Volume 26, Number 21, May 21, 1999
Interviews
John Ernest Leight
Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the United States discusses how the battle over natural resources is at the center of the conflict in that nation.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Trying to escape from the trap.
Editorial
The vice president resurfaces.
Economics
America’s economic recovery is a myth
by Richard Freeman
Physical economist Richard Freeman proves that the U.S. economy has been shrinking, at an increasing rate, for the past 30 years. From an address he delivered to to a May 5 EIR seminar in Washington, D.C.
Germany faces massive shrinkage of investments in infrastructure
by Lothar Komp
Business Briefs
Feature
Alternatives to war and depression: The LaRouche Doctrine
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s address to a May 5 Washington, D.C. EIR seminar. “Let us use the reconstruction of the Balkans, as part of the Eurasian Land-Bridge, and the New Bretton Woods System, to become the fulfillment of all the best hopes America ever stood for.”
International
The firing of Primakov: a step toward World War III
by Konstantin George
President Boris Yeltsin’s firing of his Prime Minister is an act of madness, motivated by an attempt to bring Russia back under the bloody rule of the International Monetary Fund.
Policy fights over Russia at N.Y. seminar Edward Spannaus
A debate on Russia at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.
Al Gore’s plot to get rid of Primakov
by Edward Spannaus
Scotland, Wales: Elections deal another setback to Tony Blair
by Alan Clayton
For the first time in almost 300 years, Scotland seated its own Parliament, and its allegiance to the Queen is far from total.
John Paul, Teoctist call for end of war
by Claudio Celani
The Roman Catholic Pope visits Romania—the first papal visit to an Orthodox country in almost 1,000 years.
Fresh elections ordered for India
by Ramtanu Maitra
London’s mafia war against Sierra Leone
by Linda de Hoyos
The grab for Sierra Leone’s resources
An interview with John Ernest Leight.
International Intelligence
National
LaRouche: ‘Court-martial SOBs behind embassy bombing’
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche has demanded a rapid and full investigation into the NATO bombing of China’s embassy in Belgrade, and the immediate court-martial of those who were wittingly involved or culpable in placing the embassy on the target list.
Cover-up in embassy attack ‘bombs out’
by Dean Andromidas
An analysis of why U.S. spokesman have been outrightly lying about the “accidental” nature of the bombing.
Kosovar Albanian tours U.S. for ‘LaRouche Doctrine’ for Balkans
by Marianna Wertz
Feride Istogu Gillesberg’s tour was sponsored by the Schiller Institute.
An open letter to friends in Malaysia
by Michael O. Billington
American political prisoner Michael Billington, currently serving a 77-year sentence for opposing Vice President Al Gore’s backers and sponsors, encourages Malaysia to persevere against the hypocrites who would lecture them about “human rights.”
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
