Volume 24, Number 40, October 3, 1997
Departments
From New Delhi
by Ramtanu Maitra
Nepal-Bangladesh transit—a new chapter.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
A “virtual” Social Democracy.
Editorial
High stakes at the U.S.-China summit.
Economics
At the IMF meeting: Soros battles LaRouche
by Richard Freeman
The knives were out at the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank, held in Hongkong. Lyndon LaRouche, who has a 25-year history of opposition to the IMF’s destruction of nations, emerged publicly at the center of the policy fight.
Documentation: International press coverage of LaRouche’s role.
Soros robs the poor, gives to the rich
by Scott Thompson
The challenges and opportunities we face
by Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad
The speech by Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad at the IMF-World Bank meeting.
Soros to Mahathir: I am not a moron
by George Soros
From George Soros’s speech at the IMF meeting.
Economics takes center stage in Manila
By Our Manila Correspondents.
Currency Rates
The Norwegian elections: Monetarists demand more austerity—because of too much money
by Ulf Sandmark
Shuttle-Mir program is under threat from Congress
by Marsha Freeman
Business Briefs
Feature
An alternative to neo-liberalism: the LaRouche-Riemann method
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“Presently, the entirety of this planet is gripped by a great financial, monetary, and economic crisis,” Lyndon LaRouche said, in a speech delivered on his behalf in Guadalajara, Mexico. “In today’s economic policy, the only important question is: Can, and will some leading governments put the old, bankrupt financial and monetary systems into government- supervised reorganization? Can, and will this be done, in time to prevent a world-wide repetition of the kind of ‘New Dark Age’ which Europe suffered during the Fourteenth Century?”
International
The ‘LaRouche Effect’ takes Mexico by storm
by Valerie Rush
Lyndon LaRouche’s enemies are undoubtedly kicking themselves for their mishandling of his planned visit to Mexico. Although unable to travel to Mexico, LaRouche has taken the country by storm.
Internet fraud alert!
Congo’s dictator Laurent Kabila is sitting on a time-bomb
by Linda de Hoyos
Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise as Netanyahu undermines peace efforts
by Hussein Nadeem
New evidence that Diana was murdered
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Alarm grows over North Korea famine
U.S. puts on pressure for Sudan peace
by Linda de Hoyos
The government of Sudan and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army signed a joint communique´ on Sept. 22, announcing negotiations to take place in Kenya.
International Intelligence
National
AFL-CIO convention launches organizing drive
by Marianna Wertz
Vowing to take back the U.S. Congress in 1998 for a pro-labor agenda, the AFL-CIO met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 22-25. It’s clear that the Democrats are hoping that the reenergized labor movement, under John Sweeney’s leadership, can deliver on that pledge.
Harwood wins mayoral primary in Charlotte
LaRouche Democrat Jim Harwood is the Democratic nominee for mayor.
Reno gives in, opens probe of President
by Edward Spannaus
Attorney General Janet Reno has opened an initial investigation into fundraising by President Clinton, which could ultimately result in the appointment of a second special prosecutor against him.
Lindy Boggs ready to take up Vatican post
by Nina Ogden
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
