Volume 19, Number 7, February 14, 1992
Interviews
Gen. Richard Lawson
by Marsha Freeman
General Lawson (ret.) is president of the National Coal Association, and was previously a four-star general of the U.S. Air Force.
Yue Wu
by Jacques Cheminade
The vice president of the Independent Union of Chinese Workers, which was created at Tiananmen Square, returned recently from a clandestine trip to the interior of China.
Reviews
Brainin Trio Plays in ‘Verdi’ Tuning
by Hartmut Cramer
National Gallery Videotape Provides Fine Introduction to Perspective
by Bonnie James
Reviews the 30-minute educational film, Masters of Illusion.
Departments
Andean Report
by Manuel Hidalgo
Coca Sets Exchange Rate in Peru.
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
Doing the Bankers’ Bidding.
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
La Quina’s Revenge.
Australia Dossier
by Allen Douglas
Spooks Fear Influence of LaRouche.
China Report
by Michael Billington
The West Rehabilitates Li Peng.
Panama Report
by Carlos Wesley
Who Needs Enemies?
Editorial
Telling the Truth for Once.
Economics
Sachs Is On the Ropes for ‘Shock’ Policies
At an elite seminar of business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Harvard’s economic “expert” Jeffrey Sachs found that even the other economists think he’s crazy.
Depression Racks Schools, Students
by Joyce Fredman
Japan Tests Waters for Investment in India
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
ASEAN Reaffirms Drive for Development
by Lydia Cherry
Currency Rates
Energy Tax in U.S. Would Doom Third World Development
by Marsha Freeman
The National Coal Association’s Gen. Richard Lawson (ret.) says that developing countries will suffer most from the attacks of environmental extremists.
IMF, `Free Market’ Looting Steers Czechoslovakia toward Social Explosion
by Paolo Raimondi
Agriculture
by Nora Hamerman and John Sigerson
German Organizes American Farmers.
Business Briefs
Feature
The Real Crimes of China’s Zhao Ziyang
by Michael O. Billington
When the Chinese people overthrew Mao and the fanatics around him, there was a chance for China to discard communist tyranny altogether. But thanks to the help of Henry Kissinger, this effort was thwarted, as Deng Xiaoping promoted Zhao Ziyang, the “reformer” who was a tool of the Anglo-American oligarchy.
Wei Jingsheng Was Right
by Linda de Hoyos
A leader of the Democracy Wall movement of 1976-78, Wei was jailed by Deng Xiaoping for demanding “The Fifth Modernization”: democracy.
International
U.N. Security Council Proclaims World Empire
by Joseph Brewda
A British-authored declaration was adopted, eliminating the idea of national sovereignty, under the banner of “collective security.”
Venezuelan Rebels Overthrow Bush Agenda for New World Order
by Valerie Rush
Documentation: A summary of the rebels’ program; excerpts from a speech by ex-President Rafael Caldera.
‘The Wind that Heralds the Rains Is Rising’
by Jacques Cheminade
A first-hand report on reorganizing the democracy struggle inside China.
In Memoriam: Ali Mazaheri
by Katherine Kanter
Bolivia Rebels Against ‘Bush Plan’ To Dismantle Institutions, State
by Gretchen Small
EIR’s exposé has sent the U.S. Embassy in La Paz scrambling for cover.
Documentation: Coverage of the national debate from Bolivia’s largest circulation daily.
Bush Tells Haitian People: Go to Hell
by Valerie Rush
Georgian Monarchists Want Power This Year
by Mark Burdman
International Intelligence
National
LaRouche on TV: Voters Listened to the Wrong People
by Brian Lantz
The jailed candidate’s Feb. 1 nationwide television broadcast had higher Nielsen ratings than the Democratic roundtable “debate,” and his campaign is off and running. There’s a good reason: LaRouche has a policy that makes sense, but the others don’t.
The Fat Cat Populist Backed by Big Money
by Kathleen Klenetsky
A profile of Democratic presidential contender Tom Harkin.
Does Bush Support Drug-Peacenik Friedman?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The Chicago economist who inspired Bush’s free trade dogmas got a $100,000 prize from the Drug Policy Foundation—and it was not for “just saying no.”
Bush Defense Cuts Expose Rotten State of U.S. Industrial Base
by Leo Scanlon
New Evidence on ‘October Surprise’: How President Carter’s Hostage Negotiations Were Sabotaged
by Edward Spannaus
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
