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Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 21, Number 28, July 15, 1994 EIRNS/Philip Ulanowsky They Had a Dream: African-American Astronauts, by J. Phelps. Presidion Call (703) 777-3661 or Press; clothbound, 291 pages, S25.95. Toll-Free (800) 453-4108. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race For The Moon, by Alan Shepard. Turner Publications; clothbound, 400 pages with 32 pages of Ben Franklin Booksellers Inc. photos. S22.95 107 S. King Street Leesburg, Mission to Deep Space, The Voyager Journey, by W Burrows. An oversize Virginia 22075 No. book especially aimed at older children. Who Freeman; clothbound, 80 Please send me: Copies Total pages. S18.95. They Had a Dream The Mars Project, by Werner von Braun. This classic on spa<3e travel was $25.95. first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered Moon Shot $22.95 science fiction. With an introduction by former NASA administrator Mission to Deep Thomas O. Paine. University of Illinois Press; 91 pages paperbound. Space, $18.95. S1O.95 The Mars Project Space Technology and PlanetaryAstronomy, by Joseph Tatarewicz. As the $10.95 U.S. struggled to respond to Sputnik, planners at NASA found that astro­ Space Tech! nomers had turned their telescopes away from the planets and toward Astronomy, $12.95. the stars. NASA had to create the planetary astronomers. University of . AlicelSpace Indiana; clothbound, 190 pages, illustrated with index. S 12.95. Telescope, $36.95. How We Got to the Alice and the Space Telescope, by Malcolm Longair. The director of the Moon, $15.00 Royal Observatory at Edinburgh introduces us to a wonderland of Colonize Space! quasars, black holes, neutron stars, and other phenomena in a fact-filled $9.95. book in a whimsical format. Clothbound, 198 pages, many illustrations, appendices, index. Johns Hopkins. S36.95. Sales TAX (Va. residents add 4.5%) How We Got to the Moon, The Story of the German Space Pioneers, by Shipping __ Marsha Freeman. Not only have the accomplishments of the German ($3.50 for 1 book. $.50 each additional book) space pioneers begun to fade from history, but these great men have had to suffer the indignity of having the motivations of their life's work TOTAL ___ questioned. 21st Century Science Associates; 363 pages illustrated, bibli­ ography�'index. Paperbound. S15.00 Enclosed is my check or money order, payable to Ben Franklin Colonize Space! Open the Age Of Reason: Proceedings Of The Krafft A. Booksellers, Inc. Ehricke Conference. A 1985 conference honoring the late space scientist, with speeches by Lyndon LaRouche, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Vice Charge my 0 Mastercard 0 Visa No. Admiral Karl Adolf Zenker, Konrad Dannenburg, and Friedwardt Exp. Date. ________ Winterberg, among others. New Benjamin Franklin House; 352 pages, illus­ trated, paperbound. S9.95. Signature ________ Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editor: Nora Hamerman Managing Editors: John Sigerson, Susan Welsh From the Editor Assistant Managing Editor: Ronald Kokinda Editorial Board: Warren Hamerman, Melvin Klenetsky, Antony Papert, Gerald Rose, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Webster Tarpley, n July 20, the human race will mark a quarte -century since one Carol White, Christopher White O � Science and Technology: Carol White of the most glorious moments of this century, the Apollo manned Special Services: Richard Freeman landing on the Moon. The same day is a more somber anniversary­ Book Editor: Katherine Notley Advertising Director: Marsha Freeman one-half century since the attempted German generals' coup against Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezral Adolf Hitler, which was crushed due to lack of support by the Allies. INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: The connecting thread is one of self-abnegat.ng heroism on be­ Agriculture: Marcia Merry Asia: Linda de Hoyos half of humanity. The two anniversaries underline the fact that Na­ Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, zism is not, as British propagandists have constructed their hoax, an Paul Goldstein Economics: Christopher White intrinsically "German" phenomenon. Quite the. contrary, we owe European Economics: William Engdahl to Germany's contributions to world civilizatiorl-which the Nazi Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small Law: Edward Spannaus aberration tried to destroy-the crucial role of G�rman scientists in Russia and Eastern Europe: the American space program. Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George Special Projects: Mark Burdman Today we see, in the buildup to the Cairo '94 International Con­ United States: Kathleen Klenetsky ference on Population and Development, a resurgence of Nazi poli­ INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: cies. The pedigree of today's plans for one-world government, to be Bangkok: Pakdee Tanapura, Sophie Tanapura Bogota: Jose Restrepo promoted at Cairo under the pretext of global �'sexual rights," is Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel proven by Helga Zepp-LaRouche in her address, printed in this issue, Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen Houston: Harley Schlanger to a recent conference in Rome. More evidence is presented in several Lima: Sara Madueno articles reporting on the buildup to Cairo which are grouped in the Melbourne: Don Veitch Mexico City: Hugo Lopez Ochoa Economics and National reports. Milan: Leonardo Servadio The Feature on Colombia and the coverage of Venezuela in New Delhi: Susan Maitra Paris: Christine Bierre Economics show that a unique, but necessarily brief opportunity has Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios arisen in those two South American neighbors, to mount a counter­ Stockholm: Michael Ericson Washington, D.C.: William Jones attack against the drug lords and their banker allies who want to strip Wiesbaden: G6ran Haglund the southerncountries of their sovereignty and impose the one-world EIR (ISSN 0273-6314) is published weekly (50 issues) dictatorship. President Rafael Caldera of Venezuela and a faction except for the second week of July, and the last week of a December by EIR News Service Inc., 333ih opposed to Colombian President-elect Samper, tool of the drug Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC lords, are resisting, and you will want to read all the juicy details 20003. (202) 544-70/0. 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Washington, D.C. 20041-0390. - TIillContents & Interviews Science Technology Economics 17 Maulana Wahiduddin 24 The space effort: picking 4 It's an open secret Khan up where Apollo left off (LaRouche was right) An internationally known Islamic The program to land a man on the LaRouche forecast an early collapse scholar and president of The Moon was the largest peacetime of the global financial and monetary Islamic Center in New Delhi, scientific mobilization in history. system; the patternof events in the Maulanna Khan is also editor of the We need to revive that science bond, markets and elsewhere monthly magazine Al-Risala, and driver to end the economic corroborates that analysis, as some author of a number of books. depression. Marsha Freeman top European banking officials are reports . beginning to recognize. 46 Gen. Martin Spegelj and Prof. Sdravko Tomac 6 Venezuela's Caldera vows: General Spegelj was defense Art 'In my hands, the republic minister of Croatia until 1991. He Exhibitions shall not be lost' now works with the movement 72 Restored paintings by two Documentation: Excerptsfrom Libertas, in opposition to the Renaissance geniuses: van President Rafael Caldera's historic policies of President Franjo Eyck and van der Weyden speech, and a grid of responses Tudjman. Professor Tomac of from around the world. Zagreb University is a former vice president of the Croatian 11 Bridge project triggers parliament. Departments government crisis in Sweden 49 Rabah Kebir 21 Report from Paris Mr. Kebir is a spokesman for Operation Margarita is not 12 Currency Rates Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front complete. (FIS). He discusses the shift in Russian, British pseudo­ policy toward the FIS on the part of 61 Dateline Mexico 13 the Clinton administration, and the Zapatistas use blackmail. scientists regurgitate prospects for a peaceful solution in malthusian numerology his country . 75 The Green Front Is eco-fascism on U. S. government 14 Philip: 'Keep darkies from agenda? having babies' 80 Editorial 15 France signs on to Cairo Let's win the war on drugs. genocide Photo credits: Cover, EIRNSI Javier Almario. Page 10, Embassy of Venezuela. Pages 25, 27, 17 We need peace in the world, not population NASA. Page 31, El Espectador. Correction: In our last issue control Pages 43, 67, EIRNS/Stuart Lewis. (p. 60) , Oliver North was An interview with Maulana Page 55, EIRNS/Christopher incorrectly identified as a candidate Wahiduddin Khan.
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