Volume 26, Number 6, February 5, 1999
Departments
Editorial
Some bombshells from Asia.
Economics
Collapse of Brazil’s currency spells doom for IMF system
by William Engdahl
Last November, the IMF announced a $41.5 billion “preemptive” stabilization package for Brazil, but Brazil’s currency is now in a free-fall—thanks to the IMF’s policies.
LaRouche in 1997: ‘Brazil will be next’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Dollarization: the end of monetary sovereignty
by Gerardo Terán
Time to go for exchange controls
Commentaries from Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad and the Brazilian daily Folha de São Paulo.
In Russia, too, the IMF slides into the dustbin of history
by Rachel Douglas
LaRouche tells Russia: ‘Scrap the IMF package!’
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
An article by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., in the Russian periodical Kommersant-Vlast.
Russian Agriculture Minister seeks collaboration to rebuild farm sector
by Marcia Merry Baker
German government drops plans for immediate shutdown of nuclear power
by Rainer Apel
Plan to invest Social Security into stock market will prove injurious
by Richard Freeman and Marianna Wertz
Lugar hearing misses the mark on cartels
by Suzanne Rose
Business Briefs
Political Economy
Washington must ally with China, not London
The text of EIR’s new video, titled “The Eurasian Land-Bridge: Washington Must Ally with China, Not London.”
Feature
Gore pushes bureaucracies for a fascist world order
by Michele Steinberg and William Jones
Vice President Al Gore convened his “Global Forum on Reinventing Government” on Jan. 14, a euphemism for destroying the nation-state form of government, including the United States.
Gore and Gingrich: same policy, same future
by Michele Steinberg
Bankers endorse plan for ‘anti-corruption’ coups
by Michele Steinberg
Labor says Gore is reinventing ‘Dark Ages’
The conspirators in Gore’s Cabinet
by Michele Steinberg
Profiles of Martin Peretz, Madeleine Albright, and Gore’s Canadian connection, Maurice Strong.
Is Gore’s ‘mind-meld’ the Mossad’s ‘Mega’?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
A profile of Leon Fuerth.
Documentation
From the conference speeches of Vice President Al Gore, World Bank Chairman James Wolfensohn, and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jenny Shipley.
International
Jordan succession shakeup bodes ill for war on Iraq
Preparations for the Gore-U.K. assault on Iraq are proceeding, and there are alarming indications that preparations are being made for a major terrorist incident.
PKK heroin cartel threatens Europe
by Joseph Brewda
Western Europe has played a scandalous role in fomenting the Kurdish insurrection in southeast Turkey, and now it is being flooded with narcotics as a result.
Republic of Yemen targetted by British for destabilization
by Hussein al-Nadeem
Museveni moves to become permanent dictator in Uganda
by Linda de Hoyos
Colombian government provides hit-list to ‘Third Cartel’ narco-terrorists
by Valerie Rush
President Pastrana has delivered to the FARC a list of names of military and police personnel reportedly under investigation for alleged complicity with paramilitary death squads.
Battle rages in Australia over phony ‘republic’ referendum
by Allen Douglas
The proposal for an elected head of state was written by the oligarchy itself.
International Intelligence
National
The Gore coup attempt is already succeeding
by Edward Spannaus
Congressional Republicans concede that they do not have the votes to remove President Bill Clinton from office, but the “trial” drags on, weakening the institution of the Presidency.
‘Treason in America’ will be back in print
The real history of the British faction in America, from Aaron Burr to Averell Harriman is presented in this ground-breaking book by EIR History Editor Anton Chaitkin. Here, we publish the author’s preface to the forthcoming reprint.
National News
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
