Berlin Seminar Promotes New 'Treaty of Westphalia'

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n the 40th anniversary of the his- New ‘Treaty of Westphalia’ Otoric Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights, four members of the n extraordinary meeting of inter- • The solution to the global finan- LaRouche Youth Movement were invit- Anational personalities, including cial, economic, and strategic crisis ed by one of the great heroines of the political figures, economists, military, must emerge from the United States, Civil Rights movement, Amelia Boyn- strategic analysts, regional experts, despite the insanity prevailing in the ton Robinson, to participate in the cele- and intellectuals, was convened in George W. Bush Administration. brations, culminating in a re-enactment Berlin January 12-13, to discuss the There is, currently, a major shift of the famous march across the Edmund current strategic, economic-financial, occurring in U.S. politics: Forces in Pettus Bridge. and cultural world crisis, and the per- the Democratic Party, which have As the members of the LYM spectives for solving it through con- been catalyzed by LaRouche’s faction described it, their goal was to intervene certed international action for a “New since the 2000 elections, and in partic- into these events and elevate them from Treaty of Westphalia.” ular since the July 2004 Democratic the level of simple nostalgia for the hey- Lyndon and Helga LaRouche en- Party Convention in Boston, are chal- day of the movement; i.e., from “Hey, gaged in an intensive two-day discussion lenging the Bush-Cheney regime, this is what we did,” to “Where do we with the 40-plus participants from the notably on the issue of Social Security go from here?” and “How do we do it?” United States, Russia, China, India, Ger- privatization. This involves important The LYM team arrived in Selma on many, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, circles, including Republicans, in the March 3, a day which was to be dedicat- Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Egypt, Iraq, U.S. Congress. In parallel, “institu- ed to the honor of Mrs. Robinson’s Zambia, and Zimbabwe. tional forces” in the military and the deceased husband, Samuel W. Boynton, The leading aim of the seminar was intelligence services, and among diplo- her long-time partner in the struggle for to outline the parameters of a new world mats and intellectuals, are mounting a voting rights for African Americans. financial and monetary system, to be major effort to redirect U.S. domestic The LYM organizers joined Mrs. brought into being by a transatlantic- and foreign policy. These forces will Robinson for a TV interview, in which Eurasian dialogue on the imminent initiate cooperation with the countries she recounted her experiences in the breakdown crisis. In-depth reports were of Eurasia. fight to register Blacks in the South to presented on the internal political • We require a new, long-term vote, and described the process by which process in the U.S., highlighting the role agreement among sovereign nations for she met the LaRouche movement in of LaRouche and his movement; the equal and just access to existing raw New York City many years ago. She Russian crisis, characterized by internal materials resources, as well as the devel- subsequently became a leading spokes- economic-social dislocations and exter- opment of new categories of resources. man for the Schiller Institute and its vice nal geopolitical pressures, as well as The greatest deposits of raw materials chairman. enormous scientific and economic are in Central Asia and Siberia. In this That evening, the group proceeded potentials; the current situations in context, the role of Russia’s scientific to the historic Tabernacle Baptist China and India; the continuing disaster sector was defined as key for the elabo- Church, where the first voting rights in Iraq, and the broader Southwest ration of raw materials, and the devel- meeting in Selma took place, for a trib- Asian region; and the political and eco- opment of new categories, beyond the ute to Mr. Boynton. The event, which nomic situation in Western and Central Mendeleyev system. was attended by 400 people, including a Europe. • The collapse of the post-Bretton number of elected officials and Civil Woods monetary system requires Rights veterans, turned into an Strategic Alternative abandoning the “independent” central impromptu book-signing by Mrs. The strategic alternative presented by banking system, and replacing it with Robinson of her autobiography, Bridge LaRouche, was a vision of U.S.-Eurasian national banking, through which sov- Across Jordan. Speakers included Mrs. cooperation over the next fifty years, to ereign governments hold the sole right Robinson, her son, Bruce Boynton, Dr. guarantee all countries just access to vital to issue currency, and are bound by the Joseph Lowery, Dr. F.D. Reese, and Dr. raw materials resources, and joint devel- duty to promote economic develop- Charles Steele. Bruce Boynton recalled opment of new raw materials and tech- ment in the interests of the common the courage of his parents, Amelia and nologies. This should be the content of a good. Under such conditions, a cooper- Samuel, in organizing the impoverished revived “Peace of Westphalia,” and the ative treaty agreement for a New Bret- Black population to register to vote, true meaning of a dialogue of cultures. ton Woods system can be achieved despite threats against their lives, in a LaRouche identified three focal points at between the U.S. and the states of South where lynchings of innocent the current juncture: Eurasia. Blacks were still common.

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