Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 27, Number 11, March 17
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EIR Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editorial Board: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Antony Papert, Gerald From the Associate Editor Rose, Dennis Small, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Jeffrey Steinberg, William Wertz Associate Editors: Ronald Kokinda, Susan Welsh Managing Editor: John Sigerson here is scarcely a parent in America, whose blood does not run Science Editor: Marjorie Mazel Hecht T Special Projects: Mark Burdman cold when the news comes across the television of yet another school- Book Editor: Katherine Notley yard killing. “Could it happen at my child’s school?” “How could Photo Editor: Stuart Lewis Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezrol other people’s children do such a thing?” INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: As in the case of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Purloined Letter,” Asia and Africa: Linda de Hoyos the answers to these questions are right under our noses. Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, Paul Goldstein Helga Zepp-LaRouche, in the brilliant speech published as our Economics: Marcia Merry Baker, Feature, pulls a thread that unravels the whole satanic tapestry. She William Engdahl History: Anton Chaitkin provides new insight into what has gone wrong with American culture Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small since the postwar period, and what mental sickness created the strate- Law: Edward Spannaus Russia and Eastern Europe: gic and economic crisis that the world confronts today. Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George As she reports, this project began with her curiosity about the United States: Debra Freeman, Suzanne Rose “Poke´mon” cartoon craze—something that most parents assume to INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: Bogota´: Jose´ Restrepo be innocuous. But Mrs. LaRouche looked deeper, doing some “field Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel work,” going to a Poke´mon tournament, speaking to children and Buenos Aires: Gerardo Tera´n Caracas: David Ramonet parents, participating in the “game” herself. In the glazed eyes of Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen very young children, obsessed with “kill, kill, kill!,” she saw how a Houston: Harley Schlanger Lima: Sara Maduen˜o generation of impressionable minds can be dehumanized. From there, Melbourne: Robert Barwick it is not far to Littleton, or to the insane war fantasies of some Pentagon Mexico City: Hugo Lo´pez Ochoa Milan: Leonardo Servadio war-game planners, or Sir Caspar Weinberger. New Delhi: Susan Maitra Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., writing on “Star Wars and Littleton” Paris: Christine Bierre Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios (EIR, July 2, 1999), spelled out the connection: “The way many in our Stockholm: Michael Ericson United Nations, N.Y.C.: Leni Rubinstein military and related institutions are thinking about warfare abroad, is Washington, D.C.: William Jones tending to become as morally degenerate as the British institutions Wiesbaden: Go¨ran Haglund associated with Sir Michael Jackson and Bloody Blair. If such think- EIR (ISSN 0273-6314) is published weekly (51 issues) ing within our military, is among the well-springs of phenomena except for the second week of July and the last week of December, by EIR News Service Inc., 317 Pennsylvania such as Littleton, how shall we be rid of the latter, without purging Ave., S.E., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20003. (202) ourselves of the former?” 544-7010. For subscriptions: (703) 777-9451, or toll- free, 888-EIR-3258. 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EIRContents Interviews Economics Feature 9 Allan Rathbun 4 Oil and gas price ‘shock’ Allan Rathbun retired from the shows hyperinflation Boeing Company in 1995, after 22 process years as a software and design There are supply-and-demand engineer. factors involved, but what is manifest in the petroleum drama is 11 Bill Dugovich a hyperinflationary process in the Bill Dugovich is a spokesman for entire financial system. Price the Society of Professional inflation is hitting many Engineering Employees in commodities, and other vital sectors Aerospace. of the physical economy. Video fever strikes worldwide: here, a video arcade 42 David Grossman 6 EU is demolishing in Darmstadt, Germany. Lt. Col. David Grossman (ret.), a European agriculture former U.S. Army Ranger and 24 The mark of the beast: former professor at West Point, America’s children are in 8 Engineers’ strike against mortal danger trains military, police, and Boeing is holding strong emergency rescue units. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, in a speech to the Presidents’ Day conference of 9 Boeing: ‘management plan the Schiller Institute and du jour’ International Caucus of Labor Departments An interview with Allan Rathbun. Committees, analyzes the mind- murder—through video games and 21 Australia Dossier 11 Shareholder value is such cults as Poke´mon—that leads An economy of gamblers. destroying Boeing to such tragedies as the Littleton An interview with Bill Dugovich. killings. “An old Chinese 80 Editorial philosopher once said it very Stupor Tuesday, the world’s 12 The financial bubble: openly,” she states. “Keep the laughing-stock. prosperity for some, people stupid; it’s easier to rule. And, as I will demonstrate, the Photo and graphics credits: tragedy for all oligarchy is involved in a gigantic Cover, EIRNS/Christopher Lewis.A speech by John Hoefletothe effort to dumb down the population, Pages 4, 13-20, EIRNS. Pages 25,Schiller Institute-International to desensitize them, to put them 28, EIRNS/Stuart Lewis. Page 27Caucus of Labor Committees under direct behavior modification, (Blair, Albright), am/WorldPresidents’ Day conference. and even use brainwashing Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch/ techniques on a large scale.” Digital photo by Andy Mettler. 22 Business Briefs Page 27 (Cohen), DOD photo by Helen C. Stikkel. Page 34, Paramount Pictures. Page 35 (“Natural Born Killer”), Warner Brothers. Page 36 (“Doom”), Id Software. Page 36 (“Basketball Diaries”), New Line Cinema. Page 38, Nintendo. Pages 39, 40, Viz Comics/Nintendo. Page 43, Courtesy of Craig Shirley & Associates. Page 62, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Volume 27, Number 11, March 17, 2000 Interview International National 42 Media violence: giving 54 Tony Blair’s nightmare 66 After Wall Street election children ‘the skill and the comes to life in London fix, sane leaders endorse will to kill’ mayor race LaRouche An interview with Lt. Col. DavidThe British Prime Minister is facing “The dirtiest money Wall Street Grossman (ret.), co-author of Stop the most significant challenge to his could muster has bought the most Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call grip on power yet, as Ken corrupt and incompetent candidates To Action Against TV, Movie & Livingston, a leading figure of the you could imagine,” one analyst Video Game Violence. He describes“Old Labour” traditional wing of summed up the rigged primaries so how media and video games are the party, announced that he will far. Part of the game was to try to addicting children through violence,run as an independent for Mayor of postpone any eruptions of the training them to kill. “We have an London. The challenge is catalyzing inevitable blowout of the global obligation to hold these people anti-Blair ferment throughout the financial system until after “Super accountable, and we need to let the U.K. Tuesday.” Now, leading figures average American out there know, around the world are looking to that, if you connect the dots, and56 Mozambique victimized by LaRouche for some sign of sanity in there’s a media linkage to whatfloods and the IMF the United States. happened, then, you have a responsibility to go after the 57 Is the Mideast being set up 68 Leading figures in Europe, accessories to the crime,” he says. for a new war? Russia endorse LaRouche New scandals are threatening the for President Corrections: In “ ‘Community of government of Israeli Prime Principle’ Is the Basis of Multipolar Minister Ehud Barak, but the real 70 ‘Escape from fantasy into World,” in last week’s issue, the aim is to sabotage peace. the hope of reality’ population of Bangladesh is 130 Excerpts from Lyndon LaRouche’s million, not 80 million. 59 Palme murder cover-up simultaneous webcast to town In “How George W. Bush Got comes under attack meetings in New York, California, Rich Through Graft, Kickbacks, A group known as “The Massachusetts, Michigan, and Iowa, and Family Connections,” in our Independent Palme Investigation” is on March 4.