Volume 16, Number 29, July 21, 1989

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Interviews

Dr. Renée Malouf

by Garance Upham Phau

A neurologist from Harlem Hospital in New York City on the neurological damage she sees, especially in pediatric cases, in the early stages of HIV infection.

Dr. Drasko Pekovic

by John Grauerholz, M.D.

The Canadian dental researcher who defied the world health “mafia” by organizing the First International Symposium on Oral AIDS.

Gen. T’eng Chieh

The elder statesman of the Kuomintang party in the Republic of China discusses the strategy for total war against the Communist regime in Peking.

Lee Wing-tat

A spokesman for the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China blasts Great Britain’s cynical refusal to protect Hong Kong’s citizens.

Departments

Report from Rio

by Silvia Palacios

Debt Payments Halted ... for Elections.

Panama Report

by Carlos Wesley

U.S. Attempts To Provoke War.

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

New China Policy Emerges in Germany.

From New Delhi

by Ramtanu Maitra

Pressing India on Non-Proliferation.

Editorial

Boycott Communist China.

Science & Technology

The Nervous System May Be the Real Target of HIV

by Garance Upham Phau

A conference in Quebec City, Canada on the neurological manifestations of HIV, was the scene of heated polemics over whether the HIV virus attacks the nervous system, even without appearance of AIDS.

Changes Are Subtle in Early HIV Stages

by Garance Upham Phau

Interview with Dr. Renée Malouf.

The Politics in Scientific Research Is Fatally Infecting the AIDS Issue

by John Grauerholz, M.D.

Interview with Dr. Drasko Pekovic.

Economics

Economics of Debt Forced on Group of Seven Agenda

by Christopher White

Third World leaders from 30 countries are warning of famine and social explosions to come, if a new approach is not adopted. But the U.S. insists, “The way we’ve been doing it is the way to do it.”

Collapse in Auto Sales Is Not a ‘Blip’

by Matthew Moriarty

Electricity Shortages Will Cripple Industry in the Midwest

by Marsha Freeman

Kemp Turns HUD into Gestapo for Wiping Out Low-Income Housing

by Stephen Parsons

The Bailout of the Savings and Loans: Feet First into Fascism

by Kathleen Klenetsky

An analysis the Bush Administration’s Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act.

Agriculture

by Robert L. Baker

Dry Weather Endangers Midwest Crops.

Andean Report

by Javier Almario

Barco Hands Colombia to Its Creditors.

Currency Rates

Business Briefs

Feature

Celebrate Apollo Moonshot by Colonizing Space

by Marsha Freeman

What the U.S. needs isn’t nostalgia, but a long-term commitment to build the industrial infrastructure for a sustained Moon/Mars colonization program. It’s the best prescription for reviving our moribund economy, and the nation’s spirits, as well.

International

Bush Appeasement Sets Up Poland for China Treatment

by Konstantin George

He’s ignoring the warnings of Polish and Hungarian leaders, that more than words will be needed to avert an explosion in Eastern Europe.

‘Central Enterprise’ Proves Crucial Function of NATO’s Air Defense

This huge military exercise will probably be the only one allowed this year by the appeasers of Gorbachov.

London Insiders Say Thatcher Won’t Last

by Mark Burdman

Hong Kong: The Next World Strategic Flashpoint?

by Mary McCourt Burdman

Will Kissinger Face Prosecution for China Trade Conflict of Interest?

by Scott Thompson

Kissinger Hawks Mexican Model of Debt Peonage for the South

by Mark Sonnenblick

Argentines Pin Hopes on Their New President, as Crisis Deepens

by Peter Rush

Mexico Becomes a ‘Banana Democracy’ in Wake of State Elections

by Miguel Hidalgo

El Salvador: CIA Works with Terrorists

by Gretchen Small

African Resistance on the Chopping Bloc

by Jeffrey Steinberg

International Intelligence

National News

Scandals Rock Washington, Target Bush’s Opponents

by Herbert Quinde

Midnight tours of the White House for homosexual prostitutes ... fraud charges against S&L executives ... heads roll at HUD ... But there’s more to the new round of scandals than meets the eye.

The Government Packs 150 Lies into Its Appeal Brief in LaRouche Case

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Motions by LaRouche, NDPC

German TV Exposes Bush’s Irangate Role

by Thierry Lalevée

Heritage Foundation Plots Attack on NRA

by Leo Scanlon

Congressional Closeup

by William Jones

National News

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