Volume 25, Number 1, January 2, 1998
Interviews
Linda Peeno
Dr. Peeno, MD, gave up her job with the for-profit hospital chain Humana, to expose the practices of managed care. She is currently a clinical instructor of medicine and chair of the hospital ethics committee at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.
Departments
From New Delhi
by Ramtanu Maitra
Fresh hopes for Nepal’s “White Gold.”
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Toward a student-labor alliance.
Australia Dossier
by Robert Barwick and Allen Douglas
“Land rights” ripping up the country.
Editorial
Africans take the lead. Strategic Studies
British under attack for harboring global terrorism
by Joseph Brewda
London is the center of international terrorism. Here, we document the case in the principals’ own words.
I. Egypt Escalates vs. Britain
Egypt may take case to World Court
Mubarak: British ‘laxity, if not collusion’
Egyptian press exposes London’s ‘Lords of Terror’
II. London: HQ of World Terrorism
British Parliament endorses terrorism
Terrorists on State’s list are British-based
Egypt’s ‘wanted list’ live in London
Islamic Group praises Britain, condemns U.S.
British press admits, London is a safe haven
III. U.S., UN Protect London
State Dept. covers up for British terrorism
UN’s Kofi Annan okays British terrorist haven
Economics
Asian crisis shows need for New Bretton Woods
by William Engdahl
Developments in Japan and South Korea have entered a new phase, in the political negotiations over how to deal with the financial crisis. But none of the underlying problems have been solved, and the stage is set for new explosions.
Schiller Institute lays out policy for the decisive battles of 1998
by Gabriele Liebig and Susan Welsh
Meeting in Bad Schwalbach, Germany, the Schiller Institute put forward crucial policies for action during early 1998, the year that will define the future of mankind for at least 50 years to come.
1997: The year the international financial system announced its doom
by Marcia Merry Baker
Infrastructure collapse in 1997 due to bad economics, not Mother Nature
by Richard Freeman
What the ‘Brand X’ economists are saying
World press coverage says: LaRouche was right!
Demographer warns of health catastrophe in Russia
by William Jones
Has “shock therapy” caused genocide? “Yes,” says Georgetown University’s Dr. Murray Feshbach.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
The Comet of Doom
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
How would an astrophysicist describe recent surprising developments in the sphere of international finance? Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. warns that if the U.S. government does not supply the $100 billion in new funds for the IMF, for bailout purposes, demanded by the IMF’s Camdessus, then the entire system will go, “Boom!” Worse, if the funds are supplied, the world will enter a period of Weimar-style hyperinflation. How can such a disaster be averted? It’s a question of leadership, and of mastering the fundamental principles upon which scientific solutions—discoveries—are based.
International
Iran calls for a dialogue of civilizations, among thinkers
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami offers to open a dialogue with America, in terms which fly in the face of every cliché that has been respected in the West about his country and its political leadership.
London’s ‘Rice war’ against Sudan—again
by Linda de Hoyos
Efforts to end probe of Diana crash fail
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Brazil’s ‘special relationship’ with Great Britain is restored
by Lorenzo Carrasco
‘Free Seineldín’ movement reflects growing LaRouche influence in Americas
by Cynthia R. Rush
Documentation: Excerpts from an interview with Colonel Seineldín; an article by Brazilian Gen. Tasso Villar de Aquino (ret.); and an open letter by Vice Adm. Sérgio Tasso Vasquez de Aquino (ret.), calling for Seineldín’s release from prison.
TI weighs in against Seineldín pardon
by Gonzalo Huertas and Cynthia R. Rush
The Mossad agent who almost started a war
by Dean Andromidas
A profile of Yehuda Gil.
International Intelligence
National
LaRouche warns Clinton on economic policy bungling
by Edward Spannaus
Current U.S. policy with respect to East Asia is “absolute folly,” and the U.S. government is walking into a trap.
Second Boston Tea Party: Let’s dump mis-managed health care policies
by Marianna Wertz
Documentation: From a “Call to Action,” endorsed by doctors and nurses, demanding a moratorium on for-profit takeovers of health institutions.
Medicine is being perverted by a corporatist utilitarian ethic
An interview with Dr. Linda Peeno, MD.
National News
