Volume 26, Number 48, December 3, 1999
Interviews
Gen. Andrei Nikolayev
General Nikolayev heads the Union of People’s Power and Labor, an electoral bloc running in Russia’s Dec. 19 parliamentary elections. A career military officer, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation (1993-97), then director of the Federal Border Service. He resigned from active duty in December 1997, and was elected to the State Duma in April 1998.
Departments
Editorial
Wake up, Americans!
Economics
Germany in revolt at bankers’ dismantling of industry
by Rainer Apel
The threat of a social explosion has forced the bankers to back down, allowing the giant construction company Philipp Holzmann to avoid bankruptcy.
Globalization devours its children
“BüSo Calls For a Change in Economic Policy: General Welfare Instead of Shareholder Value,” a statement by Helga Zepp-LaRouche.
The plot to collapse German public banks
by Lothar Komp
Commonwealth meet pushes free trade
by Scott Thompson
Blair’s ‘Third Way’ crumbles in Florence
by Claudio Celani
Italian banker urges curbs on globalization
by Antonio Fazio
From a speech by Banca d’Italia Governor Antonio Fazio.
Has Peru’s government tired of rescuing banks?
by Manuel Hidalgo
South Africa’s President Mbeki mobilizes for Africa’s development
by Douglas DeGroot
Documentation: From a speech by Mbeki on Oct. 11 on the occasion of the launching of the African Renaissance Institute in Pretoria, South Africa.
Business Briefs
Feature
Australia’s fight to become a republic
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The current debate over whether Australia should abandon the English monarchy and become a republic, has a long history—a history that has been suppressed by 150 years of British-controlled historiography.
The 1840s and ’50s: The great republicans’ fight against Britain
by Noelene Isherwood
The Rev. Dr. John Dunmore Lang, arguably the greatest true patriotic Australian of the last 200 years, has been virtually written out of the history books.
The 1880s and 1890s: A republican labor movement awakens
by Robert Barwick
Important victories against the City of London’s “Money Power,” were achieved, but there was a fatal flaw that prevented the union organizers from achieving the goal of creating a republic.
The 1930s: The struggle against London’s ‘Money Power’
by Kelvin Heslop
The battle between the Bank of England and the Commonwealth Bank, an Australian institution modelled on the U.S. national bank of Alexander Hamilton.
The 1940s: The mobilization for World War II
by Robert Barwick
Britain was ready to sacrifice Australia to the Japanese, but Australian Prime Minister John Curtin turned to the United States, allying himself with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
International
Germany as tragedy revisited
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The German military command’s present backing of London’s NATO policy in the Balkans, Chechnya, and elsewhere, shows that those German circles are repeating the same tragic folly which led the Germany military to its own doom in 1933-34. This is not only Germany’s tragedy, however; the babbling of the diplomats at the recent Istanbul gathering, shows what “ships of fools” the governments of the U.S.A. and western Europe have become.
Russians protest British terror
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Russia has joined growing list of nations that have delivered official protests to the British government for its harboring of terrorist organizations.
The U.S. State Department list of terrorist groups
Her Majesty’s favorite narco-terrorists
López Portillo says, ‘Support LaRouche!’
by José López Portillo
Russian candidate: Military professionals can help solve the crisis
An interview with Gen. Andrei Nikolayev.
China takes first step to put a man in space
by Marsha Freeman
A Long March 2F rocket placed the Shenzhou spacecraft, which will carry men into space in the future, into orbit.
National
Gore, Bush, and McCain all beat the war drums
by Michele Steinberg
Contrasted to LaRouche’s comprehensive vision of a United States with its sovereignty and national mission fully restored, several other Presidential candidates are setting forth policies that if carried out would have only one result: war.
LaRouche holds dialogue with civil rights leaders
Over 25 leaders of the U.S. civil rights movement participated in a dialogue with Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. on Nov. 23, that was broadcast “live” on LaRouche’s campaign website.
DNC caught lying on Voting Rights Act
A statement issued by Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche’s campaign committee.
Anti-drug strategy must target bankers behind legalization drive
by Michele Steinberg
Including a review of the drug lobby’s renewed drive for decriminalization.
Nat’l Missile Defense: a Lott of rotten pork
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Before he leaves office in January 2001, President Clinton will decide whether the United States shall proceed with construction of a National Ballistic Missile Defense system; and, according to several sources in the defense establishment, the specific proposal being shoved down the President’s throat has more pork in it than a “good ol’ boys” Southern pig roast.
