Volume 17, Number 19, May 4, 1990
Interviews
Dr. Robert A. Brown
by David Cherry
The former chairman of the science working group for the Space Telescope in Huntsville, Alabama discusses the huge technical challenge of training the Space Telescope on planetary objects within our Solar System.
Professor Mehdi Mamedov
by Joseph Brewda
A representative of the Azerbaijan Popular Front, on tour in the United States, tells how the Russians staged the pogroms against the Azeris in order to impose a military dictatorship over the region.
Book Reviews
Who is George Bush’s Astrologer?
by Carol White
My Turn, The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan, with William Novak; and “What Does Joan Say?” My Seven Years as White House Astrologer to Nancy and Ronald Reagan, by Joan Quigley.
Departments
Report from Rome
by Leonardo Servadio
Pro-Nuclear Party on the Ballot.
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
Brazil under Kissinger’s Eye ... Again.
Andean Report
by José Restrepo
World Bank Wants Drug Money Repatriated.
Panama Report
by Carlos Wesley
U.S. Aims at Annexation.
Editorial
Politics, American-Style.
Economics
Corporate Bankruptcies Set Off Local Tax Explosion
by John Hoefle and Anthony K. Wikrent
States and municipalities across the United States are feeling the crunch as corporate tax revenues dwindle in tandem with corporate profits, beginning a deadly cycle impelling the economy into the depths of economic depression.
French, Germans, Czechs Ally for Development
by Rainer Apel
White House Hawks CAP’s Economic Model
by Ana Maria Papert
Venezuela’s President whooped it up in Washington over his austerity policies, which have forced many Venezuelans to resort to eating dog food.
Venezuela Debt Deal: License for Looters
by David Ramonet
Narmada Project Proceeds Under the Gun
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
India’s environmentalists try to halt this key water control project.
‘Black Friday’ Nears for Britain’s Thatcher
by Mark Burdman
Eco-Fascists Target Tuna Fishermen
by Andrew Rotstein
Currency Rates
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Iowa to Sue FmHA over Poisoned Corn.
Business Briefs
Science & Technology
The Space Telescope’s Mission in the Solar System
by David Cherry
The Space Telescope, with the most accurate mirror ever made by the hand of Man, will not only look outward to scrutinize the anomalies of deep space, but will also be pointed at targets in our own Solar System, from the Earth to Pluto. David Cherry reviews some of the leading projects planned.
Feature
The Brazilian Monetary Reform, a Two-Edged Sword
by Lorenzo Carrasco Bazúa
Brazil’s new President Fernando Collor de Mello wants Brazil to be industrially productive, and also to be a more integral part of the world economy. But it’s hard to do both, when the international bankers are standing at the door, ready to carve the country up. Lorenzo Carrasco Bazúa traces the international origins of Brazil’s domestic crisis, and points a way out.
International
Hostage Release Part of U.S.-Iran-Syria Arms Deal
by Thierry Lalevée
The story about the mysterious “phony” Iranian phone call to Bush, and the sudden media scare about Iraqi missiles, have been part of a smokescreen behind which the Bush-Kissinger administration is firming up a strategic pact with the terrorist states of Syria and Iran.
Yeshiva Crazies Try To Spark New Religious War
by Joseph Brewda
‘Down with Li Peng’ Now Heard in Moscow
by Mary McCourt Burdman
Bush Administration Is Sheltering Kashmiri Terrorists
by Joseph Brewda
UN Gets LaRouche Rights Case
Part III of a formal petition submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission, seeking UN action against the political and judicial witchhunt against Lyndon LaRouche and his political movement.
Mexicans Fuming at ‘Thornburgh’ Outrage
by Valerie Rush
International Intelligence
National
‘Another Munich’: Bush Policy on Lithuania
by William Jones
That’s how Lithuania’s President Vytautas Landsbergis characterized the shameful inaction in the West, as Moscow tightens the noose around the Baltic nations yearning to be free.
The ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ of U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh
by Steve Komm and Jeffrey Steinberg
ADL the Target of Criminal Complaint
by Bruce Director
A LaRouche associate goes on the offensive against the Anti- Defamation League, better known as the American Drug Lobby.
ADL Role in the ‘Get LaRouche’ Task Force
Trilateral Commission Endorses Eco-Fascist Global Warming Hoax
by Kathleen Klenetsky
The latest session of the secretive group, held on Earth Day weekend in Washington, also had plenty of prescriptions for destroying democracy in Ibero-America in the name of “democracy.”
Spannaus Announces Independent Campaign
Virginia Democratic party-poopers reject the only challenger to John Warner.
CIA Underestimates Soviet Military Expenditures, Russians Say
by Scott Thompson
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
Corrections
Our Montreal bureau drew our attention to two errors in the article, “Is the British Oligarchy Preparing To Balkanize the U.S.?” on page 20 of the April 27 issue. Quebec City, not Montreal, is the capital of the Province of Quebec; and the Canadian living standard is close to 85% of the U.S. living standard, not “about two-thirds.” A regular Canadian news column will soon appear in EIR.
