Volume 30, Number 49, December 19, 2003
Duma Election: A Phase Change in Russian and World History
by Rachel Douglas
A senior Russian economist commented that the Russian parliamentary election results—the sweeping victory for President Putin, and the strong emergence of the Rodina electoral bloc—reflect a universe that is ripe for a LaRouche Presidency in the United States.
Documentation: Rodina leader Sergei Glazyev in the Russian press, and coverage of him in EIR over the past decade.
LaRouche Interviewed in Russian Magazine
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Speaking to Valyutny Spekulyant (Currency Dealer), economist LaRouche zeroes in on the unique role of the U.S. Presidency at a moment of world economic breakdown.
Economics
Gingrich’s Guillotine Is Behind Medicare ‘Reform’
by Richard Freeman
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the “Third Wave” kook and ideologue of the Conservative Revolution, turns out to be a leading force behind the new Medicare Prescription Drug Program—the “reform” which will turn over billions of dollars to the pharmaceutical and insurance companies, while privatizing the Medicare program.
Trans-Asian Trains Run, Koreas Join Rails in April
by Kathy Wolfe
The Trans-Korean Railway is becoming a physical reality—despite all the threats by Washington neo-conservatives, and the furor over North Korean nuclear weapons.
South Africa’s Mbeki in Paris, Says ‘Free Market’ Cannot Develop Africa
by David Cherry
India-Sudan: ‘Strategic Energy Cooperation’
by Ramtanu Maitra
Does the U.S. Want a Space Program, or Not?
by Marsha Freeman
Business Briefs
Feature
LaRouche Presents Foreign Policy to Press in Paris
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Lyndon LaRouche gave this press conference on Dec. 5, introducing journalists in Paris to his Presidential campaign. “The United States is in a crisis,” he said. “The habits of the Baby Boomers, the 50-year-old people, will no longer control the politics of the United States. The poor, the people in the lower 80% of family-income brackets, are going to be brought back into politics. And the leadership of people in the 18-25 age-group, is going to change, and be the spearhead of changing politics in the United States.
“In the meantime, the whole blasted system is coming down, so it’s going to make it a new time. The present world system of politics is ended, one way or the other, for better or for worse: You might have idiocy in the future, but it won’t be the same kind of idiocy we had in the year 2000.”
LaRouche Speaks to a Growing French Movement
by Christine Bierre
International
Russian Ministry Holds Berlin-Paris-Moscow Meet
by Jonathan Tennenbaum
Report from a conference in Berlin on “Berlin-Paris-Moscow—Locomotive for Strategic Cooperation between Russia and the European Union?”
Schröder Trip Boosts German Ties to China
by Rainer Apel
India, China See ‘Window of Strategic Opportunity’
by Mary Burdman
Jaffee Center Report: In Cheney’s WMD Fraud, Israel Was ‘Full Partner’
by Dean Andromidas
International Intelligence
Books
Empire for Democratic Dummies, Soros-Style
by Stuart Rosenblatt
The Dust of Empire, by Karl E. Meyer.
The Story of the Casino World’s Front-Man
by John Hoefle
Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn, by John L. Smith.
Departments
Editorial
Israeli Tactics Will Defeat U.S.
National
Dick Cheney Is Caught in Yet Another Lie
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The Vice President’s top aides are under fire by the press and Congressional investigations, for conduiting lies and disinformation about Iraq into the White House. But as one retired U.S. intelligence official told EIR, “To do anything about it, means taking on Dick Cheney.”
LaRouche Webcast: ‘We’re Out To Change America’s Destiny
Perils Pile Up on Perle
by Michele Steinberg and Scott Thompson
Top neo-con operative Richard Perle has been tarred as a central figure in yet another major financial scandal, this one involving Boeing.
Bush Restates One-China Policy, Riles Neo-Cons
by William Jones
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visits Washington.
Arnie’s California: From the Golden State to the Third World
by Harley Schlanger
Creating Roman Legions for Donald Rumsfeld
by Carl Osgood
Why Is the Cato Institute Desperate To Bury the Truth about FDR?
by Nancy Spannaus
In a seminar at the institute, Jim Powell presented his new book, FDR’s Folly, How Franklin D. Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression. Nancy Spannaus refutes his lies.
LaRouche Replies to Slanders Against FDR
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
