EIR Volume 18, Number 42, November 1, 1991

Volume 18, Number 42, November 1, 1991

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Interviews

Dr. Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor

by Warren J. Hamerman

Ghana’s ambassador to the United Nations, who is also chairman of the Group of 77 developing nations, speaks eloquently of the Third World’s demand for justice and economic progress, not an imperial “new world order.”

Book Reviews

‘Act of Piety’ on Behalf of Leibniz

by Nora Hamerman

G. W. Leibniz’s Monadology: An Edition for Students, by Nicholas Rescher.

Departments

Report from Rio

by Silvia Palacios and Lorenzo Carrasco

Institutional Chaos Looms.

Dateline Mexico

by Carlos Cota Meza

Another Face of the Mexican “Miracle.”

Australia Dossier

by Lydia Cherry

ADL-Tied Pornographers Under Fire.

From New Delhi

by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra

Clash of Views at Commonwealth Meet.

Editorial

Can Civilization Be Saved?

Science & Technology

Mag-lev Train Will Allow Us To Fly at Zero Altitude

by Ralf Schauerhammer

Europe’s new political unity must be consolidated with the first new form of ground transportation since the invention of the wheel.

Robert H. Goddard’s ‘High-Speed Bet’

by Robert D. Allen

Economics

Citicorp Loses Billions, Suspends Dividend Payments

European banking sources tell EIR that they have “reason to believe” that Citicorp has been operating under de facto government receivership since this past summer.

‘By a Stroke of the Pen, Cancel All Debts’

by Warren J. Hamerman

An interview with Dr. Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor.

Environmental Regulations Would Shut Down Europe’s Economies

by Marsha Freeman

A report from the International Conference on Coal Research.

Argentine Case Study: Why the IMF Attacks Military Nation-Builders

by Cynthia R. Rush

From Aug. 15, 1971 to the Present: LaRouche Forecast the Economic Crisis and Proposed Solutions

by Nancy B. Spannaus

Currency Rates

German Workers Up in Arms against GATT

by Birgitt Vitt

Agriculture

by Suzanne Rose

France, Germany Sell Out on GATT.

Business Briefs

Feature

A Prosperous, Free Croatia: A Boon for the World

by Umberto Pascali

Analyzes the criminal folly of the refusal of the United States and other western powers to back Croatia’s drive for independence—and for survival against the aggression of “Greater Serbia.”

Dubrovnik Siege: ‘A Genocidal Project’

by Maurizio Blondet

A report from the Milan daily Avvenire.

SOS from Vukovar

Is U.S. Playing at Divide and Conquer?

Croatian Information Minister Branko Salaj spoke to EIR’s correspondents in Frankfurt, Germany.

‘J’Accuse’: A Croatian Leader Denounces American Hypocrisy

by Srecko Felix Korpar

A commentary by a journalist living in political exile in the United States.

Croatia’s Political Benchmarks

Vatican Wonders: Is the Masonry Meddling?

by Leonardo Servadio

International

IMF Seeks To Jail García, Rub Peru Off Map

by Gretchen Small and Luis Ernesto Vásquez

The international bankers have never forgiven Peru’s former President for two decisions he made in 1985: first, to limit payments on the foreign debt; and second, to destroy the narcotics laboratories in Peru’s jungles.

Rockefeller’s Friends in Venezuela Panic

by Valerie Rush

Turkish Elections May Mean Policy Shift

by Joseph Brewda

British Monarchy Wants World Malthusian Order Now

by Mary McCourt Burdman

Pope in Brazil Attacks Debt Burden, New Order

by Cynthia R. Rush

South Asia Water Projects Under Attack

by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra

Crime Pays, If You’re Against Noriega

by Carlos Wesley

International Intelligence

National

Bush To Be Hooverized, But Democrats No Alternative

by Mel Klenetsky

Bush is running into trouble as the economy slides downhill, but the announced Democratic candidates, with the exception of political maverick Lyndon H. LaRouche, represent some combination of Bush’s austerity policies and Jimmy Carter’s anti-industrial, malthusian programs.