Volume 29, Number 46, November 29, 2002
Health Care Privatization Scheme Collapses in D.C.
by Edward Spannaus
Greater Southeast Community Hospital, the centerpiece of the privatization scheme corruptly rammed through last year, is in bankruptcy and is operating “day-to-day” on a drastically reduced level, as a result of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by its owner, Doctors Community Healthcare Corporation.
NCFE: Death-Dealing Side of the Bubble
by John Hoefle
Called a “healthcare Enron,” the bankruptcy of National Century Financial Enterprises illustrates the consequences of failing to re-regulate industry and infrastructure.
Economics
Argentina’s Children Are Sacrificed to the IMF
by Cynthia R. Rush
In South America’s top food producer, children are dying of starvation, thanks to the failure of the government to break with the draconian austerity policies of the International Monetary Fund.
Germany Is Paralyzed by Fiscal Emergency
by Rainer Apel
Philippines: High Court Breathes Life Into Economy
by Michael Billington
‘They Aren’t Just Roads, But Economic Corridors’
by Gail Billington and Michael Billington
An interview with Asian Development Bank’s Rajat M. Nag.
Business Briefs
Interviews
Rajat M. Nag
Mr. Nag is the Director General of the Greater Mekong Sub-region program for the Asian Development Bank in Manila, the Philippines.
Feature
Peace of Westphalia: France’s Defense of the Sovereign Nation
by Pierre Beaudry
Today’s Utopians have declared that “the era of the Treaty of Westphalia has ended”—the treaty that ended the devastation of the Thirty Years War in 1648. Against this folly, it is imperative that the strategic principle of Cardinal Mazarin’s understanding of the peace, including its later influence on the emergence of the American nation, be grasped and inform future agreements among sovereign nation-states.
The ‘Florescence of the United States’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Lyndon LaRouche replies to a question about the American intellectual tradition of Benjamin Franklin.
International
Death Threats Follow Brazil Victory for LaRouche’s Friend
Dr. Enéas Carneiro, the Brazilian congressman who was elected in October with the highest vote count in the history of Brazil, denounced the campaign by his enemies to annul his historic victory, attempts which have escalated from press smears to death threats against him and his associates.
LaRouche Tells Mexico’s Excelsior: The IMF System Is Bankrupt
Peace Candidate Wins Israel Labor Vote
by Dean Andromidas
Sharon Sabotages Palestinian Talks
by Dean Andromidas
November Protests in Iran Stop Execution, and Strengthen Presidency
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Belarus and Ukraine Are Targetted as ‘Rogue States’
by Rachel Douglas
Poland Struggles for Survival as European Depression Deepens
by Frank Hahn and Elisabeth Hellenbroich
International Intelligence
National
United States Needs the Best Intelligence Service in World
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Should the United States establish a new counterintelligence and counter-terrorism agency, to replace the FBI? The axioms underlying the debate in Washington are wrong. The best first step, says Lyndon LaRouche, would be to fire Attorney General John Ashcroft.
Loser Joe Lieberman Receives Moonie Award
by Scott Thompson
25-Year ‘Shotgun Marriage’ of Israel’s Likud and U.S. Fundamentalists Exposed
by Scott Thompson and Jeffrey Steinberg
Darby Made ‘Christian Zionism’ for the Empire
by Mike Minnicino
‘Maryland Citizens: You Are Responsible’
by Lawrence K. Freeman
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
Reviews
Trompe l’Oeil: Seeing Is Not Believing
by Bonnie James
Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l’Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Departments
Editorial
Now Beware the Chicken-hawks!
