Volume 21, Number 9, February 25, 1994
Departments
Northern Flank
by Lotta-Stina Thronell
Åslund’s Shock Therapy Under Attack.
Editorial
A Small Question of Demographics.
Economic Survey
Venezuela at the Crossroads, as Caldera Takes Office
by Jaime García and Valerie Rush
Documentation: A statement from the office of Alejandro Peña Esclusa, secretary general of the Venezuelan Labor Party.
From Riches to Rags
by Jaime García
In five years, Carlos Andrés Pérez and the IMF dismantled the Venezuelan economy. Jaime García documents the model “shock therapy” case.
War against the Banks—Or Civil War
by Alejandro Peña Esclusa
A statement by the secretary general of the Venezuelan Labor Party.
Correction
Correction to China Program
Corrections to the feature story on China in our Feb. 11 issue.
Economics
Greens’ Ban on Chlorine Will Spread Epidemics
by Rogelio A. Maduro
Greenpeace is spearheading a new hoax: the campaign in the U.S. Congress to ban the use of chlorine in the disinfection of water supplies. Based on no scientific evidence whatsoever, this policy would cause economic devastation and a health conflagration.
There’s Trouble in River City: Devil from Davenport on the Move
by Marcia Merry
The push is on for riverboat casino gambling in 18 states, but many of these enterprises are going to sink financially, along with the people who sold their souls to allow them.
Soros Bets on ‘Ex’-Communists To Help Turn Italy Over to the World Casino
by Claudio Celani
The king of the Anglo-American speculators, George Soros, has decided to put his money at the service of Achille Occhetto, the leader of the former communists. Behind the surprising alliance is the New Age Venetian financier and pornography promoter, sportswear maker Luciano Benetton.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
Physical Economy Is the Basis of Human Knowledge
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Part 1 of a series by economist Lyndon LaRouche, titled “The Science of Physical Economy as the Platonic Epistemological Basis for All Branches of Human Knowledge.” Writes LaRouche: “The only important economic policy-question confronting really intelligent thinkers is: This financial system is doomed; can we put a new, healthy economic system into place in time to prevent the political disintegration of our nations which must tend to occur in the wake of the financial avalanche about to crush the world as a whole?”
International
Military Influence Will Grow as Russian Crisis Builds
by Konstantin George
Only weeks after its formation, the new Russian government is starting to crumble, faced with a wave of strikes and an increasingly desperate economic situation.
Europe Is Also Being Destroyed in Bosnia-Hercegovina
by Gen. Count Hanno von Kielmansegg
An analysis by the former Chief of Staff of the NATO Army Group North.
Vatican-Israel Accord Sparks Controversy
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Documentation: From the text of the “fundamental agreement between the Holy See and the state of Israel.”
Narco-Terrorism’s War on Mexico: EZLN Terror Strategy Escalates as Coverage of EIR Exposé Grows
by Valerie Rush
EIR’s charges that the so-called Mayan insurgency in Chiapas was really orchestrated by foreign intelligence services, are getting full play in the Mexican press.
Chiapas: A First-Hand Report on the ‘War’
by Juan Manuel Martínez R. and Carlos Cota Meza
Report from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Chiapas state.
Who Is ‘Bishop’ Samuel Ruiz, and Why Is He Aiding Narco-Terrorism?
by Carlos Méndez and Cynthia R. Rush
French Elites Are Nervous about a Social Explosion in 1994
by Mark Burdman
International Intelligence
National
Washington Shaken Up by Briefing on Russia
by Rainer Apel
Leaders of the political opposition to the IMF’s policies in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, and Latvia tell an EIR-sponsored seminar: “Instead of the invisible hand, we got the invisible foot.”
Brits Escalate Media War on Mr. Clinton
by Edward Spannaus
Government Lies Paved Way for LaRouche Frame
by Edward Spannaus
Amelia Boynton’s Play ‘Through the Years’ Performed in Chicago
by Marianna Wertz
Written in 1936, the play, by this civil rights veteran, is a dramatic rendition of the birth of the African-American spiritual, told through the life of a slave. The current production was conceived and directed by Sheila Anne Jones, candidate for Governor of Illinois.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
