Volume 20, Number 45, November 19, 1993
Interviews
Dr. Hans-Philipp Pöhn
by Gabriele Liebig and Wolfgang Lillge, M.D.
The former director of the German Federal Health Office urged the inclusion of AIDS among those diseases covered by the Communicable Diseases Law, but his efforts were blocked by the “safer sex” lobby.
Mohammed Z. Nashashibi
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The chairman of the Department of Economic Affairs and Planning of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Mr. Nashashibi has been engaged in the negotiations process for the Israel-PLO accord.
Dr. Fahed Fanek
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
A Jordanian economist and financial consultant. Dr. Fanek contributes to the newspapers Al Ra’i and the Jordan Times.
Nancy Spannaus
Mrs. Spannaus’s independent campaign for Governor of the state of Virginia helped finish off Mary Sue Terry, one of the queenpins of the “Get LaRouche” task force.
Book Reviews
For Real Economics, Read about the Potato
by Marcia Merry
The History and Social Influence of the Potato, by Radcliffe Salaman: and The Amazing Potato, by Milton Meltzer.
Investigation
AIDS Scandal in Germany Proves LaRouche Was Right
by Rainer Apel
Oversight over acquisition and processing of blood has been so negligent, that as many as 1.2 million Germans could now be infected with the AIDS virus.
Chronology of the German AIDS Scandal
by Jutta Dinkermann
‘Germany Must Finally Apply the Communicable Diseases Law’
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Helga Zepp-LaRouche is chairman of Germany’s Civil Rights Movement-Solidarity party.
‘Let’s Bury the Myth about Condoms’
by Gabriele Liebig and Wolfgang Lillge, M.D.
An interview with Dr. Hans-Philipp Pöhn.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Maglev Rail Transport in Jeopardy.
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Cota Meza
Salinas Crawls for NAFTA.
Report from Rio
by Lorenzo Carrasco
“Power Nucleus” Tries Monetarist Coup.
Andean Report
by Cynthia R. Rush
Another Corrupt U.S. Asset in Venezuela.
Editorial
Doing the FBI’s Dirty Work.
Economics
Congressional Defeat Won’t Stop NAFTA, Say Backers
by Christopher White
No matter what the U.S. Congress decides, Wall Street and the City of London intend to create slave-labor maquiladoras worldwide, not only in Mexico.
Mexican Farmers Reject NAFTA as a Colonial Looting Scheme
by Alberto Vizcarra
Testimony to the U.S. House Banking Committee by Alberto Vizcarra of the Permanent Forum of Rural Producers of Sonora. Mexico.
Poverty a Factor in Potato Blight’s Return
by Marcia Merry
Argentine Debt Is Waiting To Explode
by Gerardo Terán Canal
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
Jordan Debates the Way to Peace in the Middle East
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Passions are raging in the aftermath of the Israel-PLO agreement, and certain questions regarding Jordan’s proper role in the processes sweeping the region, still beg an answer. The response that the political elite formulates to these open questions may well determine whether the region enters an era of peace or turmoil. Muriel Mirak-Weissbach reports from a fact-finding visit to Jordan.
The World Bank Has No Right To Kill Infrastructure Projects
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
An interview with Mohammed Z. Nashashibi.
The Palestinian Economy Needs Protection In Order To Survive
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
An interview with Dr. Fahed Fanek.
International
Italy’s Northern League Threatens To Secede
by Claudio Celani
Regardless of whether “duce” Umberto Bossi carries through on his threat, a three-way splitting of the country has become almost inevitable.
Moscow’s River of Blood
by Rachel Douglas
Dutch Senate To Vote on Euthanasia Rules
by Linda Everett
France Girds for a Social Explosion
by Christine Bierre
French Observer Warns of ‘New Middle Ages’
by Mark Burdman
The UN Embargo Is Still Killing Iraq’s Children
by Felicity Arbuthnot
An eyewitness report.
Colombian Amnesty for Drug Cartels Is Victory for ‘Narco-Democracy’
by Andrea Olivieri
International Intelligence
National
FEMA, Ecologists Declare War on the Mississippi
by Richard Freeman
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is closing down hundreds of Midwest communities, rather than rebuild the levees that could prevent flood damage in the future.
Globalists Push Clinton into North Korea Confrontation
by Edward Spannaus
McCloskey: ‘Shameful’ U.S. Record on Bosnia
Bank Official’s Testimony Nails Bush, Kissinger at House Hearings
by Edward Spannaus
Californians Nix School Vouchers
by H. Graham Lowry
How My Campaign Helped Finish Off Mary Sue Terry
by L. Wolfe
An interview with Nancy Spannaus.
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharsin
Henry Spins Scenarios for New Mideast War.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones and Carl Osgood
National News
