Volume 17, Number 20, May 11, 1990
Interviews
Laila Andersson-Palme
by Åsa Narde
One of Sweden’s leading opera singers tells why she supports Lyndon LaRouche’s initiative to reinstitute the “scientific tuning” used by Beethoven and Verdi.
Book Reviews
‘Milken’s Monsters’ and the Junk Bond Debacle
by Harley Schlanger
The Predators’ Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders, by Connie Bruck.
The Truth Sy Hersh Couldn’t Find
by Carol White
American Leviathan: Administrative Fascism under the Bush Regime, an EIR Special Report.
Departments
Medicine
by John Grauerholz, M.D.
Wiping Out the Pap Smear.
Panama Report
by Carlos Wesley
Creating a Drug Smuggler’s Paradise.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
India Is Kept on Super 301 “Hit List.”
Vatican
by Maria Cristina Fiocchi
WWF and Church: Freemasonic Trick?
Editorial
The Lesson of Vietnam.
Science & Technology
Maglev Technology Could Rebuild U.S. Transportation
by Marsha Freeman
Even though the United States has done virtually no work on magnetically levitated high-speed rail systems for the last 15 years, there is still time for it to jump in with Europe and Japan on this more effective—and eventually more speedy—alternative to inter-city air flight. Marsha Freeman reports.
Economics
U.S. Revenue Collapse Feeds Hyper-Inflation, Austerity
by Christopher White
It will be hard enough for Bush’s financial magicians to rustle up $30 billion to refinance U.S. government debt this quarter. But the printing presses may have to go into high gear for the upcoming $50 billion savings and loan “bailout.”
Two Germanys Agree on Monetary Union, the Key to Freedom in the East
by Rainer Apel
They already have the power to put a lot more pressure on Gorbachov than they’ve done up to now.
Currency Rates
One Million Farmers Protest in Europe
by Marcia Merry
South Korea Reels from U.S. Economic War
by Lydia Cherry
States Mount Rearguard Effort To Protect Remaining Industrial Base
by Andrew Rotstein
Nuclear Deal Gives Pakistan a Breather
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Banking
by John Hoefle
Fed Moves To Take Control.
Business Briefs
Feature
Repression of Lithuania May Seal Gorbachov’s Doom
by Konstantin George
Only days after Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony rang through the streets of Vilnius celebrating free Lithuania, a stone-faced Gorbachov had to watch as 100,000 Russians demanded the end of him and the empire he represents. Ukrainian freedom could be next.
Bush Appeases Moscow and Beijing, Snubs Lithuanian Leader
British Bring U.S. the Chamberlain Line
by Mark Burdman
Red Army Mistreats Baltic Soldiers
First-hand reports from the victims.
International
Bronfman Traded ‘Whiskey for Holocaust’ to Reds
by Mark Burdman and Rainer Apel
Jews in Germany and Israel speak out against the pro-communist machinations of Edgar Bronfman, head of the World Jewish Congress and power behind the Anti-Defamation League.
John Paul II Calls for East-West Synod
by Maria Cristina Fiocchi and Fiorella Operto
Pérez Basks as U.S.-Moscow Darling
by Ana Maria Papert
Soviet Navy, Far from Being Mothballed, Is Stronger than Ever
by Argus
UN Gets LaRouche Rights Case
Part IV (and conclusion) of a formal petition submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission, seeking UN action against the political and judicial witchhunt against Lyndon LaRouche and his political movement.
A European View of the LaRouche Trial
by Prof. Dr. Kurt Ebert
Of the Institute for Austrian and German Legal History.
‘On the Warpath’ for the True Performance of Great Music
by Åsa Narde
An interview with Laila Andersson-Palme
Leading Violinist To Play Concert for LaRouche
Bush Reaffirms Right To Kidnap Mexicans
by Peter Rush
International Intelligence
National
350,000 Rally To Defend Sacredness of Human Life
by Linda Everett
They weren’t just talking about fetuses, but about the need to protect all human life, and to save civilization itself. President Bush’s continuing actions against the movement speak more loudly than his mumbled words.
Austrian Pro-Lifers Defend LaRouche
Virginia Judge Follows ADL Orders
by Bruce Director
Court testimony proves that the Anti-Defamation League is the grease between the gears of the government’s inter-agency “Get LaRouche” task force.
Budd Dwyer’s Blood Is On Richard Thornburgh’s Hands
by Steve Komm and Jeffrey Steinberg
Gingrich Bill Is Slave-Labor Scheme
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
