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We are experiencing “the emergence of a new era of Mankind, an era
of peaceful cooperation based on the rapid economic development of
each and every nation on the planet,” Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated last
week in her weekly
webcast.
The results of the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, coupled with the Sept. 3
commemoration in Beijing of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of
fascism in the Pacific in World War II, have ushered in that new
era.
The expanded SCO and BRICS now represent a total of 38
countries, whose combined population is about 6 billion people, or 75%
of Mankind’s total population of 8 billion. They have proclaimed
an end to 500 years of colonial exploitation, run today by the
financial centers of London and Wall Street, and the intention of that
Global Majority to create a “path of peaceful development, and join
hands with the rest of the world to build a community with a shared
future for humanity,” as Chinese President Xi Jinping stated in his
brief address to the 80th anniversary commemoration. “Humanity rises
and falls together,” Xi stressed.
The big question is: Will the Western world join in this effort to
forge a new system, or will it choose the path of confrontation and
war to defend the old?
A new statement released last week by the Schiller Institute for
immediate international circulation poses the question in the
following way:
Thus, the world has reached an absolute turning point. We can
either continue the geopolitical confrontation against Russia and
China, risking a third—and this time final—world war, or we can choose
to cooperate with this emerging new economic system.... It is in the
fundamental self-interest of the nations of the Collective West—no
longer truly united—to cooperate with the states of the Global
Majority and to jointly address the great challenges facing humankind:
overcoming poverty and underdevelopment, ensuring lasting world peace,
and securing the right of every person on this planet to fulfill their
potential.
In the coming days, the UN General Assembly will be
convening, presenting an important opportunity to take urgent actions
to stop the genocide in Palestine. Among these are UN Resolution 377,
known as "Uniting for Peace." One important
demonstration in this regard will take place in front of the UN in
New York on Monday, Sept. 15.
However, this larger strategic perspective will be crucial to
changing the political dynamics needed to stop the ongoing genocide.
The forces of the decadent and arrogant West which have condoned it
must be recruited into this new system, not only for the sake of
Palestinians but for the world as a whole.
Be sure to join tomorrow's special LaRouche
Movement Discussion and Mobilization Call at 8:00 pm (Eastern)
with experts and activists from around the country.
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