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In its third edition of 2023, the Polish edition of Newsweek published a bizarre article about the work of the Schiller Institute in Poland. (The Schiller Institute is an international think tank founded by Mrs. Helga Zepp-LaRouche and named after the great Poet of Freedom Friederich Schiller. For more information, visit their website at https://www.schillerinstitute.org.) The author, Igor Ryciak, who interviewed Lyndon LaRouche, said that his article was prompted by the growing influence of the Institute, and by the fact that many who are opponents of Poland joining the European Union under present conditions, quote Lyndon LaRouche's publications for their arguments. What Ryciak wrote was merely a cynical fallacy of composition, but his writing nevertheless revealed what those who commissioned it fear: LaRouche's economic program and his leadership qualities. Ryciak wrote, “LaRouche proposes to rebuild a state based on central government and to issue credits from central national banks to build roads, railroads, pipelines, mines and power stations. State investments are supposed to eliminate unemployment and poverty.... According to the Institute, the budget should not cut spending, the NBP [Polish National Bank] should open credit lines for the development of infrastructure, and foreign trade should be directed towards Southeast Asia.”
Prof. Cezary Jozefiak, an economist and a member of the Council on Monetary Policy, admitted to Ryciak that in today's “recession,” the influence of the Schiller Institute is bigger than ever. Sejm (parliament) Deputy Gabriel Janowski, a big opponent of mass privatization of state enterprises said that he reads the Schiller Institute publication Nowa Solidarnosc, and “yes, I participate in the meetings. Two years ago I was in the United States and I attended a meeting with Mr. LaRouche. It is difficult to disagree with his views. Everybody knows that the World Bank is a bloodsucker.” Regardless of what the Newsweek article is trying to do, to discredit LaRouche and the Schiller Institute--and there have been a number of major slanders in Poland within the past few years--the ranks of those who see that LaRouche has been right, and want to use his ideas, will continue to grow, especially given the Polish government's lack of a comprehensive economic recovery plan.
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