It seems that no one in the West is predicting peace, prosperity and joy for the year 2025. And there are good reasons for that, given the very real danger that one of the two most acute regional crises could develop into a global war, while economic hardship is pre-programmed. But there is also a real possibility that the opposite […]
Read moreOn Dec. 24, Pope Francis officially opened the Jubilee Year of 2025, calling for the coming year to be one of hope. The Catholic Church celebrates a Jubilee every quarter of a century, a practice traditionally associated in various religions with the time when slaves would be emancipated and debts would be forgiven. At a major conference on the debt […]
Read moreThe American organization “Doctors Against Genocide” (DAG) is demanding an immediate stop to the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, in a call that has been endorsed by the Schiller Institute and dozens of other organizations. “The deliberate bombing of hospitals, the targeting of healthcare workers, and the systematic destruction of medical services must be stopped. Not another child should suffer, […]
Read moreFour years ago, on January 6, 2021, demonstrators poured into the Congress, demanding a fair count of the vote, believing that Donald Trump had been denied re-election due to vote fraud. Events which unfolded that day are described as either a violent insurrection, according to Democrats and Never-Trumpers, or a “Day of Love”, according to Trump. In the weeks and […]
Read moreElon Musk’s confrontational posts on X about German, British and Italian politics have triggered protests of “interference” from those countries’ liberal establishments. However, irrespective of their content, Musk is simply paying them back in their own coins: for decades now, European liberals have been interfering in U.S. politics, openly campaigning for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. […]
Read moreAs energy prices in Europe continue to soar, the hypocrisy of the European Commission is blatant. Despite claims of having cut energy ties with Moscow, Russia is still the largest supplier of gas to the EU (along with the U.S.), but at much higher prices because it is resold to the Europeans by third parties, or because it is purchased […]
Read moreWith the dawn of the year 2025, some very gloomy forecasts were made about the German economy, but the bleakest was a report from the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI). “The German economy is in the midst of its biggest crisis in post-war history. The pandemic, the energy crisis and inflation have made Germans poorer on average”, Handelsblatt chief economist Bert […]
Read moreIn an interview with Vatican News on New Year’s Day, Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Papal Nuncio in Damascus since 2008, expressed cautious optimism about the future of Syria. Asked about the meeting that had taken place one day before between HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa and Christian leaders, he viewed it as very hopeful. Cardinal Zenari also urged Christians to stay […]
Read moreThe newly created African Energy Bank is a joint initiative of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) and Afreximbank, that will begin operations in early 2025 with an initial capital of $5 billion. The bank will finance energy projects including hydrocarbons and coal, for which the West is beginning to deny financing. This is yet another sign of the dynamic […]
Read moreHelga Zepp-LaRouche was joined on her weekly webcast on January 1 by Ray McGovern, a former CIA officer in Europe and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), for a fascinating “insider” discussion of developments in Europe since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The webcast can be viewed in English here, and in German here. On Jan. 8, Zepp-LaRouche was […]
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