Volume 27, Number 29, July 28, 2000
Interviews
William Pepper
William Pepper is the attorney for the King family, who has been leading the efforts to end the cover-up surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book Reviews
Unintended Consequences of U.S. Foreign Policy
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, by Chalmers Johnson.
Departments
Australia Dossier
Green Fascism Is on the Rise.
Editorial
Where Shall We Find His Like?
Economics
Exposed! CFR Bankers Plan for Financial Crash
The prestigious New York Council on Foreign Relations held two days of discussions on scenarios for "The Next Financial Crash." But the only "solution" offered there, from game-theorist Peter Schwartz, was that the victims of the crisis, such as those infected with AIDS in Africa, "should die as quickly as possible. They should not be kept alive."
A Policy Brawl at the World Bank Goes Public
The World Bank hired Dr. Ravi Kanbur to write a World Development Report that would rubber-stamp the Bank's policy of globalization and the destruction of sovereign nation-states. But Dr. Kanbur decided to tell the truth instead.
`New Bretton Woods' Ad Is Published in Europe
The von Hayek-dominated Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung refused to print it, but others did.
Water Desalination for Mideast Peace
Efforts Grow to Stop Electricity Dereg,
as Power Crisis Worsens
Falling Dominoes in Czech Banking System
IMF Hyenas Gather Around Romania
Denmark Opens Bridge to Sweden
Poul E. Rasmussen reports on the completion of the second of three planned great infrastructure projects, the Fixed Link across the Øresund.
Science vs. the Hype over the Human Genome
Business Briefs
Feature
How Abraham Lincoln Defeated
`Vox Populi' and Saved the Nation
To solve the crisis of civilization that we face today, there is no better, or more inspiring, model to study, than Abraham Lincoln. Given the halo that now surrounds the memory of that martyred President, it is easy to lose sight of how very difficult his victory was, over those who sought to destroy the United States. In Lincoln's battle against crazed popular opinion, the "vox populi," he wielded the most powerful weapons at his disposal: creative reason, humor, and "firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right." It is no wonder that, even now, the British oligarchy and its stateside lackeys are trying to eradicate his memory.
The Queen's Minions Vilify Abraham Lincoln
International
`Shanghai Five' Summit Offers Eurasia
New Strategic Outlook
The "Survivors' Club" diplomacy, to protect their economies and national sovereignty, is becoming more prominent as the IMF-based global financial system comes closer to collapse.
Missing Bach Scores Are Found in Kiev
A treasure of Bach family music scores, some of which have never been published and others which have never been studied in more than a half-century, will soon be available to researchers from around the world.
In Memoriam: Prof. Taras V. Muranivsky
New Anti-Zimbabwe Front Is Created,
as British Oligarchy Shows Its Hand
The British landed aristocracy is emerging from behind the latest attacks on Zimbabwe's elected government.
OAS Intends To Impose a Dictatorship in Peru
International Intelligence
National
Why Not an Open Democratic Party
Nominating Convention?
The corrupt Democratic National Committee leadership is planning to muzzle any and all dissent at the August National Convention in Los Angeles: no open microphone on the floor, no floor demonstrations, no debates, and no discussion of the Party Platform. But many delegates don't take kindly to being ordered to shoult "Heil Gore!"
Justice Department Compounds
King Assassination Cover-Up
The DOJ "permanent bureaucracy" ensured that the Kowalski report sustained the "official line" on the King assassination--that there was no conspiracy, and that U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies had no role in it--and any and all contrary evidence was simply ignored or suppressed.
King Family Pans U.S. Government Probe
Government Ignored Evidence in MLK Death
An interview with William Pepper.