Volume 23, Number 36, September 6, 1996
Interviews
Solomon Terblanche
by L. Chamberlain
Described as one of South Africa’s dirigist Afrikaner economists “of a bygone era,” this Stellenbosch University economics professor affirms that free-market policies will consign his country to continued poverty.
Book Reviews
Free Trade Is an Aberration, Not the Norm, in Economic History
by Leonardo Servadio
Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes by Paul Bairoch.
LaRouche on Protectionism
Strategic Studies
IRI’s Friends in Russia: The Anti-Utopia in Power
by Roman Bessonov
Part 1 of a series on the International Republican Institute, by St. Petersburg correspondent Roman Bessonov, who demolishes the vicious argument that the only true “democrats” in Russia are the proponents of free market reforms.
Mont Pelerin Pushes the Criminal Economy
by Rachel Douglas, Richard Freeman, and Michael J. Sharp
Thievery Is ‘Just a Phase,’ Russians Are Told
Departments
Entente Bestiale
by Omar Abdul-Aziz
“Islamic” Terrorists Gather in London, Salute the Union Jack.
Report from Paris
by Christine Bierre
Fraternité, Egalité, “Get Out of Here!”
Dateline Mexico
by Jacobo Frontini
Huge Narco-Police Network Purged.
Editorial
A Proud Moment for Mankind.
Economics
U.S. Fourth Circuit Says: British Law Is Supreme
by John Hoefle
After U.S. District Judge Robert Payne issued a temporary injunction against Lloyd’s of London, the Court of Appeals overturned his decision. Lloyd’s American “Names,” who are left holding the bag for billions of dollars of the British company’s losses, are hopping mad.
Italian Government Puts Maastricht Treaty up for Reconsideration
by Claudio Celani
Currency Rates
Tax the Speculators: The Transaction Tax as a Weapon of the Nation-State
by Richard Freeman
Far from being the suggestion of “kooks,” as the British media would have you believe, taxing the sale or transfer of financial securities has been common throughout European and U.S. history.
Derivatives Losses Threaten Pennsylvania
by Philip Valenti
Business Briefs
Feature
Is There, Was There, Life on Mars?
by Marsha Freeman
Upcoming missions to the red planet will add new insights to the evidence presented by a team of scientists recently, that there was early life on Mars. Marsha Freeman reports on the research that led to the recent discovery, and on some of the future plans for the Mars exploration program. These include the Mars Global Surveyor, the Mars Pathfinder, and Pathfinder’s deployment of a tiny rover named Sojourner, the first rover ever deployed on Mars.
Meteorite Trove in Antarctica
by Marsha Freeman
Pathfinder Could Find Signs of a Warmer Mars
by Matthew Golombek
Exploration with Humans and Robots
by Dr. Steven Squyres
International
Is There Any Future for the Mideast Peace Process?
Provocative actions by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, a stooge for Ariel Sharon’s interests, are on the very brink of drowning the peace process in blood. If there is to be any hope for peace, there must be a change in policy, and fast.
EIR’s Small Visits Argentina, Roasts IMF
How Washington Missed the Boat on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
by Ramtanu Maitra
Travesty of Justice: French Gov’t Moves against Cheminade
South Africa Is At a Turning Point, as Economic Policy Fight Rages
by L. Chamberlain
Can this economic powerhouse become the cornerstone for saving Africa, a continent which is dying?
South Africa Foundation: A Tool of British Policy
‘New Thatcherite Policy Cannot Relieve Poverty’
by L. Chamberlain
An interview with Solomon Terblanche.
Sam Shilowa: ‘Neo-Liberal Policies Failed Elsewhere’
From a July 13 speech by the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
International Intelligence
National
Chicago: Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party
by William Jones
Behind the festive atmosphere, was deep dissatisfaction over the President’s signing of the welfare “reform” bill, and a desire by many to return the Democratic Party to the tradition of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
Documentation: Excerpts from the speeches of AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
FDR-PAC Vows To Destroy ‘Contract on Americans’
‘Dirty Dick’ Morris Is Dumped by Clinton Camp
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Roy Cohn’s mole in the White House bites the dust.
AFL-CIO Reawakening Leads toward Victory
by Marianna Wertz
LaRouche on TV: ‘Impeach Tom Ridge!’
Bush’s Contras Launched U.S. Crack Epidemic
by Jeffrey Steinberg
National News
