Volume 24, Number 36, September 5, 1997
Interviews
Charles Quincy Troupe
A state representative from St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Troupe has been investigating the brutality against Missouri prisoners held in jails in Texas for nearly two years.
Departments
Australia Dossier
by Robert Barwick and Allen Douglas
Secret plot against the unions.
Report from New Delhi
by Ramtanu Maitra
A dirty war rages in India’s northeast.
Editorial
Dump free trade.
Economics
Economic collapse fuels German government crisis
by Rainer Apel
An intense public debate has erupted about the future of Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s government, which a majority of citizens consider a “non-government.”
Currency Rates
Mexico ‘recovery’ claim: another dead-cat bounce
by Carlos Cota Meza
World population growth is ceasing
by Paul B. Gallagher
World financial crisis recognized in Moscow
by Rachel Douglas
Mir crew overcomes obstacles in space station repair
by Marsha Freeman
The cosmonauts who are heroically carrying out the repair mission aboard Mir, lay the blame for the problems in the Russian space program where it belongs: on the economy.
Business Briefs
Feature
Legalized gambling: Britain’s Dope, Inc. subverts the U.S.
by John Hoefle
With $550 billion in wagers reportedly placed in legal gambling facilities in 1995, gambling is big business in the United States. The myth has been spread that the mob has been run out; in fact, gambling remains the province of organized crime—which is run by the British Empire.
The spread of legal gambling
Stock market gambling
Many compulsive gamblers prefer to play in a larger casino: the international financial markets.
The enormity of the gambling market
Major companies of Gambling, Inc.
Gambling: a timeline
International
Dow Jones supports return of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
by Michael O. Billington and Gail G. Billington
The Western press has almost entirely blacked out a government White Paper which proves that the Khmer Rouge is being invited back into power by Prince Ranariddh, in open rebellion against the government.
Spain: new flanks in the fight against ETA
by Elisabeth Hellenbroich
A united front has begun to develop among the people, the political parties, the trade unions, the government, and the King. Their message: The Spanish people will not tolerate the terrorist ETA or its political arm, Herri Batasuna.
International Intelligence
National
Espy indictment: The real target is President Clinton
by Edward Spannaus
The attorney for former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy summed it up: “Never has so much been made of so little.”
Starr should be probed for conflict of interest
From a memorandum by Federal Judge Bill Wilson.
Call for Federal investigation of Texas prison beatings
by Marianna Wertz
An interview with Charles Quincy Troupe.
Terrorist funder Moskowitz threatens Middle East peace
by Harley Schlanger
Summon the moral and intellectual resources to overcome the crisis
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
A speech by Lyndon LaRouche to a meeting of the Schiller Institute at Riverside Church in New York City on July 27.
National News
