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'''Anton Chaitkin''' (born 1943), also known as '''Tony Chaitkin''', is an American researcher and activist known for his niche viewpoints and advocacy considered fringe by the political mainstream. He was a prominent writer for [[Lyndon LaRouche]]'s ''Executive Intelligence Review'' as its history editor, contributing to polemical columns against [[free trade]], Scottish Rite [[Masonry]], European elites (particularly the British), [[Kabbalism]], B'nai B'rith, and the [[Anti-Defamation League]].

'''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==

==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]].<ref>Gottlieb, Moshe Raphael (1982). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Anti_Nazi_Resistance_1933_1941/Pg52AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jacob+chaitkin%22+1933+boycott&dq=%22jacob+chaitkin%22+1933+boycott&printsec=frontcover American Anti-Nazi Resistance, 1933-1941: An Historical Analysis], p. 132. Google Books. Retrieved July 15, 2024.</ref> The younger Chaitkin has argued that his father's patriotic efforts to cripple the Nazi economy were sabotaged by perfidious opposition from (what is alleged to be British-controlled) B'nai B'rith, the ADL, and the American Jewish Committee.<ref>Chaitkin, Anton (Apr. 26, 1996). "The ADL faction in American history," ''Executive Intelligence Review'', vol. XXIII, no. XVIII, p. 43.</ref>

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]].<ref>Gottlieb, Moshe Raphael (1982). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Anti_Nazi_Resistance_1933_1941/Pg52AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jacob+chaitkin%22+1933+boycott&dq=%22jacob+chaitkin%22+1933+boycott&printsec=frontcover American Anti-Nazi Resistance, 1933-1941: An Historical Analysis], p. 132. Google Books. Retrieved July 15, 2024.</ref> The younger Chaitkin has argued that his father's patriotic efforts to cripple the Nazi economy were sabotaged by perfidious opposition.<ref>Chaitkin, Anton (Apr. 26, 1996). "The ADL faction in American history," ''Executive Intelligence Review'', vol. XXIII, no. XVIII, p. 43.</ref>

==Controversies==

==Controversies==

Chaitkin was perhaps the earliest individual to prominently expose the Nazi-like characteristics of [[ObamaCare]] long before American conservatives co-opted the LaRouche insinuation of an Obama–Hitler link, comparing ObamaCare's centralized bureaucracy to T4:<ref>Avlon, John (Jul. 14, 2017). [https://www.thedailybeast.com/wingnuts-excerptobama-as-hitler Wingnuts Excerpt—"Obama as Hitler"]. ''The Daily Beast''. Retrieved July 15, 2024.</ref>

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:<ref>Avlon, John (Jul. 14, 2017). [https://www.thedailybeast.com/wingnuts-excerptobama-as-hitler Wingnuts Excerpt—"Obama as Hitler"]. ''The Daily Beast''. Retrieved July 15, 2024.</ref>

{{cquote|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!'

{{cquote|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!'

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