watch. Lyndon LaRouche has left us in person, but his ideas are immortal.