Volume 27, Number 40, October 13, 2000
Ariel Sharon Ignites New Middle East War
by Dean Andromidas
Sharon’s invasion of the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, intended as a provocative demonstration of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, ignited a spreading “low-intensity war” between Palestinians and Israeli troops using tanks and grenade launchers. One Israeli warns that only if the President of the United States were to cut off all financial aid to Israel, could peace be possible—no other political force or concert of nations is in a position to act.
Temple Mount: The Plot To Blow Up the Dome of the Rock
Who Runs Ariel Sharon?
by Michele Steinberg
Interviews
Joe Neal
Nevada State Senator Joe Neal (D) talks about his bill to tax gambling proceeds.
Steve Young
Steve Young, Commissioner, Atlantic City, New Jersey Housing Authority, reports on the economic depression that has hit this gambling mecca.
Ed Vaughn
Michigan State Rep. Ed Vaughn (D) discusses poverty, health care, and the energy price crisis.
Books
One Tragic Underside of Globalization
by Paul Gallagher
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, by Laurie Garrett.
Anglophile Enemy of Abraham Lincoln Promotes Break-Up of United States
by Mark Burdman
When In the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession, by Charles Adams.
A Quintessentially American Enigma
by Susan Welsh
Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865, by Brooks D. Simpson.
Departments
Editorial
Balkan War Threat Persists.
Economics
Caracas OPEC Summit Casts Spotlight on Speculators
by David Ramonet and Isabel Alcega
The summit’s purpose was to strengthen the organization’s unity, and to stop the oil price inflation through supporting dialogue with the oil-consumer nations.
Warnings of ‘Grim October’ Multiply
Petroleum Derivatives Trading Sends Oil Price Skyrocketting
by Richard Freeman
LaRouche: Bring Oil Price Inflation Under Control
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
What the Candidates Are Saying: Bush: Don’t Touch Oil Prices—My War Chest!
by Michele Steinberg
Gore’s Hypocrisy on Energy Policy
by Scott Thompson
Nader, Buchanan Slam Gore, Bush on Energy
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Russian Regions Look to ‘Survivors’ Club’
by Jonathan Tennenbaum
Business Briefs
International
German-Russian Energy Tie: Revive 1989 Lost Opportunity
by William Engdahl
Russia, Germany, and the European Union are moving for government-to-government energy deals, which could seize the opportunity for economic development that was muffed after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
Germany on the Eve of a New Russia Policy
by Rainer Apel
Britain’s Blair Has That Sinking Feeling
by Mark Burdman
Pushkin Monument Unveiled in Washington
by Rachel Douglas
Landless Movement Is Out To ‘FARC’ Brazil
by Silvia Palacios
Scottish Nationalists Meet, Elect New Leaders
by Alan Clayton
International Intelligence
National
A Debate of Two Empty
Suits Called Bush and Gore One thing stood out in the first debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush: The two candidates wore identical outfits—the same dark suit, the same red tie, and the same white shirt.
U.S. Consumer Price Inflation Is 3.5%?
The Gambling ‘Economy’ Is Destroying Whole Cities
by Marianna Wertz
Senator Battles To Tax Nevada Gambling Casinos
An interview with Joe Neal.
Gambling in Atlantic City: The Human Toll
An interview with Steve Young.
‘A Lot of Pain You Don’t See on the 6 O’clock News’
An interview with Ed Vaughn.
Worldwide Protests by Truckers Spread into the United States
by Marianna Wertz
How Hollywood Should Be Rated
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Farcical Senate Hearings on the ‘New Violence’
by Donald Phau
DOJ sues Harvard over Russia-USAID Scam
by Edward Spannaus
Congressional Closeup
