Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 25, Number 3, January 16
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EIR Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editorial Board: Melvin Klenetsky, Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., Antony Papert, Gerald Rose, From the Associate Editor Dennis Small, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Jeffrey Steinberg, William Wertz Associate Editor: Susan Welsh Managing Editors: John Sigerson, n celebrating Martin Luther King Day, it is most fitting that we Ronald Kokinda I Science Editor: Marjorie Mazel Hecht feature in this issue the inauguration of the new African Civil Rights Special Projects: Mark Burdman Movement, and the initiating role in that of Dr. Godfrey Binaisa, the Book Editor: Katherine Notley Advertising Director: Marsha Freeman former President of Uganda, who today is a friend and collaborator Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezrol of Lyndon and Helga LaRouche. Our cover photo shows Dr. Binaisa INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: speaking at a Schiller Institute forum at New York City’s Riverside Asia and Africa: Linda de Hoyos Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, Church on April 5, 1997. It was on April 4, 1967, in that same church, Paul Goldstein that Dr. King delivered his “passionate plea to my beloved country,” Economics: Marcia Merry Baker, William Engdahl to bring the Vietnam War to an end. History: Anton Chaitkin “Somehow this madness must cease,” said Dr. King. “We must Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small Law: Edward Spannaus stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor Russia and Eastern Europe: of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George United States: Debra Freeman, Suzanne Rose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed Bogota´: Jose´ Restrepo hopes at home and death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel Buenos Aires: Gerardo Tera´n citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we Caracas: David Ramonet have taken. I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen Houston: Harley Schlanger The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop must Lima: Sara Maduen˜o be ours.” Mexico City: Hugo Lo´pez Ochoa Milan: Leonardo Servadio Thirty years later, these words resonate in our own, different New Delhi: Susan Maitra crisis. As Dr. Binaisa underlines, in his speech published in this issue, Paris: Christine Bierre Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios the world’s leaders today have lost “the moral high ground.” The Stockholm: Michael Ericson devastation and cruelty that Dr. King described in Vietnam, have Washington, D.C.: William Jones Wiesbaden: Go¨ran Haglund now become commonplace: from Bosnia to Rwanda to Zaire-Congo. At the same time, the onset of a world financial breakdown crisis is EIR (ISSN 0273-6314) is published weekly (51 issues) except for the second week of July, and the last week of creating poverty and suffering to an extent that nobody could even December by EIR News Service Inc., 317 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20003. (202) conceive of thirty years ago. Once again, it is America that must take 544-7010. For subscriptions: (703) 777-9451. World Wide Web site: http://www.larouchepub.com the initiative, to bring about a change. e-mail: [email protected] On Jan. 17-18, the Schiller Institute and International Caucus European Headquarters: Executive Intelligence Review Nachrichtenagentur GmbH, Postfach 2308, of Labor Committees will hold their semi-annual conference in the D-65013 Wiesbaden, Otto von Guericke Ring 3, D-65205 Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany United States, “In the Spirit of Martin Luther King: Building a New, Tel: (6122) 9160. Homepage: http://www.eirna.com E-mail: [email protected] Executive Directors: Anno Just Economic Order.” The purpose of that meeting is to recruit the Hellenbroich, Michael Liebig In Denmark: EIR, Post Box 2613, 2100 Copenhagen ØE, 1-2% of the U.S. population that is willing to think, to join the fight Tel. 35-43 60 40 for such a new economic order, under the leadership of Lyndon In Mexico: EIR, R´ıo Tiber No. 87, 5o piso. Colonia Cuauhte´moc. Me´xico, DF, CP 06500. Tel: 208-3016 y 533- LaRouche. In future issues, EIR will bring you a full report. 26-43. Japan subscription sales: O.T.O. Research Corporation, Takeuchi Bldg., 1-34-12 Takatanobaba, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160. Tel: (03) 3208-7821. Copyright 1998 EIR News Service. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission strictly prohibited. Periodicals postage paid at Washington D.C., and at an additional mailing offices. Domestic subscriptions: 3 months—$125, 6 months—$225, 1 year—$396, Single issue—$10 Postmaster: Send all address changes to EIR, P.O. Box 17390, Washington, D.C. 20041-0390. EIRContents Interviews Economics Feature 11 Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. 4 Financial crisis: The IMF is George Soros is the disease that the disease, not the cure killed the Korean economy, The crisis in Indonesia underlines LaRouche told “EIR Talks.” the accuracy of Lyndon LaRouche’s warnings. 24 Witold Nieduszynski Documentation: Glimmerings of Mr. Nieduszynski, a deputy of the reality from German press coverage Polish parliament, speaks about the of the crisis in Southeast Asia. country’s economic prospects since the elections in September. 7 The financial bubble in Former Ugandan President Godfrey Binaisa speaks at 1997: a very bad year a Schiller Institute forum at Riverside Church in New 56 Justice Mamman Nasir York City, April 5, 1997. Justice Nasir is the chairman of 11 What’s really behind the S. 30 Mobilize to build an Nigeria’s Transition Korean crisis Implementation Committee, which African Civil Rights is overseeing the country’s Movement transition to elections and civilian 12 The choices facing Japan’s A three-year organizing drive has government. Hashimoto resulted in the official founding of a new movement, dedicated to 58 Chief S.K. Dagogo-Jack 14 Asia must slap on exchange abolishing the bankrupt IMF The Chief is chairman of the controls monetary system, and to winning a National Election Commission of war against the British oligarchy. Nigeria. 16 China assesses international financial 32 An appeal to all Africans of breakdown crisis good will Beijing is concerned about “the From the call issued by Dr. Godfrey Book Reviews financial turmoil that recently hit a Binaisa in April 1995. number of countries and regions,” 68 Authors make compelling as China itself struggles to develop 34 Stop peddling Harvard argument to abolish the its productive economy. racism death penalty The Schiller Institute’s Dennis 21 Chinese vs. U.S. steel Speed rips away the ideological and Frontiers of Justice, Vol. 1: The cultural blinders that prevent Death Penalty, edited by Claudia production: two methods, and two results Africans, and African-Americans, Whitman and Julie Zimmerman. from winning the war against their oppressors. 22 Currency Rates Departments 36 What’s behind the attacks 23 Poland’s free market on Sudan? 27 Report from Bonn ‘Lent’ must come to an end Remarks by Shahira Wahbi, the United States, Germany draw a line. First Secretary of the Permanent 28 Business Briefs Mission of the Republic of Sudan to 69 Letters to the Editor the United Nations; and a reply The truth about Aaron Burr. from Pennsylvania State Rep. Harold James. 72 Editorial The rule of law? Volume 25, Number 3, January 16, 1998 International National 38 Only noble minds can 44 Algerian massacres cover 66 LaRouche becomes target transform the worldfor London land grab of new British slanders A contribution by Fang Neng Da, a The only way to stop the atrocities When the British propaganda mills poet, intellectual, and activist whobeing perpetrated in Algeria, is to get this hot, you know LaRouche hails from China. bring to justice those responsible, must have done something right. including the high-level British and 38 Binaisa: Africa is stillFrench protectors of the killers. 70 National News enslaved by debt 47 The Armed Islam Group: a 39 Time for Africa to take the model Satanic cult moral high ground Photo and graphics credits: Dr. Godfrey Binaisa’s speech to a 48 Islamic states fight British Cover, EIRNS/Charles Hughes. conference of the Schiller Institute terrorism Pages 7-10, EIRNS/John Sigerson. in Bad Schwalbach, Germany, on The Arab League’s interior Page 31 (Wills), EIRNS/Philip Dec. 13, 1997. ministers are supporting Egyptian Ulanowsky. Pages 31 (Binaisa and President Hosni Mubarak’s anti- LaRouche), 35, 36, 37, EIRNS/ terrorist initiative. Stuart Lewis. Page 38, EIRNS/ Christopher Lewis. Pages 55, 57, EIRNS. 50 Will war in Africa’s Great Lakes be Clinton’s Vietnam quagmire? Correction: In last week’s issue, 53 Yeltsin seeks to buy time, p. 53, the statue of Schiller and with bid for ‘national Goethe was incorrectly captioned. unity’ government Schiller is the figure on the right. Our apologies to the two gentlemen. 55 Nigeria’s transition to civilian rule Africa’s most populous nation is heading for democratic elections, and is determined to achieve economic progress for its people. 62 Nigeria’s financial system and the world economy today A paper by Sam Aluko, professor of economics and chairman of Nigeria’s National Economic Intelligence Committee, read on his behalf to the Schiller Institute’s conference in Germany on Dec. 13- 14. 64 International Intelligence EIREconomics Financial crisis: The IMF is the disease, not the cure by Marcia Merry Baker In the opening days of 1998,the headline crisis events in South were breaking in East Asia: the crisis in Indonesia, and the Korea, Indonesia, and elsewhere in Asia and around the globe, counter-moves by several nations of the region to curb specu- showed clearly that the epic task before citizens and statesmen lation and globalization.