Volume 28, Number 20, May 25, 2001
Can Bush Menace Be Stopped by the Eurasian Nations?
Introduces a report from the Schiller Institute conference in Bad Schwalbach, Germany.
China’s Experience in Building Its Economy
by Dr. Wen Tiejun
Dr. Wen Tiejun is Executive Secretary General of the China Society for Restructuring the Economic System, of Beijing.
India and the Eurasian Development Perspective
by Prof. Sujit Dutta
Prof. Dutta is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis in New Delhi, India.
Egypt and the Project of the 21st Century
by Prof. Dr. Mohammed Al-Sayed Selim
Prof. Dr. Al-Sayed Selim is Director of the Center for Asian Studies in the Faculty of Economics and Political Science in Cairo University, Egypt.
Russia Faces Necessity To Define Its Mission
by Prof. Yuri Gromyko
Prof. Gromyko represents the Moscow Academy of Culture and Educational Development.
Central Asia’s Role in the Land-Bridge
by Ramtanu Maitra
Ramtanu Maitra is an Indian engineer who headed EIR’s bureau in New Delhi during the 1990s, and who currently writes for EIR from the United States.
The Current Financial System Is Finished
by Lothar Komp
Lothar Komp is from EIR’s bureau in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Interviews
Sergei Glazyev
Dr. Glazyev is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Business of the Russian State Duma.
Jan Kregel
Dr. Kregel is an economist with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and one of the authors of the UNCTAD report, “International Trade and Development, 2001.”
Ken Riley
Ken Riley is president of International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1422, with 850 members in Charleston, South Carolina.
Departments
Report from Germany
Central Asia’s Great Potential.
Editorial
A Strategic Announcement from Russia.
Economics
Bush-Moynihan Commission Would Loot Social Security
by Richard Freeman
The privatization of Social Security would allow Wall Street to siphon off trillions of dollars from the bank accounts of America’s retirees.
How Can the World Get Out of This Crisis?
An interview with Sergei Glazyev.
EIR Energy Crisis Update: Agenda for National Energy Emergency Action
New Globalism Grows Up for the ‘Anti-Globalization’ Zapatistas
by Rubén Cota Meza
Sweeping Health-Care Reform Proposed by Top U.S. Physicians
by Linda Everett
Worst Nursing Shortage Threatens Hospitals
by Linda Everett
The World Economy Is Staring into a Precipice
An interview with Prof. Jan Kregel.
International
Italian Voters Reject Globalization in Government
by Claudio Celani
The general election results of May 13, in which Silvio Berlusconi became the new Prime Minister, offer a lesson, an opportunity, and a danger.
Pope John Paul II’s Voyage in Saint Paul’s Footsteps
by Elisabeth Hellenbroich
Bush Administration Backs Police-State Measures in the Philippines
by Michael Billington
Colombia Health Sector Is Being Shut Down
by Javier Almario
National
National Leaders Join Fight To Save D.C. General Hospital
by Anita Gallagher
House Minority Whip Rep. David Bonior (D-Mich.) and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators are among those who have spoken out in support of this crucial issue in defense of the general welfare.
Nation Rejects Bush-Cheney Assault on California
by Harley Schlanger
Exposure of FBI’s McVeigh Misconduct May Be Part of Efforts to Curb Bush
by Jeffrey Steinberg
McVeigh Case, Birmingham Bombing: Same FBI!
by Donielle Berg
‘Charleston 5’ Fight ‘Southern Strategy’
by Marianna Wertz
A report from South Carolina, including an interview with longshoreman Ken Riley.
‘To Save Macedonia, Change the World!’
by Umberto Pascali
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
