Volume 25, Number 20, May 15, 1998
Departments
Australia Dossier
by Allen Douglas
The lunatics take over.
Editorial
Railroads and the American System.
Economics
Greenspan echoes LaRouche, warns of ‘financial implosion’
by Marcia Merry Baker
Even the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is now warning of a “systemic disruption” to the global financial system, “beyond our degree of comprehension or our ability to respond effectively.”
Asian NGOs demand action on financial crisis
The ‘New Europe’ is not quite a union
by Rainer Apel
The Brussels summit turned into an 11-hour slugfest, including over control of the European Central Bank.
Danish strikers demand share of ‘prosperity’
by Poul Rasmussen
Repair of U.S.-Japanese relations key to solving financial crisis
Meiji Restoration shows how Japan can judo its debt problem
by Kathy Wolfe
Japan must use its debt as a weapon, as patriots did during Japan’s 19th-century Meiji Restoration. Those nations with the courage to reorganize the debt first, will have the critical strategic advantage.
Thailand battles against its first colonization
by Michael O. Billington
A nation which prides itself on never having been colonized by a foreign power, is now faced with the loss of sovereignty over its economy to the international financial oligarchy.
Business Briefs
Feature
Exonerate LaRouche, to stop America’s political lynchings
by Susan Welsh
To halt the British-led assault on American institutions, including the Presidency, the permanent bureaucracy in the Department of Justice must be cleaned up. The key to victory is the exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche.
Will Don Fowler’s friends destroy the Virginia Democratic Party?
by Nancy Spannaus
By LaRouche Democrat and Congressional candidate Nancy Spannaus.
Baltimore coalition mobilizes against ‘hit squad’ in the DOJ
From a town meeting sponsored by the Schiller Institute: speeches and interventions by Debra Hanania-Freeman, former South Carolina State Sen. Theo Mitchell, former Maryland State Sen. Larry Young, and former Maryland State Sen. Clarence Mitchell III.
McDade-Murtha ‘Citizens Protection Act of 1998’
The text of H.R. 3396, introduced by Reps. Joseph McDade (R-Pa.) and John Murtha (D-Pa.).
IRS gestapo is scrutinized by Senate
by Suzanne Rose
Documentation: Testimony from former Sen. Howard Baker, former Rep. James Quillen, former IRS agents, and other victims of IRS abuse.
International
Clinton undertakes bold steps for Mideast peace
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The President has decisively shifted U.S. foreign policy, in an effort to bring Israeli madman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under control, and save the Mideast peace.
A confident Chinese general visits India
by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan B. Maitra
The head of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Gen. Fu Quanyou, held “free and frank” talks in India on security concerns of both nations.
Ukrainian judge rules to reinstate Vitrenko
The essential features of statecraft to ensure Africa’s development
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Lyndon LaRouche spoke in Rome on April 3, to a seminar that included priests and students from several African countries, especially from the Great Lakes Region.
Angola’s ‘black gold’ and diamonds: Are they a nation’s best friends?
by Dean Andromidas
Part 2 of a story on Angola’s efforts to recover from civil war, based on a visit by EIR correspondents to that nation.
International Intelligence
National
LaRouche’s prosecutor jumps to Starr’s defense
by Edward Spannaus
One of the most corrupt prosecutors, Henry Hudson, the U.S. Attorney who railroaded Lyndon LaRouche to prison, has rushed to defend Starr’s prosecutorial misconduct.
Clinton administration bans sale of small arms to British firms
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The imposition of the ban, Washington sources tell EIR, is another move by the United States to target Britain’s role as the major state supporter of international terrorism.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
