Volume 32, Number 3, January 21, 2005
Wall St. Insists Bush Take Social Security; LaRouche Says No
by Paul Gallagher
The fight to stop the Bush Administration from looting Social Security by privatizing it has been turned—by Bush himself—into the front line of battle for Congressional opponents, labor and seniors’ organizations, and all currents of the Democratic Party; and it has split the Republicans. At the center of the battle is Lyndon LaRouche.
Bush’s Social Security Privatization: A Foot in the Door for Fascism
From the LaRouche PAC’s pamphlet, released in December 2004.
Chile: A Synarchist Showcase
by Dennis Small and Cynthia R. Rush
Truth Behind the Myth
by Dennis Small
Portrait of an ‘Economic Hit Man’
by Jeffrey Steinberg
A profile of John Train.
The Man With the ‘Chile Model’ of Fascism
by Richard Freeman and Paul Gallagher
A profile of George Shultz.
Looting of Nations by Pension Privatization
History
The Plot Against FDR: A Model for Bush’s Pinochet Plan Today
by William F. Wertz, Jr.
The Anglo-American-German cartels established in the 1920s were the most immediate precedent for the current danger presented by a private financier oligarchy bent on world domination under the guise of “globalization.” Before, during, and after World War II, they were out to sabotage President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policy orientation, and his legacy.
What Is Synarchism?
Economics
Shultz’s Hit Man Fischer To Head Bank of Israel
by Steven Meyer and Dean Andromidas
Stanley Fischer, the former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, oversaw the financial meltdowns in Asia, Russia, and Argentina. His new appointment signals that the IMF considers a financial blowout of the Israeli economy possible.
Bush/USDA Mad Cow Malfeasance Exposed; Food Cartels Threaten Public Health
by Marcia Merry Baker
Documentation: A letter from Sen. Kent Conrad and Rep. Henry Waxman to the incoming Secretary of Agriculture, calling for his review of the Agriculture Department’s decision to lift the ban on live cattle imports from Canada.
Energy Cooperation: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India Clinch Deals
by Ramtanu Maitra
State Budgets in Crisis, Need FDR Approach
by Arthur Ticknor
International
Elections in Palestine: ‘Democracy Under Occupation’
by Michele Steinberg
The Palestinian elections point to the fact that for the Bush Administration, the call for “democracy in the Middle East” is a cynical manipulation. Dianna Buttu, a legal advisor to the PLO, gave a briefing in Washington on what really happened in the elections.
South African President Mbeki, in Sudan, Scores British Colonialism
by Lawrence K. Freeman
Rumsfeld Prepares ‘One, Two, Many Pinochets’ in the Americas
by Gretchen Small
A report on battle that erupted at the Defense Ministerial of the Americas, held in Quito, Ecuador in November.
Book Reviews
The Sphinx and the Gladiators: How Neo-Fascists Steered the Red Brigades
by Claudio Celani
La Sfinge delle Brigate Rosse (The Sphinx of the Red Brigades), by Sergio Flamigni.
National
Gonzales Must Be Questioned About Rumsfeld Death Squads
by Edward Spannaus
The legal opinions which Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales approved and submitted to the President, laid the basis for the use of the “hunter-killer” teams championed by Secretary Rumsfeld.
Documentation: The testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee of Adm. John D. Hutson (ret.), opposing the nomination of Gonzales .
Schwarzenegger Submits Killer California Budget
by Harley Schlanger
GOP Tightens Its Grip on the Congress
by Carl Osgood
National News
Departments
Report From Germany
by Rainer Apel
Ghost of Schacht Haunts Germany.
From the Congress
From “Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio,” by the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff; and “In Response to Serious Concerns Over Presidential Vote in Ohio, Lautenberg Announces Measure To Prevent Partisan Activity by Election Officials,” a press release from Sen. Frank Lautenberg.
Eye on Washington
by William Jones
A Sublime Moment.
Editorial
LaRouche: World Needs a New Treaty of Westphalia.
Correction
The caption to the cover photo of our issue of Jan. 7 erred in describing it as “the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion research device, under construction in Naka, Japan.” Japan is doing research involving ITER components at its Naka facility, but no site for the ITER itself has been agreed upon by the participating nations.
