Volume 9, Number 8, March 2, 1982
Departments
Science & Technology
by Marsha Freeman
NASA’s programs are intact, for now.
Labor
by Mel Klenetsky
A two-tiered workforce.
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
The battle for a nuclear Northwest.
Report from Paris
by Katherine Kanter and Sophie Tanapura
The Francisci aftermath.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
C’est Lavie.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
A nuclear test center for Sonora.
Editorial
Volcker’s international fallout.
Economics
Will Europe Be Forced To Break with the U.S.?
by Richard Freeman
A reluctant Schmidt government may take self-defense measures against Volcker: other Europeans look to a full-blown “third way.”
Three-Fifths of GNP Does Not Exist
by Leif Johnson
A new method of deflating the official U.S. Gross National Product.
Currency Rates
A Starvation Budget for American Farms
by Susan Brady
The Agriculture Department is going along with “free-market” cutbacks.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
A bear-market shakeout?
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Who’s destroying American banking?
Gold
by Montresor
Gnomic advice for America.
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
A Third World credit crunch.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
Business Briefs
Special Report
How the Balkan Card Is Played
by Criton Zoakos
The “Sarajevo” potential exists today: examining its origins in four centuries of Anglo-Venetian efforts to use the Ottoman Empire against Russia.
The Pieces on the Balkan Chessboard
Ethnic Passions in the Balkans Can Trigger International Crisis
by Criton Zoakos
The 1982 flashpoints, with emphasis on Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, and Turkey.
Cyprus: The History of a British Plaything
A Chronology of Current Conflicts
International
Syrian Revolt May Undo Secret Pact with Israel
by Robert Dreyfuss
There is more to the upheaval against Syria’s Assad than a Muslim Brotherhood insurgency.
‘Fire Thomas Enders and Deane Hinton’
A National Democratic Policy Committee statement on Central America.
NATO Implicated in Italian Terror Case
by Vivian Zoakos
Organized Crime and Terrorism: Mapping the Latin American Links
by Valerie Rush and Dolia Estevez Pettingell
A report on connections among Colombia’s drug traffickers, Mexico’s left-wing terrorist supporters, and controllers in Italy.
Scandal Aimed at Schmidt’s Labor Base
by Susan Welsh
A report from West Germany on the Neue Heimat affair.
Apel: ‘Don’t Play into Moscow’s Hands’
by George Gregory
A report on the February Wehrkunde military meeting.
Haig’s Courtship Wins Apparent Success
by Dennis Small
A report on Brazil’s Africa policy.
International Intelligence
National
‘Get Hart Off the Armed Services Committee’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Why a U.S. conventional arms buildup would be foolish, and what kind of advanced weaponry and economic recovery are required for defense.
What Sen. Gary Hart Said About Defense Policy
Sen. Williams Vows To Keep Up His Fight
by Mary Jane Freeman
After the New Jersey Democrat’s sentencing in the Abscam frame-up.
Federal Judge Warns of FBI ‘Gestapo’ as Court Upholds Abscam Convictions
by Edward Spannaus
Excerpts from the majority opinion reversing the successful appeal of two Abscam convictions, and from the powerful dissenting opinion by Circuit Judge Ruggiero Aldisert.
Organized Crime Buys Electoral District
by Vin Berg
In New Jersey, this is intended to be Phase Two as the remaining honest legislators like Senator Williams are booted out.
National News
