Volume 13, Number 12, March 21, 1986
Interviews
The Hon. Publio Fiori
A Christian Democratic member of the Italian Parliament and chairman of the Committee of Italian Parliamentarians Against Famine, talks about his proposal for an alignment of European. U.S., and developing sector politicians to change the international economic order.
Governor Mark White
Texas’s top official, a Democrat elected in 1982, discusses his campaign for an oil import fee.
Departments
American System
by Anton Chaitkin
Abraham Lincoln’s “Space Program”: The National Railroad System.
Strategic Map
The Global Chokepoints: State Department’s Gift to the Soviet Navy.
Vatican
by Augustinus
Liberation Theologists Are Gleeful.
Report from Bonn
by George Gregory
Another SDI Delegation to Washington.
Dateline Mexico
by Héctor Apolinar
Faction Fight over Drug Trafficking.
From New Delhi
by Ramtanu Maitra
A Streamlined Budget.
Editorial
The Post-Reagan Era Has Begun.
Economics
The Federal Reserve Girds for a Banking Crash
by Christopher White
The question is, not whether, but when there will be a crash.
Currency Rates
AID Chief Proposes ‘Privatization’ To Recolonize the Third World
Labor in Focus
by Marianna Wertz
A Strike against Corporate Raiding.
Agriculture
by Wayne Johnston
Washington’s “Free Trade” Line.
Business Briefs
Science & Technology
The X-Ray Laser: A New Era in Laser Technology
by Charles B. Stevens
Have advances in fact been made in this crucial technology? Yes, report Charles B. Stevens and a number of Lawrence Livermore scientists.
Feature
State Department Plots with Nazis To Destroy Panama
by Valerie Rush
The whole sordid story of this latest attempt to destroy American allies throughout the world.
Arnulfo Arias: The Record of a Nazi
Drawn from documents available in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
The Helms Hearings: Terrorists, Bankers Testify vs. Panama
Qaddafi, Spadafora, and a Plot against Guatemala
International
Olof Palme, and Moscow’s New Assassination Policy
by Criton Zoakos
Editor-in-chief Criton Zoakos goes behind the screen of disinformation to investigate the real reason for the assassination of Olof Palme.
Soviet Party Congress Ushers Red Army into Political Leadership
by Konstantin George
Spanish Voters Say ‘Yes’ to NATO, But What Does That ‘Yes’ Mean?
by Mark Burdman
France: Hostage Crisis Erupts on Eve of Elections
by Thierry Lalevée
Japan Will Decide on SDI Role Soon
by Sophie Tanapura
Colombian Elections Witness Comeback by Narcotics Mafia
by Valerie Rush
Is the State Department Considering Its ‘Abu Ghazala Option’ for
Egypt?
Profile: Kriangsak Chamanon: How the State Department Targeted Thai Patriot
by Linda de Hoyos
South Africa: Botha Lifts the State of Emergency
International Intelligence
National
What Is Wrong with the CIA’s Robert M. Gates?
by Criton Zoakos
What are the professional credentials of the new Deputy Director of the CIA, and why was he appointed?
Texas Governor Urges Oil Tariff, Sees Parallels to 1929
Interview with Gov. Mark White.
Will Texas Governor White Survive the Crash of ’86?
by Harley Schlanger
LaRouche: Set an Oil Parity Price
LaRouche Slate Takes On Ohio Dope Mob
by Marla Minnicino
Federal Prosecutor in the Dock: The Sorry Performance of Daniel Small
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Weinberger-Kennedy: Cap Wins—and Loses — Gramm-Rudman Peril to Security.
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
Guilt by Kissinger Association.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda and Susan Kokinda
National News
