Volume 32, Number 6, February 11, 2005
Social Security:
Dems Defend FDR Legacy
From Bush, Wall St.
The moment of unity around FDR's principles was a victory for Democratic forces working with Lyndon LaRouche and the LaRouche Youth Movement, built up for years precisely to revive the FDR principles of physical economic recovery, regulation, and protection as the mission of the Democratic Party. Documentation: Testimony of James Roosevelt, Jr., to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, in which he denounces those who invoke his grandfather's name in order to privatize—destroy—Social Security.
National
President Clinton Tells Some Useful Truths
Bill Clinton was interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Bush Is Lying . . .
On Democracy, Social Security
A conversation with Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg.
Intense Senate Fight Weakens Gonzales
Congressional Closeup
Feature
Dialogue at Berlin Seminar:
Toward a Eurasian `New Deal'
At EIR's Jan. 12-13 Berlin symposium, leaders from Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas came together around a revolutionary perspective for lifting humanity from the depths of poverty and an onrushing new fascism.
Dollar Fall Originates in U.S. Extravagance
Speech by Dr. Su Jingxiang of the People's Republic of China.
`The Globe Is Facing a Discontinuity'
Speech by Maj. Gen. Vinod Saighal (ret.) of India.
Dialogue
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. replies to points raised during the morning panel on Jan. 12.
The U.S.A. Confronts a Multipolar World
Speech by Dr. Clifford A. Kiracofe, Jr. of the United States.
Future Prospects for U.S.-Eurasia Relations
Speech by Prof. Stanislav Menshikov of Russia.
Dialogue
At the close of the seminar on Jan. 13, LaRouche puts forward a "Vernadskyian" standard of how to manage the planet's raw materials resources in the future.
International
Strategic Analysis:
Bush's Middle East Policy Paradox
Vice President Cheney, the neo-con cabal inside his office, and Cheney's policy controller, George Shultz, have no qualms about unleashing chaos and sectarian warfare in the world's biggest oil patch.
Iraqi Elections: Fish or Fowl?
Outside the "fishbowl" of Iraqi election politics, the reality is that change will be decided in Washington, not in Iraq. A shift in U.S. policy away from perpetual wars and fascism, to principled cooperation among a community of sovereign nations for economic prosperity, is the last hope for Iraq and much of Southwest Asia and the world. Hussein Askary reports.
Separatism Unleashed Against
Bolivia and Its Neighbors
Project Democracy Targets CIS
for More Regime Change
Ukraine: A Postmodernist Revolution
By St. Petersburg analyst Konstantin Cheremnykh.
Economics
Behind Privatization Door Lurks A Killer:
`Tax Simplification'
The proposals for a national sales tax or a "flat tax" would sharply reduce taxes to the wealthiest 20%, while increasing the burden on everybody else.
Schwarzenegger Gears Up
To Impose Fascist Populism on Californians
States Line Up on Medicaid Fight
Against Bush Intent To Kill Off Poor
Indonesia: Develop Infrastructure or
Lose National Sovereignty
Pinochet's Chile Model Still `Screwing Mexico'
Departments
Report From Germany
Monetarists Demand Even Deeper Cuts.