Schiller Institute

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|budget= Revenue: $37,617<br>Expenses: $80,175<br>([[Fiscal year|FYE December 2015]])<ref>{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/521/521349184/521349184_201512_990EO.pdf | title=Schiller Institute, Inc. | date=26 July 2016 | website=Foundation Center | access-date=30 March 2017 }}</ref>

|budget= Revenue: $37,617<br>Expenses: $80,175<br>([[Fiscal year|FYE December 2015]])<ref>{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/521/521349184/521349184_201512_990EO.pdf | title=Schiller Institute, Inc. | date=26 July 2016 | website=Foundation Center | access-date=30 March 2017 }}</ref>

|location=[[Washington, DC]] [[United States]]

|location=[[Washington, DC]], United States

|address= PO BOX 20244<br />Washington, DC 20041-0244

|address= PO BOX 20244<br />Washington, DC 20041-0244

|website= [http://www.schillerinstitute.org www.schillerinstitute.org]

|website= [http://www.schillerinstitute.org www.schillerinstitute.org]

The website of the Schiller Institute includes transcripts of conferences that the institute has sponsored, throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, to promote the idea of what it calls “peace through development”. The discussion at these conferences centers around LaRouche’s proposals for infrastructure projects such as the “[[Eurasian Land Bridge]]”, and the “Oasis Plan”, a Middle East peace agreement based on Arab-Israeli collaboration on major water projects, as well as proposals for debt relief and a sweeping reorganization of the world monetary system. The Institute strongly opposes the “[[Clash of Civilizations]]” thesis of [[Samuel P. Huntington|Samuel Huntington]], counter-posing what it calls a “[[Dialogue Among Civilizations|Dialogue of Cultures]]”. They evince support for [[President Trump]], who they claim is being ousted in a “seditious coup”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2019/12/01/webcast-treason-exposed-will-join-us-to-defeat-this-seditious-coup/|title=Webcast—Treason Exposed: Will You Join Us to Defeat this Seditious Coup? {{!}} The Schiller Institute|website=schillerinstitute.com|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> as well as the Chinese leader [[Xi Jinping]] and the New Silk Road and [[Belt and Road]] initiatives, which they see as “shared mutually beneficial and balanced development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gbtimes.com/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-has-found-a-new-friend-in-the-schiller-institute|website=gbtimes.com|access-date=2019-12-04|title=Meeting in Germany discusses Belt and Road initiative}}</ref>

The website of the Schiller Institute includes transcripts of conferences that the institute has sponsored, throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, to promote the idea of what it calls “peace through development”. The discussion at these conferences centers around LaRouche’s proposals for infrastructure projects such as the “[[Eurasian Land Bridge]]”, and the “Oasis Plan”, a Middle East peace agreement based on Arab-Israeli collaboration on major water projects, as well as proposals for debt relief and a sweeping reorganization of the world monetary system. The Institute strongly opposes the “[[Clash of Civilizations]]” thesis of [[Samuel P. Huntington|Samuel Huntington]], counter-posing what it calls a “[[Dialogue Among Civilizations|Dialogue of Cultures]]”. They evince support for [[President Trump]], who they claim is being ousted in a “seditious coup”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2019/12/01/webcast-treason-exposed-will-join-us-to-defeat-this-seditious-coup/|title=Webcast—Treason Exposed: Will You Join Us to Defeat this Seditious Coup? {{!}} The Schiller Institute|website=schillerinstitute.com|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> as well as the Chinese leader [[Xi Jinping]] and the New Silk Road and [[Belt and Road]] initiatives, which they see as “shared mutually beneficial and balanced development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gbtimes.com/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-has-found-a-new-friend-in-the-schiller-institute|website=gbtimes.com|access-date=2019-12-04|title=Meeting in Germany discusses Belt and Road initiative}}</ref>

Allegations of [[antisemitism]] arose in 2003 following the [[death of Jeremiah Duggan]], a student who had been attending their conference in [[Germany]]. The Schiller Institute was accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories. An internal [[London Metropolitan Police]] (Scotland Yard) letter, obtained by the BBC’s ”[[Newsnight]]” during a British investigation into the death says: “The Schiller Institute and the LaRouche Youth Movement… blames the Jewish people for the Iraq war and all the other problems in the world. Jeremiah’s lecture notes and bulletins showed the antisemitic nature of [the] ideology.”<ref name=”Newsnight” /> The German newspaper ”[[Berliner Zeitung]]” categorizes the Schiller Institute as antisemitic.

Allegations of [[antisemitism]] arose in 2003 following the [[death of Jeremiah Duggan]], a student who had been attending their conference in Germany. The Schiller Institute was accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories. An internal [[London Metropolitan Police]] (Scotland Yard) letter, obtained by the BBC’s ”[[Newsnight]]” during a British investigation into the death says: “The Schiller Institute and the LaRouche Youth Movement… blames the Jewish people for the Iraq war and all the other problems in the world. Jeremiah’s lecture notes and bulletins showed the antisemitic nature of [the] ideology.”<ref name=”Newsnight” /> The German newspaper ”[[Berliner Zeitung]]” categorizes the Schiller Institute as antisemitic.

They also publish quarterly magazines, such as ”Fidelio”, which is described as a “Journal of Poetry, Science, and Statecraft”, and ”Ibykus”, named after Schiller’s poem “[[Die Kraniche des Ibykus|The Cranes of Ibykus]].”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solidaritaet.com/ibykus/ |title=Homepage des Ibykus |language=de |publisher=Solidaritaet.com |access-date=2008-10-23}}</ref>

They also publish quarterly magazines, such as ”Fidelio”, which is described as a “Journal of Poetry, Science, and Statecraft”, and ”Ibykus”, named after Schiller’s poem “[[Die Kraniche des Ibykus|The Cranes of Ibykus]].”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solidaritaet.com/ibykus/ |title=Homepage des Ibykus |language=de |publisher=Solidaritaet.com |access-date=2008-10-23}}</ref>

==Founding and stated aims==

==Founding and stated aims==

The institute was founded at a conference in [[Wiesbaden]], [[Germany]], in 1984 by [[Helga Zepp-LaRouche]], the German-born wife of American political activist [[Lyndon LaRouche]]. Its stated aim is to seek to apply the ideas of poet, dramatist and philosopher [[Friedrich Schiller]] to the current global political situation. They emphasize Schiller’s concept of the interdependence of [[classicism|classical]] artistic beauty and [[republic]]an political freedom, as elaborated in his series of essays entitled ”Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man.”

The institute was founded at a conference in [[Wiesbaden]], Germany, in 1984 by [[Helga Zepp-LaRouche]], the German-born wife of American political activist [[Lyndon LaRouche]]. Its stated aim is to seek to apply the ideas of poet, dramatist and philosopher [[Friedrich Schiller]] to the current global political situation. They emphasize Schiller’s concept of the interdependence of [[classicism|classical]] artistic beauty and [[republic]]an political freedom, as elaborated in his series of essays entitled ”Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man.”

On November 26, 1984, the institute released a “Declaration of the Inalienable Rights of Man,” which it describes as “the basis of the Institute’s work and efforts worldwide.” It states in part:

On November 26, 1984, the institute released a “Declaration of the Inalienable Rights of Man,” which it describes as “the basis of the Institute’s work and efforts worldwide.” It states in part: