Volume 29, Number 22, June 7, 2002
The Lessons of Wartime for Statecraft Today
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
A Memorial Day address. “Where do you find in yourself, not only the courage to conduct war, to participate in war, when necessary; but where do you find in yourself those qualities which enable you to look beyond the short term of next week, or your immediate community, and find that strength you need to think and act on the basis of what the consequences of your behavior will be, perhaps for the next generation or two yet to come?”
Economics
What Did ‘Energy Dialogue’ at Bush-Putin Summit Mean?
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The agreements reached in Moscow raise more questions than they answer. Who is fooling whom? Is Russia playing a deception game, or is the “liberal” faction there willing to make Russia the West’s energy and raw materials supplier, at the expense of national sovereignty?
EU-Russia Summit Focus on Energy
by Rainer Apel
Trade Falls as Economies Contract: The Fag End of the ‘Free Trade’ Era
by Marcia Merry Baker and Gretchen Small
Asia Debates the End of BIS Deregulation
by Kathy Wolfe
Japanese policymakers are saying, “Enough is enough!”
Singapore: The ‘Recovery’ Continues
by Martin Chew Wooi Keat
Business Briefs
Science & Technology
Does Technology Steal Jobs?
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“Unfortunately, many economists, and others who remain more or less illiterates respecting the rudiments of the science of physical economy, have been duped into adopting some of the residue of the Luddite myth, still today.”
International
Colombia’s Uribe Calls on IMF To Change Its Policies
by Javier Almario
In his first speech as President-elect, Alvaro Uribe Vélez emphasized that “many of the currents and doctrines regarding economic management that prevail today, must be revised, immediately.”
Germans, Israelis Fight for Right To Criticize Sharon
by Rainer Apel
Is it anti-Semitic to attack Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon? Leading Israelis and Germans are standing up to hysterical propaganda attack, and insisting that it is not.
Report: Settlements Are Israeli War Crimes
by Dean Andromidas
“Land Grab: Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank,” is the new report by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Territories (B’tselem).
Nepal Plunges Into a Deep Crisis
by Ramtanu Maitra
Pope’s Trip: Again, Full of Surprises
by Claudio Celani
The Pontiff’s visit to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria achieved “results beyond expectations, in the ecumenical dimensions, on the minorities questions, and on clearing up the Bulgarian question,” according to the Vatican spokesman.
International Intelligence
National
Council Wants Hospital at D.C. General Site
by Edward Spannaus
The City Council’s announcement puts it once again at odds with Mayor Anthony Williams and the D.C. Department of Health, both of which deny that a full-service hospital is needed, and both of which supported the shutdown of D.C. General last year, over the unanimous opposition of the Council. The Mayor wants to open up the area for high-rise real-estate development, at the expense of the city’s poor and middle-class citizens.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
Departments
Australia Dossier
by Allen Douglas
Australia’s Nazi Concentration Camps.
Editorial
Ashcroft Scraps Post-Cointelpro FBI Guidelines.
