Volume 22, Number 4, January 20, 1995

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Interviews

Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola

by Lawrence Freeman and Uwe Friesecke

The military administrator of Lagos, Nigeria evaluates the economic and political problems facing the country.

Ralph Yarborough

The former U.S. Senator from Texas passed more legislation than any other Texas Senator, before or since. He was especially involved in legislation concerning education, health care, and veteran affairs.

Reviews

A Rare Performance of a Haydn Opera

by Fred Haight

La Fedeltá Premiata, one of 20 operas by Haydn, was performed at Baltimore’s Peabody Opera Theater.

Departments

Science Policy

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

LaRouche on Creativity and Paradox: What Is True Science?

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

Thinking in Big Terms Again.

Australia Dossier

by Michael J. Sharp

Prince Philip Plots To Destroy State.

Andean Report

by Manuel Hidalgo

A New Military Mission.

Editorial

Russia: Lady Thatcher’s Debacle.

Economics

Financial Mudslide Is Spreading Beyond Mexico

by Valerie Rush

From Canada to Italy, Sweden, Spain, France, and Argentina, the entire rotten financial system is falling apart.

Media Spotlight on LaRouche’s Forecasts

Orange County Bankruptcy Forces Senate Banking Committee Hearings

by Anthony K. Wikrent

Beijing’s New Year Resolution for the Agriculture Crisis

by Cho Wen-pin

China Refuses To Capitulate to GATT; Kantor Threatens Trade War

by Michael Billington

LaRouche Interviewed in Chinese Journal

Currency Rates

On the Green Front

by Rogelio A. Maduro

Westerners React to Green Assault.

Business Briefs

Feature

Casablanca Agenda: Begin Development of the Mideast Now

by Marcia Merry

The governments of Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian National Authority have submitted detailed recommendations to get Mideast development projects going without any further delay. Nothing could be more vital for peace in the region.

Middle East Development Bank Gets Green Light in Washington Talks

by Dean Andromidas

A Six-Year Plan for Developing Palestine

Excerpts from the Palestinian National Authority’s documents circulated at the Casablanca conference.

Israel’s ‘Regional Development Options’

From the Israeli government’s 250-page report, “Development Options for Regional Cooperation.”

Jordan’s Program: ‘Tomorrow Has Arrived’

From the report of the Jordanian Ministry of Planning, submitted at Casablanca.

International

Algerian War Could Be Brought to a Rapid Close

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Meeting in Rome, leading figures from the Algerian opposition agreed for the first time on a common platform for peace. Now, the ball is in the government’s court—but the actions taken by international players could prove decisive.

Gloves Come Off on UN Complicity with Serb Aggression

by Paolo Raimondi

How Europe Could Face Down Serbia

by Lt. Gen. de Zélicourt (ret.) and H. de Beaufort

LaRouche: No Nation Can Solve Any Problems within IMF Conditionalities

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Response to a question from an Armenian participant at a conference of the International Caucus of Labor Committees and Schiller Institute, in Eltville, Germany.

UCR: Ban of Opposition Party Is ‘Illegal’

by Hrant Kachatrian

A statement issued by the Union of Constitutional Law, an Armenian opposition party.

National Unity Is the Only Basis for Nigeria To Survive

by Lawrence Freeman and Uwe Friesecke

An interview with Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

International Intelligence

National

Newt’s ‘Power Rangers’ Start To Stumble

by William Jones

During the first week of hearings on Capitol Hill, the advocates of the Conservative Revolution ran into a buzz-saw of opposition to their brutal austerity measures.

Newt Gingrich Leads Republican Party into Post-Industrial Cyberspace

by Jeffrey Steinberg

A report from a conference at the Progress and Freedom Foundation, Gingrich’s think-tank. No, this is not a practical joke.

GOP ‘Contract with America’ Aimed at U.S. Constitution

by Nancy Spannaus and Edward Spannaus

The Contract is proposing a return to the 1781 Articles of Confederation, which left the United States government impotent.

New York State Takes Center Stage in Death Penalty Debate

by Marianna Wertz

A Call for Reason Amidst Clinic Violence

by Linda Everett

Documentation: From New York Cardinal John O’Connor’s homily on the Feast of the Epiphany.

If They Can’t Kill Clinton, They Want To Break His Spirit

by Harley Schlanger

An interview with Ralph Yarborough.

Congressional Closeup

by Carl Osgood and William Jones

National News

Correction

On p. 6 of our last issue, a computer malfunction produced garbled text in the article “EIR Called the Shots on Mexico’s Debt Crisis.” The sentence should read: “Mexican debt negotiator Ángel Gurría: ‘We are beginning the period of life after debt in Mexico.’”

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