Volume 19, Number 4, January 24, 1992
Interviews
Antonio Cipriani
by Umberto Pascali
An investigative journalist from the Italian newspaper Unità reports on his researches on the nefarious operations of the Freemasons in eastern Europe.
Mersudin Pajo
A Croatian now resident in Alberta, Canada, discusses the discrimination against Muslim Croatians like himself, under the Yugoslav federal regime.
Bishop Leroy T. Matthiesen
by Anita Gallagher
The Catholic Bishop of Amarillo, Texas explains why clemency must be granted to a death row inmate who raped and murdered a nun.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Maglev Train May Run in the Year 2000.
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
Collor Touts “Social Liberalism.”
From New Delhi
by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra
A Free Marketeer in Sheep’s Clothing.
Scandinavia
by Lotta-Stina Thronell
Swedish Teacher Battles Youth Culture.
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
Religious Conflict in the Wings?
Letters to the Editor
Books Received
Editorial
Japan Looks Askance at Superboondoggle.
Reviews
Colombia’s Dope Trade: From Military Defeat to Political Victory
by José Restrepo
Mi Guerra en Medellín, a book by Col. Antonio Bahamón Dussán.
‘JFK’ Film Is Indictment of America’s ‘Secret Government’
by Anno Hellenbroich
The controversial film directed by Oliver Stone.
New Magic Flute at ‘Original Tempi’
by Kathy Wolfe
Die Zauberflöte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on compact disc; conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras; Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus.
Circa 1492: A Deeper Look at Asian Art
by Michael Billington
A second view of the “Toward Cathay” Asia section of the exhibit “Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration,” held at Washington’s National Gallery.
Science & Technology
‘Global Warming’ Theory Does Not Fit with Reality
by Gerd R. Weber
The climate is not cooperating with the weather models: There’s cooling in the wrong places and warming at the wrong times. The third and final installment of Gerd Weber’s report.
Economics
GATT Trade Talks Dead, Victory for Food Producers
by William Engdahl
The refusal of European farm ministers, who are feeling the heat from their angry constituents, to buckle under to the outrageous demands from the Bush Administration, is a temporary victory for world food security and a stinging defeat for Washington’s view of what “free trade” should mean.
Japan Sees U.S. as Economically Hopeless
by Kathy Wolfe
Poland Makes a New Beginning, After Two Years of Shock Therapy
by Frank Hahn
State Budgets Shrink, Jobless Lines Grow
by H. Graham Lowry
Washington’s in for a ‘Dukakis’ Disaster
by Leo Scanlon
Currency Rates
Labor in Focus
by Harley Schlanger
Governors Target State Pension Funds.
Agriculture
by Suzanne Rose
GATT Meeting Is a Bust.
Business Briefs
Feature
‘Free Market’ Drug Barons in Colombia Switch to Heroin
by Andrea Olivieri
The deregulation of the banking system, the lifting of restrictions on foreign investment, and all the other free trade policies which the Bush Administration has foisted upon Colombia, have created the perfect environment for drug-money laundering. And Colombia’s drug barons know just what to do about that.
Colombia’s Dope Trade: From Military Defeat to Political Victory
by José Restrepo
Organized Crime Makes European Bid for Power, as Russian Mafias Move In
by Roger Moore and Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
LaRouche: Why the War on Drugs Did Not Succeed
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
International
Opposition to Harvard’s Sachs Mania Mounts in Russia
by Mark Burdman
Although the opposition so far lacks a coherent economic alternative, it is emerging as an institutional force, and is blasting, by name, Jeffrey Sachs and the other carpetbaggers who are advising President Yeltsin on how to destroy the country.
EC Finally Recognizes Croatia and Slovenia
by Umberto Pascali
‘Black’ Masonry Schemes for Conquest of Former East Bloc
by Umberto Pascali
An interview with Antonio Cipriani.
The War in the Heart of Europe Is Not an Ethnic or Religious Conflict
by Claude Ragon
A guest commentary on the Croatian war.
Muslim Croatians Have Been Targeted
An interview with Mersudin Pajo.
Isi Leibler Scores One over India
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Zionism: Britain’s Racist Tool
Algeria: A Cold Coup by the Army
by Christine Bierre
U.S. Tells Haiti To Accept Communist Ruler
by Carlos Wesley
Bush Negotiates with Cuban Drug Dictatorship
by Cynthia R. Rush
International Intelligence
National
Death Penalty Challenged in the United States
by Anita Gallagher
The principled battle under way over cases in Virginia and Texas has to do with returning the country to the community of civilized nations that have abolished the death penalty. Among the voices raised against the Texas execution is that of Pope John Paul II.
‘Every Life Is Precious, Even That of Someone Who Has Committed a Crime’
by Anita Gallagher
Interview with Bishop Leroy T. Matthiesen.
Bush Is Scorned by World Press
LaRouche Identified Bush’s Mental Problems Early On
Supreme Court Weighs ‘Hate Crimes’ Law of Anti-Defamation League
by Leo Scanlon and Steven Meyer
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
