Volume 21, Number 31, August 5, 1994
Interviews
Baba Gana Kingibe
by Uwe Friesecke and Lawrence Freeman
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister outlines his government’s efforts to achieve a national accord. “Nigeria is coming to the end of its tether, in terms of how to deal with the West and its attitudes,” he warns.
Col. M.E. Attah
by Uwe Friesecke and Lawrence Freeman
The administrator of the predominantly Christian commercial state of Anambra in Nigeria, Colonel Attah explains the purpose behind the upcoming constitutional conference.
Col. Lawal Jafaru Isa
The administrator-governor of the Nigerian state of Kaduna describes his efforts to improve the economy of the region, and how he views the national political crisis.
Departments
Books Received
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Arms Deals: What About the British?
Australia Dossier
by Bruce Jacobs
UN Pushes Sodomy in Tasmania.
Editorial
This Is Our Universe.
Science & Technology
A Large-Scale Rhine-Rhône Canal for France, and Europe
by Eric Sauzé
A canal connecting the Rhine and Rhône rivers would vastly upgrade both Europe’s inland and international transport and augment the capabilities of the European Productive Triangle.
Strategic Studies
Nigeria’s Search for National Reconciliation
by Uwe Friesecke and Lawrence Freeman
EIR reporters recently returned from Nigeria analyze the complex political situation in that country. It’s not what you see on television!
We Are Doing What Is Best for Our Country, and Nobody Will Stop Us
by Uwe Friesecke and Lawrence Freeman
An interview with Baba Gana Kingibe.
We Can’t Turn Back the Clock to the June 12 Elections
by Lawrence Freeman and Uwe Friesecke
An interview with Col. M.E. Attah.
Time Is Needed for Democracy To Take Shape in Nigeria
An interview with Col. Lawal Jafaru Isa.
Jesse Jackson Takes Bankers’ Line on Nigeria
Economics
Bankers’ ‘Safety Net’ Won’t Avert Derivatives Blowout
by Anthony K. Wikrent
The long awaited guidelines for “managing risk” have been issued—but it’s all pretense.
Caldera Clashes with Congress over War against Banking ‘Mafia’
by Valerie Rush
Documentation: From a speech by Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera.
LaRouche Economics Key in Anti-Cairo Drive
by Nora Hamerman
UN’s Population Projections: Continuing 250 Years of Fraud
by Paul Gallagher and David Shavin
The fraud of claiming to calculate the Earth’s “carrying capacity,” the latest technique of UN demographers, was refuted by scientists back in the 18th century.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
Croatia Needs an Alternative to IMF Shock Therapy
by Michael Liebig
In this speech to a Schiller Institute conference in Zagreb, Croatia, Michael Liebig gives the conceptual outlines of a recovery program, based on the physical economy of Lyndon LaRouche and Alexander Hamilton.
The Orwellian Vision of the New Bretton Woods Commission
by Richard Freeman
Fifty years ago, the world’s finance ministers and central bankers created a new monetary system, embodying the malthusian ideas of John Maynard Keynes. The world is now paying the price for this evil policy.
International
Solzhenitsyn’s Comeback and the ‘Slavic Core’
by Konstantin George
The unexpectedly warm welcome given the writer upon his return to Moscow, after 20 years in exile abroad, shows the character of the policy shift that is under way among the Russian elites.
Berlusconi Loses Fight with Prosecutors, Italian Government Likely To Fall
by Claudio Celani
China, India Further Normalize Relations
by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra
Death Toll Mounts in Colombia: Samper Is Also a Narco-Terrorist
by Javier Almario
Bush Ignored Appeal of Dubrovnik’s Bishop To Halt Serbian Aggression
Letters sent from Mons. Zelimir Puijic to President George Bush in November 1991 and May 1992.
International Intelligence
National
Universal Health Care: The Great Debate Is On
by Mel Klenetsky
While the controversy rages over employer mandates and universal coverage, Lyndon LaRouche emphasizes a more fundamental point: Let’s restore the Hill-Burton standards of 1946, to make sure that the necessary level of medical care exists in the first place.
LaRouche Hails End of Special U.S.-British Relationship
by John Sigerson
At a press briefing in Washington, Lyndon LaRouche and associates explain the significance of President Clinton’s recent change in policy—and the reasons that it is only the beginning of what is required.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
Correction
In the July 29 issue on page 55, the correct name of the magazine which is publishing Mr. LaRouche’s article is Fidelio, Journal of Poetry, Science and Statecraft. It is published by the Schiller Institute, Washington, D.C., and the single copy price is $5.
