Volume 7, Number 39, October 7, 1980
Departments
Editorial
The American spirit lives.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
More than a campus battle.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Behind the Turkish coup.
Congressional Calendar
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
What about nuclear energy?
Economics
A Sunset Policy for U.S. Basic Industry?
by Richard Freeman
Two Democratic policy groups have put forth opposing programs for the future of U.S. steel and auto. The Stevenson-Bentsen version would phase them out. Included: interviews with economist Lester Thurow, the Commerce Department’s Fred Knickerbocker, and “revitalizer” Eli Ginzberg.
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Free banking zone on front burner.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
R&D cuts traded for Carter votes?
Gold
by Alice Roth
Price jump not just a scare reflex.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
EMS at loggerheads with IMF.
Trade Review
by Mark Sonnenblick
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Special Report
The Significance of the West German National Elections
by Webster Tarpley
Helmut Schmidt’s future policy choices, and the changing of the guard in all the parties, will have a decisive effect on the future of the Atlantic Alliance and the world’s economic well-being. Webster Tarpley relays a full-scale analysis.
Catholic Bishops Attack Schmidt
Der Spiegel attacks the EAP
The Philosophies of the Candidates
International
The Iraqi War To Clean Out Khomeini
by Robert Dreyfuss
The offensive launched against Khomeini’s Iran by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein has caught Washington and London wholly off guard. It could not only help stabilize the Middle East, but significantly shift the balance of strategic forces in favor of the European peace axis.
Iraq Shatters U.S.-Iran Pact on the Hostages
by Judith Wyer
Franco-Iraqi Military Deals Aid Arab Economic Buildup
by Judith Wyer
The Diplomatic Record of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein
Gromyko Issues an Icy Warning
by Rachel Douglas
Dropping all protocol to reject the U.S. “limited” nuclear war doctrine.
Shanwar Bhutto on Muslim Fanatics
by Thierry Le Marc and Edith Hassman
An exclusive interview on Pakistan and Afghanistan with the son of Pakistan’s greatest leader.
Chopping Block for Polish Industry
by Rachel Douglas
The opponents of heavy capital investment are taking over. An interview with a Polish correspondent stationed at the Vatican casts further light on how the destabilization occurred.
Who’s Running the Omega 7 Threat
by Jeffrey Steinberg
International Intelligence
National
U.S. Army Found Unfit for Combat
by Konstantin George
Why some policymaking circles, and some of America’s top military officers, are alarmed at the Carter administration’s defense-spending and war-fighting doctrines alike.
Another Crisis and Another Committee
by L. Wolfe
The Carter Administration is setting up both.
The Real Winner of the Debate
by Nancy Spannaus
Contributing Editor Nancy Spannaus on the Reagan-Anderson display.
Fusion Energy Bill Clears Congress
by Graham Lowry
What the final bill looks like that will expand fusion R&D.
National News
