Volume 8, Number 24, June 16, 1981
Departments
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Terror threats on both borders.
Middle East Report
by Robert Dreyfuss
Will Peres seize the initiative?
Labor in Focus
by Laurence Sherman
From the Teamsters convention.
Congressional Closeup
by Barbara Dreyfuss and Susan Kokinda
Energy Insider
by William Engdahl
California oil lease battle.
Economics
The Federal Reserve Takes Aim at the White House
by Kathy Burdman
Its Wall Street allies are ganging up with Tip O’Neill’s Democrats.
Documentation: An interview with John Kenneth Galbraith.
Breathing Room for the S&Ls
by Kathy Burdman
The new rescue policy and a mixed array of proposals from the thrifts.
Documentation: Interviews with three leading officials of the U.S. League of Savings Associations.
Dereg Takes Its Toll on Trucking
by Peter Rush and Lonnie Wolfe
Currency Rates
International Credit
by Renée Sigerson
George Ball linked to P-2.
Agriculture
by Susan B. Cohen
Secretary Block tours Europe.
Art Investor
by Dr. D. Stephen Pepper
The Picasso syndrome.
World Trade
by Mark Sonnenblick
General Motors, the ‘World Car,’ and the Newly Industrialized Countries
by Richard Freeman
How Smith Distorted Japan’s Advantage
Business Briefs
Special Report
The Mitterrand Challenge to the Western Alliance
by Nancy Spannaus
Schmidt Moves To Rescue Economy
by Susan Welsh
The interest-rate question, the budget question, and the Saudi loan.
The Trail of Italy’s P-2 Scandal Leads to Club of Rome Global Banking Networks
by Vivian Zoakos
Policy Prospects in the New Cabinet
by Joëlle Leconte
The French ‘Imperial’ Faction: Mitterrand Inherits the Mantle of History’s Cuckold
by Laurent Murawiec
International
How Peking Is Linked to the Bangladesh Coup Attempt
by Daniel Sneider
Daniel Sneider describes India’s self-defense against the China-Pakistan axis.
Documentation: An article from the Indian newspaper New Wave predicting the upheaval.
Vance, the KGB, and the Palme Commission: The Apex of One-World ‘Crisis Management’
by Luba George
Part IV of Luba George’s report on the international peace movement.
How the Ayatollah Was Put in Power
by Thierry LeMarc and Mary Brannan
Thierry LeMarc and Mary Brannan interview Hossein Rastegar of the Iran Liberation Army: Part I.
A Latin American Entente
by Mark Sonnenblick
The summit meeting between Brazil and Argentina made important breakthroughs for the continent.
Documentation: The communiqué, a pro-SATO U.S. statement, and Figueiredo’s rejection of SATO.
International Intelligence
National
A Democratic Split Would Not Help the White House
by Richard Cohen
Richard Cohen reports from Washington that although Reagan has taken first steps against Volcker, there is no sign of the kind of bipartisan alliance, based in part on curbing the Fed, that could ensure economic recovery and thwart Tip O’Neill’s Fabians.
Challenges to Volcker
A Eurosocialist Labor Faction
by Scott Thompson
The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee held an international meeting in Philadelphia, and pulled together a trade-union group for Phase II of “Hooverizing” Reagan.
Detroit Totters on Edge of Bankruptcy: Moves Under Way for a Big MAC Plan
by Stephen Parsons
The unemployment situation in the auto center is worse than it was during the Great Depression; the Lazard Frères crew is on hand to arrange the funeral.
National News
