Volume 33, Number 11, March 17, 2006
Blair and U.S. Accomplices Push Anti-Islam Crusade
by Jeffrey Steinberg
LaRouche: Iran Is Not the Problem; We Must Defeat Globalization
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Speech to a private seminar in Berlin on March 6.
Why European Oligarchs Hate the U.S.A.
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The keystone of the pathological trend toward moral decadence on both sides of the Atlantic, is the spread of the cult of “environmentalism.” But there is a specifically oligarchical aspect to the way this phenomenon is experienced in Europe.
Strictly Speaking, There Is No Iran Crisis
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Foreign Minister Lavrov: ‘Russia in Global Politics’
by Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov published this broad-ranging discussion of Russian foreign policy in Moskovskiye Novosti on March 3.
Sixty Years After Fulton: Lessons of the Cold War
by Sergei Lavrov
An article by Foreign Minister Lavrov in Rossiiskaya Gazeta on March 6 reflects on the anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s famous speech in Fulton, Missouri.
Berlin Seminar
Deeper Strategic Realities Behind the ‘Iran Crisis’
EIR’s seminar in Berlin on March 2 was the occasion for a lively debate on what to do about the world strategic and economic crisis.
Can Nuclear Conflict with Iran Be Defused?
by Jürgen Hübschen
Jürgen Hübschen is an independent Consultant for Peace-Keeping and Security Policy.
Dialogue: The NPT and Mideast Peace Prospects
Lyndon LaRouche and Jürgen Hübschen respond to questions from the audience.
U.S. Imperialism: The National Security State
by Clifford Kiracofe, Jr.
Clifford A. Kiracofe is a former Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Organizing in the U.S.A. To Get Cheney Out
by Michele Steinberg
International
In Israeli Elections, It’s Shultz/Cheney vs. Sanity
by Dean Andromidas
After the victory of Hamas in the Palestinian elections, George Shultz and Dick Cheney are seeking to install an Israeli government over which they can exercise control. Such a government would be a coalition between the Kadima Party, now led by Ehud Olmert, and the Likud headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fact vs. Fiction in the ‘Iran Crisis’
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Economics
Reconstruction Finance Corporation: How Roosevelt’s RFC Revived Economic Growth, 1933-45
by Richard Freeman
Roosevelt’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation issued the credit which made possible recovery from the Depression, and the mobilization for World War II. This is a vital lesson to be learned by those today who claim that Lyndon LaRouche’s proposals for productive credit generation are “not practical.”
How the REA Deal Happened
The Defense Plant Corp.
Mittal-Arcelor Steal: Behind the Fairy Tale
by Jacques Cheminade
‘Locust Funds’ Seizing German Housing Sector
by Rainer Apel
National
Bush’s Budget Is Another War and Austerity Budget
by Carl Osgood
The Fiscal Year 2007 budget sent up to Capitol Hill by the Administration targets dozens of social safety net and public health and safety programs for spending reductions and outright elimination, while increasing spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the “security” functions of government, especially homeland security.
Bush’s Katrina Fiasco: Is the U.S.A. Ready for 2006 Hurricane Season?
by Mary Jane Freeman
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
Book Reviews
Gödel and Einstein: The War Against Empiricism
by Michael Billington
Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel, by Rebecca Goldstein.
Editorial
An Emergency Infrastructure Plan Now!
