Volume 23, Number 21, May 17, 1996
Reviews
Oliver North: Less Than ‘A Perfect Candidate’
by Edward Spannaus
A film screened for the 10th Annual International Film Festival in Washington, D.C. on May 1 purports to show the 1994 senatorial campaign of the Iran-Contra figure in Virginia—but it’s a cheat.
Science & Technology
By Aerospace Plane into Space and Back
by Oleg A. Sokolov
During the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union were each developing reusable aerospace planes. Russian aerospace engineer Oleg A. Sokolov reports on the formerly secret Soviet program.
Investigation
Federal Courts Proclaim Assisted-Suicide ‘Right’
by Linda Everett
Documentation: The Washington State case; the New York State case.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Labor Challenges Austerity Drive.
Australia Dossier
by Allen Douglas
Mass Murder in Tasmania.
Editorial
Again, the Triple Entente.
Economics
British Raise Raw Materials Prices in Attack on America
by Richard Freeman
Higher prices at the gas pump are here, and higher prices for food and other basics lie ahead. The cause is a willful strategy by the food and energy cartels.
Frankfurt Drug Legalization Mafia Says ‘No’ to U.S. War on Drugs
by Karen Steinherz and Christina Huth
A conference at the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing, Germany, came out for legalization of recreational drugs, on the model of Holland’s ultraliberal policy.
Indian Captains of Industry Send Crossed Signals to Political Parties
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Currency Rates
Borrowing from Peter To Pay Paul
by Carlos Cota Meza
Would you buy a “global bond” from the Mexican government?
The Food Crisis Worsens in Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza and Carlos Méndez
Business Briefs
Feature
British ‘One World’ Gang Stages Coup against Paraguay
by Dennis Small
What has been sold to world public opinion as a triumph for free trade and democracy, is modeled on what may have been the worst population war of the 19th century.
How the Dialogue Encircled Paraguay
by Cynthia R. Rush
A chronology of events surrounding the supranational deployment against Paraguay during the week of April 22-26, to stop an alleged “coup threat” by Army Commander Gen. Lino César Oviedo.
Triple Alliance War vs. Paraguay Was To Impose British Free Trade
by Lorenzo Carrasco and Cynthia R. Rush
Brits Boost ‘Model Democrat’ Samper
by Gretchen Small
Inter-American Dialogue’s ‘Hit List’ Targets Armed Forces
by Cynthia R. Rush
EIR Warned You about ‘The Plot’
International
Russia Kicks Out British Spies, as Policy Fight Rages
by Jeffrey Steinberg and Rachel Douglas
Behind the expulsions and reprisals: the brewing controversy over International Monetary Fund policies—and what side the United States will take.
Anti-Samper Movement Grows in Colombia
by Javier Almario
Leibniz Honored in Native City, But His Economics Remains Unknown
by Rosa Tennenbaum
A conference was held in Leipzig to celebrate the upcoming 350th anniversary of the thinker’s birth.
Italy: Northern League Seeks ‘Right to Secession’
by Claudio Celani
Is the Bush League Financing Separatists?
by Claudio Celani
International Intelligence
National
U.S. Blows the Whistle on Lloyd’s of London Scam
by John Hoefle
The decision by the Securities Exchange Commission to sue the insurance flagship of the British Empire, could lead to a victory for U.S. national sovereignty.
LaRouche, NOI Hold Forum against ADL
by Dennis Speed
The Democratic Presidential candidate brought the reality about Russia and the world economy to an audience in Washington, D.C. on May 6.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
