Volume 29, Number 24, June 21, 2002
‘Fannie and Freddie Were Lenders’: U.S. Real Estate Bubble Nears Its End
by Richard Freeman
The U.S. financial system is now dependent to an unprecedented degree upon one prop: the greatest housing-real estate bubble in human history. And that bubble is about to pop.
The Origins of Fannie Mae
Economics
Wall Street’s Magicians and Their Tricks: Once Again, They Have Fooled You!
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“Neither the government, nor Wall Street, nor the mass media, could ever have fooled you as they customarily do, if you did not virtually beg to be fooled, exactly as most of you today beg to be fooled into believing, still, even now, in a non-existent economic ‘recovery.’”
U.S. Dollar Falls, No Sign of ‘Recovery’
by Lothar Komp
German States Plunge Into Budget Emergency
by Rainer Apel
Business Briefs
International
Brazil Finds Best Message to the United States: LaRouche
by Gretchen Small
Fast on the heels of their trip to the United Arab Emirates, U.S. Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche and his wife visited Brazil, where institutions jumped at the opportunity to hold direct discussions with the American statesman respected worldwide as a true American patriot, who dares stand up for all mankind.
Bush Rebuffs Arabs and Courts Mideast Disaster
by Paul Gallagher
At Abu Dhabi, Dialogue of Civilizations
India-Pakistan Tension Reduced, But Threat of War Remains
by Ramtanu Maitra
Anglo-Americans Move To Impose Their ‘Utopian’ Military Strategy Over Asia
by Michael Billington
Russian Symposium Honors P. Kuznetsov
How To Steer a Sinking Ship
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
For the symposium honoring P. Kuznetsov.
Golden Farce: Windsor Cuckoo Clock Ticks On
by Alan Clayton
Against the ‘Effective Silencing of the U.S. Catholic Church’
by Mark Burdman
An interview with Peter Kearney.
International Intelligence
Interviews
Peter Kearney
The Director of the Catholic Media Office of the Bishops Conference of Scotland, in Glasgow, speaks out on the scandals hitting the Catholic Church in America.
Book Reviews
Reinventing John
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Citizen McCain, by Elizabeth Drew.
National
Pentagon/Justice Take Police State Moves, as LaRouche Warned
by Edward Spannaus and Michele Steinberg
Attorney General John Ashcroft’s suspension of the constitutional rights of an American citizen, in the “radioactive dirty bomb” case, is the latest step-wise escalation in the assault on civil rights and liberties which began in earnest immediately after Sept. 11.
Bush’s New Strategy: Unilateralism Run Amok
by Carl Osgood
Spannaus Files for Senate With Debt Warning
Spannaus: Last Chance To Back LaRouche, Before Crash and War
by Nancy Spannaus
Army Video Game Teaches 13-Year-Olds To Kill
by Donald Phau
Arizona Mystery: McCain, the Mob, and the Democrats
by Anton Chaitkin
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
Departments
Australia Dossier
by Allen Douglas
Fascist Laws Up for Vote.
Editorial
What Will We Do This Summer?
Correction
In last week’s cover picture, the person to the right of Lyndon LaRouche in the photo was misidentified. The person was Mohamed Jalifa al-Marar, Director of the Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up.
