Volume 30, Number 8, February 28, 2003
‘Second Superpower’ Jams Up the Works of New Mideast War
by Elisabeth Hellenbroich and Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Lyndon LaRouche summed up the situation on Feb. 15, when many millions of people were demonstrating against the war: “We have come to a point, that the war is still not prevented. But, we have seen the world move from a point of pessimism about an inevitable war, to a strong conviction, even from leaders of nations who had shown cowardice or wavering beforehand, who are now determined, on behalf of the human race as a whole: This war shall not happen!”
Economics
World Grain Stocks Plunge; Food Aid Needs Go Begging
by Marcia Merry Baker and Rock Steinbach
Principal donor nations are holding back food from the relief pipeline, not because of declining world grain stocks—although they have fallen drastically—but because of governmental policy decisions.
UN: Starvation Threatens the Palestinians
by Dean Andromidas
Save the Airlines, Re-Regulate Now!
by Anita Gallagher
The major U.S. air carriers, led by bankrupt United Airlines, are in a meatgrinder of destruction—the only difference in their fates, being which one is first on the conveyor belt.
Water for Development by Nuclear Desalination
by Hycham Basta
A report on the International Conference on the Use of Nuclear Power in Desalinating Seawater, held in Marrakech, Morocco.
Energy Deregulation Has Failed in Ontario
by Richard Sanders
Feature
LaRouche Youth Movement Unleashed: ‘This Is Our Time’
by Susan Welsh
The LaRouche movement met in Reston, Virginia on Presidents’ Day weekend, for the semi-annual conference of the Schiller Institute and International Caucus of Labor Committees.
In the Aftermath of January 28th
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Keynote address by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. on Feb. 15.
The View From ‘Old Europe’
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Her keynote address on Feb. 16.
Interviews
Kikaya bin Karubi
The Minister of Information of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit to Washington, spoke to EIR on the effort to bring peace and stability to his country.
Gen. Leonid Ivashov
General Ivashov is vice president of the Geopolitical Studies Academy in Moscow, and formerly headed the International Relations Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
International
Moves Afoot To Dump War-Monger Blair
by Mark Burdman
The ouster of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Bush Administration’s main ally for the war drive against Iraq, might well be a qualitative event that could knock the war off course. Blair is increasingly isolated politically in Britain.
Witness: Blair ‘Feart’ of Mass Demonstrations
by Alan Clayton
A report from Glasgow.
Colombia: Govt. Seeks Continental Anti-Terror Mobilization
by Valerie Rush
Hopes for Peace in Congo Still Elusive
by Uwe Friesecke
Can New Treaties Lead To Peace in Congo?
by Lawrence K. Freeman
An interview with Minister of Information Kikaya bin Karubi.
Belgian Court Rules on Sharon War Crimes Trial
by Dean Andromidas
‘Sensible Forces’ Join Against U.S. Policy
An interview with Gen. Leonid Ivashov.
National
Showdown at Winter DNC Meeting: Will Democrats Be the Party of Lyndon LaRouche or Marc Rich?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
A brawl erupted at the Democratic National Committee’s Winter 2003 meeting because of its continuing efforts to exclude LaRouche from the party’s Presidential selection process.
President Bush Must Fire Ashcroft
by Edward Spannaus
JINSA Man Named as ‘Viceroy of Baghdad’
by Carl Osgood
A profile of Lt. Gen. Jay Garner (ret.).
Anti-War Actions in U.S. Just Beginning
by Scott Thompson
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
Departments
Editorial
War Can Still Be Stopped.
