A report published by Politico yesterday on an interview with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov unintentionally highlights the unique role of the LaRouche movement, in particular the Schiller Institute, in organizing a new paradigm of peace and development as the alternative to the dominant Anglo-American paradigm of economic looting and war. The Politico report shows, among other things, that Antonov’s participation in the April 9 Schiller Institute conference has been noticed in Washington.
Politico’s report, flippantly titled “Lonely Anatoly: The Russian ambassador is Washington’s least popular man,” shows that that’s what’s happening. “No one wants to talk to Anatoly Antonov,” author Nahal Toosi begins. “Russia’s ambassador to the United States can’t get meetings with senior officials at the White House or the State Department. He can’t convince U.S. lawmakers to see him, much less take a photo. It’s the rare American think tanker who’s willing to admit to having any contact with the envoy.” Antonov is quoted describing the embassy’s situation as a “blockade.”
