Editorial

250 Years Later, Who Needs Kings?
2026 has so far been a year of war, chaos, economic crisis, and imperial overreach—capped by the outrageous welcome President Trump gave the United Kingdom’s King Charles III in Washington this week.

I. International

International Peace Coalition, Week 152: The Emperor Without Clothes
The 152nd consecutive weekly meeting of the International Peace Coalition began with Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s assessment that the United States is now “the emperor without clothes in front of the eyes of the whole world.”
Searching for an Exit Strategy
A diplomatic mission by Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to break the stalemate in negotiations to end the war launched by the United States and Israel appears to have been rejected by President Trump.
The Promise of Artemis—Can America Recover Its True Identity in Space Exploration?
After making a trip around the Moon, the Artemis II astronauts were retrieved on April 10 from their capsule after it plunged into the Pacific Ocean—the first time humans have returned to lunar orbit since 1972.

II. Perfidious Albion

Travesty: Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for the British Empire
Americans of conscience may be casting around for a phrase that captures the repulsive spectacle this week of King Charles III and Queen Camilla being wined, dined, and treated almost like the Founding Fathers.
The British Are Back To Finish the War of 1812— This Time by Invitation, Or, ‘LaRouche Was Right!’
April 27—The following statement was released today by The LaRouche Organization. Did you know that King Charles III of the United Kingdom has suggested that we rip up the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution and join the British Commonwealth? If President Donald Trump and the U.S.

III. Physical Economy

Worldwide Economic Shocks Gather Force
As of the third month of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the Trans-Jordan, economic shocks are gathering force worldwide, as reserves of fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, and essential components are diminished.

IV. America’s True History

On the Art of Virtue
It is not true that the ideas of the American Revolution stem from the thought of the British philosopher John Locke—the true roots lie in a very different conception of human virtue and the common good.

V. From Lyndon LaRouche

LaRouche Speaks To German Economists: The Key to Economics Is Human Scientific Discovery
Lyndon LaRouche addressed more than 100 former students of Prof. Wilhelm Hankel at Frankfurt University on May 29, 2006, on the key to economics: human scientific discovery.