Volume 30, Number 15, April 18, 2003
The ‘Ignoble Liars’ Behind Bush’s ‘No Exit’ War
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The string of lies used by Vice President Dick Cheney to justify war against Iraq, signalled a putsch by a small group of neo-conservatives most of whom are followers of fascist philosopher Leo Strauss. Their policy is to transform the United States into a brutish, post-modern imitation of the Roman Empire.
The Secret Kingdom of Leo Strauss
by Tony Papert
The Nietzschean philosophy of Strauss and his disciple Allan Bloom spawned the neo-conservative lunatics who have seized control of U.S. policymaking.
Documentation: Straussian Allan Bloom “interprets” Plato.
Why the Democratic Party Failed To Function in This Crisis
by Anton Chaitkin
Straussians also dominate the Democratic Party top-down. They operate largely through the Democratic Leadership Council of Joe Lieberman and Al Gore, controlling the party apparatus through gangsters and gangsterism.
Economics
Japanese Look for an FDR To Replace ‘Koizumi Hoover’
by Kathy Wolfe
Under the surface, quiet Japan may be ready to explode, weeks after Prime Minister Koizumi, saddled with economic depression, committed support to an Iraq war opposed by 80% of the population.
Iraq War Drastically Distorts World Food Aid
by Paul Gallagher
Infrastructure Is Front Line Against SARS
by Linda Everett
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is the most recent reminder of how new infectious diseases are a continuing threat globally, and demonstrates that economic infrastructure, medical and economic, is the frontline defense.
Is a New Virus Causing SARS?
by Colin Lowry
Sanitation as National Defense
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Israel: Of War and Economic Collapse
by Dean Andromidas
German Industry Has Eurasian Perspective
by Rainer Apel
Business Briefs
Feature
New Bretton Woods: Development Perspectives and a New Start
Continuing our report on the Schiller Institute’s conference in Bad Schwalbach, Germany on March 21-23, on the theme of “How To Reconstruct a Bankrupt World.”
Wilhelm Lautenbach’s Concept of Productive Credit Creation
by Hartmut Cramer
Great Projects, Growth: ‘Margins of Possibility’
by Dr. Nino Galloni
Conflicts and Economic Development in Africa
by Prof. Sam Aluko
Avoiding War in Rwanda by Battle for Ideas
by Dr. Eneas Ndinkabandi
International
Chicken-Hawks Are Now Pushing to Spread ‘Perpetual War’
by Edward Spannaus and Jeffrey Steinberg
Specter of More War Shows in Iraq
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach and Hussein Askary
Israelis Justify War Crimes, Point to U.S.
by Michele Steinberg
All of Diverse Indonesia Unites Against U.S. War Party
by Michael Billington
‘They Are Trying To Link the Iraq War to Syria’
by Jeffrey Steinberg
An interview with Dr. Imad Moustapha.
Venezuela Is Disintegrating
by David Ramonet
National
Ashcroft, DeLay Thumb Noses at ‘Road Map’
by William Jones
A critical examination of Attorney General John Ashcroft’s peculiar brand of “Christianity” indicates that his push for extraordinary measures against American Muslims may involve much more than the simple “law and order” bias of a very conservative Republican.
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
Interviews
Dr. Imad Moustapha
Dr. Moustapha is the Deputy Ambassador of Syria to the United States.
Departments
Editorial
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