Volume 15, Number 2, January 8, 1988
Book Reviews
Back channels—the oldest profession?
by Janine Benton
Looks at The Strategies of Zeus by Gary Hart.
Science & Technology
Why the Russians Lead in Controlling the Biosphere
by Warren J. Hamerman
The conceptual basis of the Soviet scientific advantage in control of the biosphere: V.I. Vernadsky and the Russian school of biogeochemistry.
Plasma and Laser Technologies Led Industrial Research in 1987
by Robert Gallagher
Departments
Report from Rio
by Marco Monteiro
Bresser Forced To Resign.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
A Battle over the German Conservatives.
Andean Report
by Robyn Quijano
Peru Takes a Step Backward.
Editorial
Why Is America Grounded?
AIDS Update
Laboratory worker contracts AIDS
AMA publicizes San Francisco AIDS testing
AIDS infected show mental impairment
Economics
The New Mexican Debt Plan: A War among Paper Titans
It is another example of the brutal “give and take” approach: Mexico gives, and the U.S. banks take, everything—with the twist that Morgan may eliminate some of its competition in the process.
East-West Population Deal Aired in Germany
by Mark Burdman
1987 Debt Crisis in Review: Bankers Break Brazil’s Moratorium
by Peter Rush
Currency Rates
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
An Attack on Mechanization.
Business Briefs
International
Appeasement Grows: Bush Backers Finlandize Germany
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Reagan and Bush’s appeasement gifts to Moscow have been compounded by U.S. pressures on Germany to reorient its economy toward Moscow—all to try and ensure that Bush or Dole is the next President, even if it means Moscow is the next world empire.
The Russian Game behind Ariel Sharon’s Jerusalem Move
by Mark Burdman
INF Treaty Opposed by Ad Campaign
Crimes of Richard Burt: Ambassador to Germany Celebrates INF with ‘Psychological Disarmer’ of U.S.
by Mark Burdman and Gabriele Liebig
The Persian Gulf: From Military Build-Up to Disengagement
by Thierry Lalevée
Weinberger’s policy has been effectively reversed, promising the Soviets a major victory in the region.
1988: Russian Arch-Chauvinists Rise to Limelight as Jubilee Year Opens
by Luba George
Asian Illusions about U.S. Friendship Fade, as Moscow Mops Up in Region
by Linda de Hoyos
International Intelligence
Feature
The Right and Wrong Usages of the Term ‘Reason’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Focuses upon the distinctions between reason and logic, the two forms of mental behavior which contend for the title of “rational,” in order to more clearly attack the problem of the spread of irrationalism in the policy-shaping institutions of government and in the habits of popular opinion.
National
LaRouche Asks: ‘Will Ronald Reagan Resign?’
That is the best inference from the way that George Bush’s “old boy” backers in the intelligence community are currently behaving.
George Bush: Arming the Ayatollah
by Scott Thompson
A little-known angle on “Irangate.”
U.S.-Soviet Joint Censorship Afoot?
by Joseph Brewda
LaRouche’s Lawyer Tells Jury: ‘This Is Straight, Raw Politics’
Odin Anderson’s opening statement in the Boston trial explains why the government wants to “get LaRouche,” and why the government’s so-called witnesses are willing to lie their heads off to “get LaRouche.”
Senate Says Panama’s Military ‘No. 1 Threat’
by Gretchen Small
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Sprinkel’s Optimism Veils Deep Fears.
Congressional Closeup
by Kathleen Klenetsky
National News
