Anton Chaitkin
Anton Chaitkin (born 1943), also known as Tony Chaitkin, is an American researcher and activist known for his conspiracy theories viewpoints considered fringe by the political mainstream. He was a prominent writer for fascist Lyndon LaRouche's Executive Intelligence Review as its history editor, contributing to polemical columns.
Background
Chaitkin was born in 1943 to an American Jewish family. His father, Jacob Chaitkin, was a legal counsel for the American Jewish Congress's 1933 economic boycott against Nazi Germany.[1] The younger Chaitkin has argued that his father's patriotic efforts to cripple the Nazi economy were sabotaged by perfidious opposition.[2]
Controversies
Chaitkin was perhaps the earliest individual to prominently compare the characteristics of ObamaCare to supposed "Nazi" like long before his linked LaRouche insinuation of an Obama–Hitler link, comparing ObamaCare's centralized bureaucracy to T4:[3]
| “ | It was a LaRouche aide named Anton Chaitkin who stiffened the Obama-as-Hitler attack in response to what he called 'a propaganda movement for euthanasia.' Soon pamphlets were produced: 'Act Now to Stop Obama’s Nazi Health Plan!'
In Massachusetts, Congressman Barney Frank's town hall was disrupted by a young glassy-eyed LaRouche-ite who asked, 'Why are you supporting this Nazi policy, as Obama has?' |
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| —The Daily Beast, Jul. 14, 2017 | ||
References
- ↑ Gottlieb, Moshe Raphael (1982). American Anti-Nazi Resistance, 1933-1941: An Historical Analysis, p. 132. Google Books. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ↑ Chaitkin, Anton (Apr. 26, 1996). "The ADL faction in American history," Executive Intelligence Review, vol. XXIII, no. XVIII, p. 43.
- ↑ Avlon, John (Jul. 14, 2017). Wingnuts Excerpt—"Obama as Hitler". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
