Author: Christine Schier

The rally and march that took place in Washington, D.C. against the war machine on Feb. 19 featured an array of speakers from across the political spectrum, including three former U.S. Congressmen. (Watch the livestream  here.) Estimated at some 3,000 attendees (in addition to tens of thousands watching the live stream), the size was less important than two factors which […]

Below is the statement issued by the Schiller Institute on Feb. 17, to be distributed worldwide, including at the various antiwar rallies and events in Europe, the United States and Latin America. The statement, titled “The Age of Reason or the Annihilation of Humanity?” should receive the widest possible circulation. The full text as well as a PDF version are […]

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi again criticized NATO policy on Ukraine on Feb. 18. In response to European People’s Party head Manfred Weber, who had canceled an EPP meeting scheduled for June in Naples, the outspoken politician said: “With the world on the verge of a nuclear war between Russia and the NATO countries, I am being criticized because […]

Following the explosive exposé by journalist Seymour Hersh of the Biden Administration’s responsibility for the blow-up of the German-Russian gas pipelines last September (cf. SAS 7/23), the Schiller Institute is holding a webinar on the subject on: February 23, 19:00 – 21:00. Among the speakers are Col. Ralph Bosshard (ret.), Switzerland; Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder of VIPS (Veteran […]

Is it not paradoxical that the same leaders who can’t stop talking about “human rights” and “western values” refuse to lift the murderous sanctions on Syria, despite the horrendous consequences of the earthquakes that hit Turkey as well? And yet, the spokesman for the U.S. State Department, Ned Price, stated coldly on Feb. 6 that it would be “counterproductive” for […]

The United States Embassy in Moscow issued a new travel advisory on Feb. 13, warning American tourists and residents to leave Russia immediately. While this is not the first such warning over the past year, it included, this time, the Embassy’s assessment that “terrorist groups, both transnational and local” are planning attacks. Shortly thereafter, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported […]

“We have a 1930’s style deflationary depression, which is what happens if we keep raising interest rates. Or, a Weimar Germany kind of hyperinflation, which is what happens if we try to inflate our way out of our current debt problems. And that’s it. This is not something on the distant horizon anymore. It’s something right here staring us in […]

Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the Schiller Institute, issued the following statement on Feb. 8, in response to the revelations on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines published by Seymour Hersh (cf. the next item). An article just published by the well-known U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh describes with meticulous accuracy how U.S. President Joe Biden had the gas pipelines […]

The “story” of the Nord Stream explosion exposed by authoritative investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, although largely pooh-poohed by the transatlantic Establishment, is explosive and will not go away (cf. above). The destruction of such a vital infrastructure constitutes, by all international standards, an act of war. And yet, over four months later, the German government has still not disclosed any […]

The efforts to build a grass roots anti-war movement in the transatlantic world are gaining momentum in the run-up to the mass demonstrations and rallies that are planned for the weekends of Feb. 18 and 25 (cf. SAS 6/23). The revelations on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, combined with Global NATO’s push to supply more and more sophisticated […]