years of the evil of the British Empire,which she stressed, must be understoodif mankind is to get out of this crisis. Inthis context, she expressed optimism thatthe death of Princess Diana, ironically,might provide the impetus to a revoltagainst the Empire, which will finish itoff, according to the principle of Nemesis.

Pedagogical Proofs

“Why Baby Boomer Economics WouldCreate a New DarkAge: Four Pedagogi-cal Proofs” was thetitle of the thirdpanel presentation,which heard from sixspeakers.

The panel beganwith remarks by TheoMitchell, a formerSouth Carolina StateSenator and a directorof the Schiller Insti-tute, who urged theaudience to rallyaround LaRouche’sideas.

Then Nancy Spannaus provided anintroduction to the question of realeconomy, versus the virtual reality of theBaby Boomer—the which becomesNazi economics.

John Hoefle spoke on “The BubbleIs the Disease”; Richard Freeman fol-lowed, with a presentation on “Hyper-inflation Is No Solution”; “The NewColonialism: LaRouche and Mahathir

Atwo-day conference sponsored bythe Schiller Institute on the theme

“Global Crash and Collapse of Civiliza-tion,” held in Bad Schwalbach, Ger-many Dec. 13-14, 1997, laid down a planfor the actions which governments musttake early in 1998, to enable mankind toface the onrushing financial crisis thatthreatens civilization itself.

Both Lyndon LaRouche and HelgaZepp LaRouche keynoted the confer-ence, which included significant partici-pation from Africa, Western and East-ern Europe, and China.

Helga LaRouche opened the confer-ence with a discussion of the world crisis,and the tragedy which looms becauseworld leaders are clinging to the samemethods of thought which created it.

Zepp LaRouche used her knowledge

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Lyndon LaRouche addresses European conference under the banner: “Socratic Leadership inTimes of Crisis.”

Top right: Schiller Institute vice-chairman AmeliaBoynton Robinson. Economics panelists MarciaMerry Baker (right) and John Hoefle (above).

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world financial system.LaRouche identified his view of Rus-

sia’s role as twofold: As stabilizing Cen-tral Asia through its participation ininfrastructure projects, and as serving asa source of high-quality machine toolsfor the development of the population ofAsia. He heavily stressed the indispens-able role of governments for doing whatgovernments do best: namely, develop-ing infrastructure.

The discussion also focussed substan-tially on the question of education, espe-cially what kind of education is requiredto create and maintain an economy appro-priate to human beings, not monkeys.

In contrast to the horror stories fromEastern Europe, was a presentation by aChinese economist, Bi Jiyao, who pro-vided an overview of the present stage ofeconomic reform in China.

In the discussion that followed, theissue of the apparent paradox between“material” and “spiritual” development,became a topic of discussion. LaRoucheaddressed this issue by raising, onceagain, the nature of the human cognitiveprocesses upon which a productiveeconomy is based. You have to begin bythinking of all the things which are nec-essary to develop the mind of a child,LaRouche said, so that the child mea-sures its success by development, not justobjects in its possession.

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The Polish Schiller Institute held aseminar in Warsaw on Nov. 13,

1997, on the theme “For a New Bret-ton Woods System.” The event drew50-60 guests, including scientists, intel-lectuals, engineers, and, from the gov-ernment and diplomatic arena, repre-sentatives of the Presidential office, theForeign Ministry, and severalembassies; a Senator, a Member ofParliament, and representatives of theleadership of Solidarnosc.

Elisabeth Hellenbroich gave thekeynote address with two themes: thefinancial crisis, and LaRouche’s pro-posal that President Clinton convene aconference of heads of state to put thepresent, imploding financial system

through orderly bankruptcy, andestablish in its place a New BrettonWoods System.

Also addressing the Warsaw event

was Frank Hahn, who outlined areconstruction program for Poland, torepair infrastructure ravaged by thispast summer’s floods.

of Classical drama to pose the problemscitizens face. The Classical Atheniandramatists were particularly concerned tocounter apathy, a problem we also facetoday, she said. Through drama, Aeschy-lus in particular sought to rouse peoplefrom being apathetic, suffering beings,into becoming, like Prometheus, oppo-nents of the “gods of Olympus.”

Schiller’s Wallenstein and Shake-speare’s Hamlet were both used by ZeppLaRouche as models of passive victims,who refused to act to save their nations,or mankind. What they needed to do iswhat President Clinton must do today,she said: Change himself in order to acton LaRouche’s ideas, or be destroyed bythe Olympians of today.

The Nature of Man

Lyndon LaRouche’s presentation tookoff from the description of the crisis, tofirst outline the proven precedents avail-able for getting out of the disaster whichthe I.M.F. “solution” portends. But,there are cultural obstacles to economicsanity, he emphasized, and these mustbe attacked by dealing with the centralissue: the nature of man.

In this context, LaRouche focussedon the problem of Baby-Boomerism,

which is a flight from reality and happi-ness, into momentary pleasures. Modernerotic culture must be replaced by Clas-sical culture, he insisted, because Classi-cal music and poetry address the cogni-tive powers of the mind which actuallyproduce ideas which are beautiful, andwhich solve problems. It is this processwhich makes man happy.

African Representation

Former Ugandan President GodfreyBinaisa, the provisional chairman of theAfrican Civil Rights Movement, laid outan historical perspective on Africa’s situa-tion: first colonialism, and now the newcolonialism of the I.M.F. and World Bank.He pointed to the potential of the EurasianLand-Bridge economic development plan,to bring Africa into cooperation with therest of the world for development.

The conference was also addressed byPaul Ssemogerere, president of the Demo-cratic Party of Uganda; Jerome Ndiho,spokesman of the Burundian oppositioncoalition CNDD; and Jean Gahururu,spokesman on foreign affairs of theRwandan Rally for the Return of Democ-racy and Refugees. These leaders de-scribed the horrors which have been car-ried out in Central Africa, but counter-posed to this the hopeful perspective of theSchiller Institute, for replacing the I.M.F.with a “new, just world economic order.”

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