Schiller Institute International Conference, May 8, 2021

The Moral Collapse of
The Trans-Atlantic World
Cries Out for a New Paradigm

PROGRAM

Panel 1 “The March of Folly: Can Mankind Still Extinguish the Now-Lit Fuse of Thermonuclear War?”

Welcoming Remarks: Harley Schlanger (moderator)

Keynote Address: “Is Mankind the Immortal Species, or Worse than Animals?”
– Helga Zepp-LaRouche, President, the Schiller Institute

“Restore International Law: Respect Syria’s Perfect Sovereignty”
– Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, Political and Media Advisor to the Syrian Presidency

“The Immorality of Sanctions: The Case of Syria”
– Col. Richard H. Black (ret.), former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division

“Unilateral Economic Sanctions: Immorality and Arrogance of Great Powers”
– Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler, University Professor of Philosophy, Austria; President, International Progress Organization

“Global Governance—An Answer from China and Russia”
– Prof. Dr. Wilfried Schreiber, World Trends Institute for International Politics,
Potsdam, Germany

“A Perspective for the Economic Development of Afghanistan in the Setting of the New Silk Road”
– Sayed Mujtaba Ahmadi, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Afghanistan, Canada

“Reflections for a New Foreign Policy”
– Prof. Eric Denécé, Director, French Center for Intelligence Research

“The Obama Sanctions Sabotaged Japan-Russia Development”
– Daisuke Kotegawa, former Ministry of Finance official; former Director
for Japan at the IMF

“Sanctions Against Syria, Conflict with China: Who Benefits?”
– Caleb Maupin, U.S. journalist and political analyst; founder, Center for Political Innovation

DISCUSSION SESSION

Panel 2 “The Method of the Coincidence of Opposites: Only a United Worldwide Health Effort, Without Sanctions, Can Reverse a Worldwide Pandemic”

Opening Remarks: Dennis Speed (moderator), with excerpts from Lyndon LaRouche’s 1999 video, Storm Over Asia and from a recent interview with Rear Adm. Marc Pelaez (ret.), former nuclear submarine commander

Introductory Remarks: Helga Zepp-LaRouche, President, the Schiller Institute

“Join or Die: Why A World Health Platform Protects Each of Us”
– Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States

“Report on Mozambique Pilot Aid Project—Toward a World-Scale Mobilization”
– Dr. Khadijah Lang, Chairman, National Medical Association Council on International Affairs, and President, Golden State Medical Association; and Marcia Baker, Editorial Board, Executive Intelligence Review

“Do Not Forget: The Global Concentration Camp Oven Is Now Nuclear”
– Luis Vasquez, Schiller Institute, Peru

“Report: The Coincidence of Opposites Committee Work in Washington, D.C. and the Mississippi Delta”
– Dr. Walter Faggett, former Chief Medical Officer, Washington D.C. Department of Health, and Co-Chair D.C. Ward 8 Health Council; and Ms. Genita Finley, second-year medical student at Howard University, and designer, Mississippi Delta Medical Extension School program

“German Farm Protest Leaders: ‘Green Deal’ Cuts Farmers, Food, and People!”
–Rainer Seidl, farm leader, Land Creates Connection (Land schafft Verbindung), video Feb. 7, Munich; and Alf Schmidt, independent farmer, video March 23, Berlin

“‘Physician, Heal Thy Self’: Saving a Nation in Crisis Through Love”
–Pastor Robert Smith, Jr., Pastor, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan; Chairman, Foreign Mission Board, The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

“They Knew or Should Have Known: The Cases of Venezuela and Chile”
–Antonio Sánchez, Chile, International LaRouche Youth Movement

DISCUSSION SESSION

Greetings and Messages to the Conference

Dr. Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs, Russian International Affairs Council; head of the Euro-Atlantic Security Program, Valdai Club

Augustinus Berkhout, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Delft University of Technology; Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Ray Flynn, former Mayor of Boston; former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican

Fouad Al-Ghaffari, President, BRICS Youth Parliament of Yemen

Mike Gravel, former U.S. Senator, Alaska; past U.S. Presidential Candidate