Volume 23, Number 42, October 18, 1996
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
On the Doorstep of a “Maglev Century.”
Editorial
LaRouche’s Ninth Forecast.
Commentary
Way Ahead Group Scrambles To Bail Out the Windsors
by Scott Thompson
The British royal family meets at Balmoral Castle to try to patch together “reforms” that will allow the monarchy to survive into the next millennium.
The Education of Princes—in Britain
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
In this article, first published on Jan. 14, 1982, Lyndon LaRouche advised Queen Elizabeth on how she should have brought up Prince Charles.
Economics
IMF Policies Cripple Russia, Threaten ‘Armed Mutiny’
by Denise Henderson
People in the Far North may have to be evacuated for lack of food and fuel, while soldiers throughout Russia are reduced to begging, in a crisis fraught with global strategic implications.
Crédit Lyonnais Bailed Out—Again
by Christine Bierre
Will Nation-States Be Privatized Next?
by Cynthia R. Rush
The hedonistic calculus of Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker is at work in Argentina.
Argentine Labor Rebels against IMF Genocide
by Valerie Rush
‘Managed Health Care’ Kills: A Case Study of Philadelphia
by Marcia Merry Baker
‘Managed Care’ Boosts Profits for Insurers
by Anthony K. Wikrent
If Nurses Are Fired, Patients Will Die
Expert testimony by Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio, editor of Revolution—The Journal of Nurse Empowerment.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
Time To Destroy the Mythology of Bonapartism
by Jacques Cheminade
In his speech at a Schiller Institute symposium in Oberwesel, Germany, the former French Presidential candidate gives the historical background of the new Franco-British Entente Cordiale: “It was Napoleon who burned the French state to ashes, and his degenerate brothers and descendants, his famiglia, who sold whatever they had to the British. If you want to understand the process of the Entente Cordiale, you have to understand the rise and fall of Napoleon. If you don’t get angry about what happened, about what went wrong, in the past, you are not going to intervene into the present.”
International
GOP’s British Agents Launch Scurrilous Attack on Bosnia
by Umberto Pascali
In a crude electoral ploy, Newt Gingrich is accusing the Clinton Administration of allowing a “takeover” of Bosnia by “Iranian fundamentalists.”
Documentation: From the speech by Bosnia-Herzegovina President Alija Izetbegovic to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25.
Armenians Fight for Free, Fair Elections
by Hovhannes Galajian
An eyewitness account.
The Shaky Throne
by Roman Bessonov
Part 3 of Roman Bessonov’s series on “The Anti-Utopia in Power” in Russia.
The Windsors ‘Do’ Russia
International Intelligence
National
Focus Shifts to Bush Role in Contra-Cocaine Scandal
by Ronald Kokinda
Despite the efforts of many to clamp the lid down, elected officials and many others are demanding an investigation of George Bush’s role as the super-kingpin who steered the cocaine Contras.
Arizona in an Uproar over Maria Elena Milton Campaign
by Steve Komm
Radio advertisements purchased by the Congressional candidate have her opponent, GOPAC Chairman John Shadegg, quaking in his boots—and ducking his speaking engagements.
The Weld Family and the Cocaine Contras
by Anton Chaitkin
Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who is running for the U.S. Senate, has some skeletons in his closet.
National News
Correction
In last week’s report on Sudan (pp. 58-71), Arkansas legislator Ben McGee was incorrectly identified. He is the Assistant Speaker Pro Tem of the Arkansas State Legislature.
