Volume 18, Number 41, October 25, 1991
Interviews
Dr. Richard E. Smalley
by Mark Wilsey
A professor of chemistry at Rice University in Houston describes his research in the field of fullerenes, a form of carbon with fascinating geometrical properties.
Karl-Heinz Rudolf
An industrial management expert from eastern Germany, who spent several years in prison for political reasons during the communist regime, tells the story of the peaceful revolution in his country. Part I of a series.
Departments
Agriculture
by Suzanne Rose
Farm Grain Prices Plummet.
Banking
by John Hoefle
The Riggs Bank Fire Sale.
Report from Rio
by Silvia Palacios
IMF Presents Ultimatum.
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
“Big 3” Automakers Make Market Grab.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Extremist Revival Being Orchestrated.
Andean Report
by Diana Olaya de Terán
López Michelsen Is Back!
Editorial
Pope Gives an Alternative.
Science & Technology
A New Form of Carbon Marks a New Frontier of Science
by Mark Wilsey
The “buckyball” is a carbon molecule of 60 atoms in the form of a hollow structure, called in geometry a truncated icosahedron. Mark Wilsey reports on fullerenes, the third form of carbon.
Fullerenes: A Challenge to the Science of Chemistry
by Mark Wilsey
An interview with Dr. Richard E. Smalley.
Beginning with Benzene
by Friedrich August Kekulé
Economics
IMF Puts Soviet Debt First, Denies Reconstruction Aid
by Konstantin George and William Engdahl
Citicorp Shock Sparks Fear of Depression
by William Engdahl
Bush Shuts Down U.S. Oil and Gas Production
by Anthony K. Wikrent
Currency Rates
China Implements Worst of Both Worlds: Communism and Free Trade
by Michael Billington
The “iron ricebowl” policy, whereby the state once guaranteed food to China’s people, has given way to “shock therapy” and the “magic of the market place.”
‘The Single-Party Tyranny Must Fail’
by Ni Yuxian and Yue Wu
A letter to the Chinese Communist Party leadership from two exiled leaders of the Democracy Movement.
Economic Crisis Shocks California
by Brian Lantz
Former U.S.S.R.: Agrarian Reform Strikes at the Roots of Cultural and Social Evils
by Jonathan Tennenbaum
Part III of a series on the economic reconstruction of the former U.S.S.R.
Business Briefs
Feature
How ‘Free Trade’ Enslaved North American Farming
by Marcia Merry
The Anglo-American financial powers, having destroyed much of North America’s productive farm capacity or put it under cartel control, intend to wield what is left as a food weapon against the world. A survey of the state of farming in the United States, Canada, and Australia by Marcia Merry.
International
Ban on Iraqi Science Heralds World Dictatorship
by Joseph Brewda
The U.N. even wants Iraq’s Parliament to vote, oh so democratically, to sanction its draconian measures to shut down the nation’s scientific research capabilities. If this policy is allowed to stand, no Third World nation will be spared a similar fate.
India Seeks Change in IAEA Priorities
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
High-Handed U.S. Memo Outrages U.N. Members
Thailand: Depopulation Program Was ‘Too Successful’
by Michael Billington
Brazilian Military Nationalists Resist Green Putsch
by Silvia Palacios and Lorenzo Carrasco
The closer Brazil gets to hosting the U.N. Earth Summit, the more intense the nationalist ferment against colonialism in ecologist garb.
Documentation: Brazilian Army condemns “new order” magazine.
Haitians Starved in Name of Democracy
by Carlos Wesley
East Germany’s Revolution, as Seen by a Leipzig Industrialist
An interview with Karl-Heinz Rudolf.
Battle Over EIR Dope Exposé Heats Up in Venezuela
by José Carlos Méndez
International Intelligence
National
Senate ‘New Age’ Soap Opera Takes U.S. into the Gutter
by Leo Scanlon and Edward Spannaus
The Senate committee’s deliberations on the nomination of Clarence Thomas turned into a procedure combining New Age irrationalism with the police-state methods typical of Thomas’s sponsor, the Bush Administration.
Documentation: A statement by presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche on the Thomas hearings.
Weld Enforces Cuts with Jail Threats
by H. Graham Lowry
Death Lobby Targets Washington Voters
by Linda Everett
America’s Gestapo, IRS Targets LaRouche
Henry Kissinger Escapes Scrutiny in October Surprise Scandal
by Edward Spannaus
Reports on certain critical features of the affair, exposed by this magazine back in 1983, which have been consistently overlooked by most investigators.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
