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• Planetary Defense
  By a Basement Research Team.
  Do we really have a choice of whether we want to progress or not? Does the universe ever stand still, waiting for us to make that decision? As the dinosaurs witnessed, the answer is no. Past and future threats to human lives, including extreme weather events, CMEs, earthquakes, asteroids, and more, show us that the ultimate defense in a developing and inherently creative universe is progress. What is presented in this LaRouchePAC policy paper is the ultimate war avoidance strategy.

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World News

• Showdown on Three Global War Fronts This Week
  We have reached a crucial moment in Britain's drive for thermonuclear confrontation. On all three potential war fronts—Iran, Syria, and North Korea—there are deadlines that could provide the immediate opportunity for the British to get a full-blown shooting war going that ends in exchanges of thermonuclear weapons.
• German, U.S. Constitutions in Danger;
  Resistance to Dictatorship Is Growing
  President Obama's attacks on the U.S. Supreme Court and the planned European Stability Mechanism (ESM) are the portents of a dictatorship of the financial oligarchy, writes Helga Zepp-LaRouche. But the winds of change are being felt. And it is not too late for the alternative of a production-based credit system.
• Obama Backs Nazi Doctrine, Grabs Judicial Authority for Himself
  The impeachment of Barack Obama as President of the United States has become more urgent than ever, as Obama has made it evident that he is a serial violator of the Constitution he swore an oath to uphold. He is walking in the footsteps of Nazi crown jurist Carl Schmitt.
• Webcast Scheduled:
  Cheminade Counters Arrogance of French Elites; Promotes Space Program
  The final ten days of the Presidential campaign in France, leading to the first round of the election on April 22, have seen a whirlwind of media coverage for Jacques Cheminade.
  • Cheminade Election Spots Begin To Air
• Italy:
  Glass-Steagall Takes to the Streets
  The campaign for a Glass-Steagall-style reform of the banking system is taking off in Italy, as the Lega Nord and Movisol mobilize to collect 50,000 signatures for the presentation of a bill into the Italian Chamber of Deputies using the 'popular initiative' system.
  • Documentation:
    Lega Nord Sponsors Glass-Steagall Law
• Italian Parties Probed:
  Is Monti Now Dictator?
  By Liliana Gorini, Chairwoman of Movisol.

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