Take a step back from the rush of the day’s events, and the fact that the old order has collapsed is dramatically evident. The Western casino economics system is cracking up with debt, crypto, and non-production. The Western military system—whether Global NATO or unilateral U.S. or EU—is exposed as dead-head bellicosity. The Western political and cultural system is seen as an Epstein Class horror show. Emblematic is this week’s trip by the British King and Queen to the United States during the U.S. 250th anniversary of America defeating the British Empire. The spectacle began today with music, flags and red carpet on the tarmac at Air Force Base Andrews, followed by a tea party in town.
The LaRouche Organization has released a statement for Washington, D.C. and international circulation: “The British Are Back To Finish the War of 1812— This Time by Invitation, or,
LaRouche Was Right!”
Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder and leader, emphatically made the observation today that “the collapse of the old order is undeniable.” This means that, “it is no longer utopian” to mobilize for a new system. “We must have a new order.”
The extreme danger if this change of direction does not come about is seen in the insanity of certain European nations squaring off against Russia, a nuclear power. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius issued a statement April 22 about the military strategy of the German armed forces, stressing that Russia poses an acute threat to Germany, and hence a massive mobilization for re-armament is necessary. He proclaimed, “We are developing the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional army in Europe,” and went into short-, medium- and long-term goals for superiority. The prospects for the German economy to succeed in doing this are delusionary, but the intent itself is madness.
Moreover, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who will attend this week’s 11th international Review of the Treaty of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, spoke today of how nuclear arms capability remains under consideration for Germany as a “deterrence” to a Russian attack. Reuters quotes him, “As long as nuclear threats against us and our partners continue, we will need a credible deterrent,” he said before heading to New York to go to the United Nations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of these blatant European moves and statements in his April 24 speech in Moscow to a meeting of NGOs. He said, “A war against us has been openly declared…. In order to justify their policy, the West—above all the international bureaucracy in Brussels (both EU and NATO, which are increasingly becoming one), as well as Berlin, Paris, and, of course, London—are attempting to demonize everything Russian, and openly speak about gearing up for war with us in the foreseeable future. Chief of Defense of the Belgian Armed Forces Frederik Vansina stated that they will have several years to go, and Ukraine is buying time for them….”
However, in the face of reality, certain favorable prospects for reason and diplomacy to take a positive direction were on display in New York today at a special open debate at a packed meeting of the UN Security Council, on the topic “Maritime Security and International Security.” The hours-long session was convened by Bahrain, the current rotating UNSC president for the month of April, and some 20 countries were approved to attend as guests, in addition to the 15 UNSC current member nations. This turnout reflects the whole world’s interest in getting the Strait of Hormuz functioning, to stop the economic shockwaves worsening by the day, because of the blocked shipping of oil, gas, chemicals, food and other necessities from the Persian Gulf region.
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Director Arsenio Domenico briefed the nations on what could be done. There is a standing 1998 agreement by Oman and Iran for open transit through the Strait of Hormuz. Get this back in operation. Plus, for immediate action, the IMO has a plan for the evacuation of the 20,000 seamen, detained for weeks on the 2,000 ships in the region. They are short of water, food, and safety. Intervening and evacuating them conforms to the 1974 Convention of Safety of Life at Sea.
In addition, there are other emergency plans coming forward. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has drawn up a priority list of which nations should receive expedited fertilizer as soon as possible, given their growing seasons and conditions. This awaits international cooperation.
It is reported that Iran’s latest terms of negotiations, communicated via Pakistan to the United States, would focus on making the Strait of Hormuz operational, stopping the warfare, and setting aside the talks on nuclear power and weapons questions until after that happens. Today Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Putin expressed special recognition to Iran for its defense of the principle of sovereignty. He said that Iran is fighting “courageously and heroically.”
For its part, the United States presented a position of intransigence at the UN Security Council today, with U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz calling on nations to join with the U.S. in a “Coalition of Freedom of Navigation.” This refers not only to the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington declared two weeks ago, but what is becoming a global embargo. On April 24, for example, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Hengli oil refinery in China, in the name of pressuring Iran.
Mobilize with the International Peace Coalition to end the danger and madness.
