Volume 28, Number 44, November 16, 2001
Berlin Seminar: It’s No Recession, It’s a Collapse of the System
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
On Nov. 5, EIR held its latest Berlin seminar on economic-strategic matters, this one dedicated to the question, “ What Can Be Done in the Face of a Financial Meltdown?” Participants numbered over 125, representing economic, diplomatic, political, and press circles from Germany and other European countries.
The World Is Sinking in Economic Depression
by Lothar Komp
Sovereign Nations Must Put Collapsed Global Financial System into Bankruptcy
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Today’s Crisis Is More Dangerous Than 1930s
by Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hankel
The World Economic and Financial Crisis, Before and After Sept. 11, 2001
by Dr. T.I. Koryagina
Link the Value of Production to Money
by Dr. Nino Galloni
Economics
Global Lending Shuts Down; Banking Media Blame Sept. 11
by Kathy Wolfe
The collapse of lending to developing nations is being called “the biggest disruption of capital flows since September 1998,” when Russian bonds and the giant Long Term Capital Management hedge fund crashed, nearly melting down world markets. But the lending collapse has hit the advanced nations, too.
Argentine Default Brings Collapse a Step Closer
by Cynthia R. Rush
Ibero-America: After Argentina’s Default, Who’s Next?
by Dennis Small
U.S. Finally Turning Against FARC Terrorists
by Valerie Rush
‘ASEAN-Plus-3’ Responds to U.S. Economic Collapse
by Michael Billington
Transalpine Transport Systems Near Collapse
by Claudio Celani
Fannie Mae-Backed U.S. Housing Bubble Is Set To Explode
by Richard Freeman
Pakistan’s Gwadar Port Is a Potential ‘Great Project’
by Mary Burdman
Business Briefs
International
J’Accuse: World Leaders Call London ‘Terrorist Safe-Haven’
by Michele Steinberg
EIR warned of Britain’s role in international terrorism, in a dossier entitled “Put Britain on the List of States Sponsoring Terrorism,” delivered to U.S. officials on Jan. 11, 2000—20 months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Those attacks were not “terrorism,” but “irregular warfare,” which EIR Founder Lyndon LaRouche has described as an ongoing coup d’état, involving special warfare capabilities from within the United States in collusion with international forces.
EIR’s Dossier: Brits Sponsor Global Terrorism
Kissinger, Other Taliban Apologists Now Lead Drive for War Against Islam
by Jeffrey Steinberg and Michele Steinberg
Opposition Grows in U.K. to Afghan War Fiasco
by Mark Burdman
Betrayal of Haq Showed Folly of U.S. Policy
by Edward Spannaus
Based on an interview with Kurt Lohbeck.
Afghanistan: The Northern Alliance: With Whom Do They Stand?
by Ramtanu Maitra
Congo Dialogue Seeks To End Barbarous War
by Lawrence K. Freeman
An interview with Kikaya Bin Karubi.
National
The ‘Mega’-Maniacs Steering Sharon’s Mideast War Drive
by Scott Thompson and Jeffrey Steinberg
Edgar Bronfman’s call for unilateral separation of Israel from the Palestinians—a “Warsaw Ghetto” final solution to the conflict—was issued on behalf of the super-secret Mega Group of American and Canadian mega-billionaires.
Who’s Who In ‘Mega’
by Scott Thompson
‘Expandable’ Capabilities Needed For Medical Crises
by Colin Lowry
An interview with Dr. W.F.K. Seymour.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
Interviews
Kurt Lohbeck
The author of Holy War, Unholy Victory talks about U.S. policy and operations in Afghanistan.
Kikaya Bin Karubi
The Minister of Information of the Democratic Republic of the Congo discusses the genocide and the continued foreign occupation of parts of his country.
Dr. W.F.K. Seymour
Microbiologist Dr. W.F.K. Seymour, Ph.D. headed the Microbiology Laboratory at the District of Columbia General Hospital (D.C. General)—until the lab was shut down in January. He was at the National Institutes of Health during the 1960s. Recently, he prepared a deposition for the D.C. City Council on emergency preparedness.
Departments
Editorial
No More Bailouts; It’s Bankrupt.
