Volume 30, Number 5, February 7, 2003

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LaRouche State of the Union Presents Solution to Crisis

by Anita Gallagher

The State of the Union: On the Subjects of Economy and Security  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

The full text of Lyndon LaRouche’s Jan. 28 webcast address. “I have a singular responsibility because of my knowledge,” said LaRouche, “to present the policies which this incumbent President should be implementing. Our job is to make sure that he gets successfully through the next two years. Don’t worry about how to make debater’s points against him. His tragedy, his downfall, would be this nation’s downfall, and your downfall. Start thinking as citizens.

Webcast Question-and-Answer Dialogue

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Economics

First Casualty of an Iraq War Will Be the U.S. Dollar  

by Edward Spannaus

If the President marches off to war in defiance of much of the world, he will face a sharply increased capital flight out of U.S. markets, and should not expect much help in bailing out the dollar when its collapse accelerates.

Global Jobless Rise Is Grim Sign of Depression

by Paul Gallagher

Panic Spreads Through Europe’s Insurance Firms

by Alexander Hartmann

Mexico: Vicente Fox Government Has Begun To Collapse

by Rubén Cota Meza

Congress: An Ominous Omnibus Spending Bill

by Carl Osgood

Business Briefs

International

Sharon’s Victory Means More Bloodshed for Israel  

by Dean Andromidas

The biggest danger now, says Lyndon LaRouche, is that Sharon will go for an “all-crazies” government, fueling the drive to regional war.

Investigate Sharon’s Corruption, War Crimes

by Dean Andromidas

The Elysée Treaty: France and Germany Take New Leadership

by Christine Bierre

India-Iran Relations Expand to Central Asia

by Ramtanu Maitra

Ivory Coast: No Development, No Peace  

by David Cherry

International Intelligence

National

LaRouche Points to Marc Rich’s White House Mole: Lewis Libby  

by Jeffrey Steinberg

LaRouche calls for the immediate ouster of Lewis Libby from his post as chief of staff and top national security aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby is one of the top players in the “war party,” promoting the suicidal invasion of Iraq; he is also a mole for Russian “Mafiya” interests linked to his business associate Marc Rich.

Rich and ‘Operation Spiderweb’

What Rumsfeld Knows About Iraqi Bioweapons

by Edward Spannaus

States’ Medicaid Cuts Hurt the Economy

by Art Ticknor

National News

History

America’s Battle with Britain, 1860-1876: The Civil War and the American System

by W. Allen Salisbury

Part 2 of the introduction to the classic book by the late W. Allen Salisbury, on the real history of the United States: the free traders vs. the American System.

The Harmony of Interest

by Henry C. Carey

An excerpt from the 1851 pamphlet by American System economist Henry C. Carey.

Departments

Editorial

Europe Must Risk More.

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