Volume 17, Number 44, November 16, 1990
Interviews
Elias Freij
by Fiorella Operto
The Mayor of Bethlehem believes Mideast war is inevitable because the United States is not interested in peace.
Book Reviews
Dissecting Britain’s Empire ‘from Dan to Beersheba’
by Patricia Noble-Schenk
A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, by David Fromkin.
A Voice of Reason in Defense of Science
by Patrick Ruckert
Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us Deal with Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (Among Other Things), by Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, with Lou Guzzo.
Another View of the Struggle in Selma
by Marianna Wertz
Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr., by J.L. Chestnut, Jr. and Julia Cass.
‘New Mind’ Newspeak: The Same Old Bottles
by Nancy Spannaus
New World, New Mind, A Brilliantly Original Guide to Changing the Way We Think About the Future, by Robert Ornstein and Paul Ehrlich.
Departments
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
State Oil Company in Jeopardy.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Jewish Immigration Barriers To Fall.
Panama Report
by Carlos Wesley
The Railroading of General Noriega.
Editorial
An End to Communism.
Investigation
Bush Helps Narco-Terrorists Eliminate Military Foes
by Gretchen Small
The “Project Democracy” apparatus which controls the Bush Administration is deep into the second phase of its drive to eliminate all resistance to a free market for heroin, marijuana, and cocaine, by putting Dope, Inc. directly in power throughout Ibero-America.
Panama: Test Case for Dismantling Military
by Carlos Wesley
Argentine, Brazilian Armed Forces Axed
by Cynthia R. Rush
Bush Administration’s Drug Policy Is ‘Vietnamizing’ the Andes
by Luis Vásquez Medina
The other half of the policy of destroying other nations’ military institutions: sending in U.S. special forces and CIA mercenaries.
Economics
Discussion of Recession Is Fluff: This Is a Depression
by Christopher White
Americans are going to suffer dearly as a result of believing phony debates and fixed statistics. It’s time to wake up!
Speech by Mexican President Salinas Raises Doubts about His Sanity
by Carlos Cota Meza
Peru Imposes IMF’s Depopulation Policy
by Sara Madueño
President Fujimori is denouncing the Catholic Church’s defense of life as “medieval.”
IMF Runs Neo-Colonial War on West Africa
by Michael Gelber
C.V. Starr Returns to Shanghai
by Linda de Hoyos and Michael Billington
Kissinger’s newest scam.
Australia’s ‘Low-Input’ Agriculture Economy Is Now in Shambles
U.S. Congress Hikes EPA’s Police-State Powers
by Leo Scanlon
Currency Rates
Banking
by John Hoefle
The FDIC Is Insolvent.
Labor in Focus
by Anthony K. Wikrent
The U.S. Labor Farce.
Business Briefs
Feature
It Was Kissinger Who Destroyed the Nation of Lebanon
by Bassam El Hashem
In a series of lectures given in the United States, Bassam El Hashem, formerly a professor at the Lebanese University in Beirut and currently a spokesman for ousted Prime Minister Gen. Michel Aoun, tells why the Anglo-American-Israeli powers have been so intent on turning this thriving, multi-denominational country into a pile of smoldering rubble.
Michel Aoun: A Personal Profile
by Bassam El Hashem
Demographic Basics Shape Mideast Policy
by Bassam El Hashem
How national leaders in the Middle East act—and how they are manipulated—is profoundly influenced by differences between Sunni and Shi’ite, Alawite, Druze, and Christian. Professor El Hashem presents a guide through the rich fabric of Middle Eastern culture.
Kissinger’s Record: War and Terrorism
by Scott Thompson
International
The World Is Collapsing Around Britain’s Thatcher
by Mark Burdman
The only member left from the prime minister’s original team is Thatcher herself, and parts of the Establishment now view her as a hindrance to British subversion of Europe from within.
Communist China: Is the People’s Army Reliable?
by Mary McCourt Burdman
Some are talking of a political split in China’s military structure.
Kahane’s Revenge May Be a New Mideast War
by Joseph Brewda
‘Iraq Will Not Fire First; Why Can’t the U.S. Try Diplomacy?’
by Fiorella Operto
Interview with Elias Freij, mayor of Bethlehem.
New Government in Pakistan, but Stability Is Far Away
by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra
Rwanda Targeted for World Bank Genocide
by Michael Gelber
International Intelligence
National
Voters Slap Bush in Face, But Not Hard Enough
by Nancy Spannaus
By not having the courage and wisdom to cast convention aside and vote Lyndon LaRouche into Congress, Americans have voted instead for war and depression.
LaRouche on the Vote
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
FBI Coverup of Iranian Arms-for-Hostages Deals Continues
by Edward Spannaus
The case of arms dealer Cyrus Hashemi proves that the dirty deals began not in 1985 with Oliver North, but in 1979 with Jimmy Carter.
Bush and the ‘October Surprise’
by Edward Spannaus
Bush’s Gulf War Has Paper-Thin Backing
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Did the ‘October Surprise’ Really Target Ronald Reagan?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
New evidence has emerged, ten years after the Reagan team’s payoff to Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini.
Self-Proclaimed ‘Cult Expert’ Is Exposed for Sex Crimes
by Herbert Quinde
A high-profile slanderer of Lyndon LaRouche turns out to be a sex pervert.
National News
