Volume 7, Number 51, December 30, 1980
Departments
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Abba Eban goes to London.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menendez
Heavy fire on the southern border.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
Soviet Union far ahead in PNE use to develop energy.
Economics
A Declaration Of National Emergency?
by David Goldman
David Goldman assesses recent proposals to the Reagan transition team.
The Gameplan for U.S. Auto
by Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman on the current situation and the moves to sell off Chrysler.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
The Salomon report.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
The commodity impact.
Gold
by Alice Roth
Protesting too much?
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Interstate banking on little cat’s feet.
Currency Rates
The International Operatives Who Want $100-a-Barrel Oil
by Judith Wyer
Judith Wyer pursues the implications of the latest OPEC price hike, and its Anglo-Italian instigators.
Documentation: A look at OPEC’s three main price hawks.
Business Briefs
Special Report
Iran’s Power Vacuum: Who Will Replace the Ayatollahs?
by Robert Dreyfuss
Robert Dreyfuss reports on the internal groundswell against Khomeini, and the factional battle for the succession.
Documentation: A broadcast by exile leader Shahpour Bakhtiar; an open letter to mediator Olof Palme from opposition spokesman Fariborz Nazari; extracts from interviews with Thomas Ricks and William Beem an.
Ibn Sina and the Potential for a New Euro-Arab Renaissance
by Mary Brannan
A report from Paris on the Dec. 12 conference cosponsored by EIR, which set the French press and the Khomeini apologists buzzing.
International
Brezhnev Reasserts a War-Avoidance Policy
by Rachel Douglas
The Soviet President’s recent initiatives have acute significance in the Kremlin factional battle.
Documentation: Brezhnev’s five-point proposal on the Persian Gulf.
The Brezhnev Visit: a Tribute to Gandhi
by Daniel Sneider
Europe Rejects NATO Line on East Bloc
by Susan Welsh
Rocard: A Postindustrial Enragé
by Garance Phau
French Socialist leader Michel Rocard spoke at Princeton.
Mexico Airs National Energy Plan
by Timothy Rush
Timothy Rush’s analysis.
Documentation: A summary of the plan and a report on its nuclear aspects.
Survival Questions for Israel: Economic and Military Strategy
by Mark Burdman
Italy: Socialists Urge Talks with Red Brigades
by Mary Sonnenblick
International Intelligence
National
Senators Join the Anti-Volcker Revolt
by Barbara Dreyfuss
Barbara Dreyfuss reports on the surge in vocal opposition to the Federal Reserve chairman among legislators, unionists, and farmers.
AFL-CIO’s Lane Kirkland Strikes a New Posture
Why the Reagan Cabinet Is Still Such an Enigma
by Nancy Spannaus
Contributing Editor Nancy Spannaus warns against judging appointees simply by their track records.
‘Good News from Israel’
by Warren Hamerman
A statement by National Democratic Policy Committee chairman Warren Hamerman.
Talking About the Job Ahead
EIR interviews Hamerman about the NDPC, the Democratic Party, and the atmosphere in Washington.
National News
Heritage Foundation Infiltrating Congress and the White House
by L. Wolfe
The attempt to control staffers and policy proposals.
