Volume 29, Number 11, March 22, 2002

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Can Repeat of Warsaw 1943 Be Stopped in Palestine?  

by Dean Andromidas

The Israeli Defense Forces have drawn international outrage, with their assault on the Palestinian Authority refugee camps, on Palestinian hospitals, ambulances, and schools, and such Nazi practices as branding prisoners with numbers and forcing them to wear color-coded caps.

Economics

BIS Warns, Bankers and Economy Are Just Blowing Bubbles

by Paul Gallagher

The director of the Bank for International Settlements rejected the claim of U.S. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, that the economy is really undergoing “an expansion.”

Steel Tariff Paradox Blooms  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Next Steel Myth To Debunk: Overproduction  

by Anita Gallagher

Britain and HMD: One Year Later: Many Questions, No Answers

by Rosa Tennenbaum

Nigeria Sends IMF Team Home, Empty-Handed

by Uwe Friesecke

‘New Deal’ in Zambia Points the Way

by Lydia Cherry

Evidence Mounts for Water on Mars

by Marsha Freeman

The Blame for ‘Enron’ Debacle: Congress Tore Down FDR’s Legacy of Regulation

by John Hoefle

Feature

The Dialogue of Cultures

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche

Speech to the ICLC/Schiller Institute’s annual Presidents’ Day weekend conference. Mrs. Zepp-LaRouche demolishes the claims of the ideologues of a “Clash of Civilizations,” by discussing the art, philosophy, and theology of diverse national cultures—including Hinduism, Nicolaus of Cusa, the ancient Egyptian wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus, the Greek Classical period—to find the common truths that unite them, since people of all cultures are equally the children of God.

The Birth of the Individual as an Artistic Conception

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

A review of “Egypt 2000 B.C.,” an exhibit of Egyptian art of the Middle Kingdom (2150-1650 B.C.).

Book Reviews

Why Patriots Today Must Master The Works of Alexander Hamilton

by Nancy Spannaus

Alexander Hamilton, Writings, edited by Joanne B. Freeman

Departments

Editorial

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Wins Re-Election—Over Blair.

International

Iran’s Leaders Point to LaRouche Sept. 11 Analysis

When Bush pronounced the “axis of evil” doctrine, political figures in Tehran concluded that the previous softer tones from the United States were as fraudulent as the “war on terrorism.” In early March, some Iranian leaders attacked the fraud of the official line on Sept. 11, and pointed to the truth, citing U.S. 2004 Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche.

Countdown Has Begun to Iraq War Folly

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

War in Afghanistan: Worst Is Yet To Come

by Ramtanu Maitra

Thailand Takes On Neo-Colonial Press

by Michael Billington

The Financial Oligarchy’s Foothold in Malaysia

by Martin Chew Wooi Keat

Catholic Journal Hits Novak’s Free Trade

by Claudio Celani

National

Freedom vs. ‘Democracy’: How ‘Democracy’ Became Diseased  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

“The notion of ‘democracy,’ as the term had come to be defined in practice during the preceding two decades and more, does not permit effective responses to the most crucial among the kinds of life-or-death challenges which reality is now shoving onto the government’s agenda. For this reason, a critical reexamination of the institutions of political-party-led government, is now mandatory.”

National Rail Defense Bill Points a New Direction

by Marcia Merry Baker

Documentation: EIR’s testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

U.S. Nuclear Doctrine Is Madder Than MAD

by Jeffrey Steinberg

Military Chiefs Show Sanity at Hearings

by Carl Osgood

Congressional Closeup

by Carl Osgood

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