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who we are america s fight for universal progress from franklin to kennedy a book by anton chaitkin who we are america s fight for universal progress from franklin to kennedy a book by anton chaitkin home about press release who we are published nov 20 2020 about anton chaitkin extras table of contents chapter summaries appendix vol ii how america s enemies organized the southern slave empire footnotes live links bibliography primary sources books and articles web secondary hi res illustrations illustrations credits hi res color paperback b w kindle 96 dpi reviews chaitkin at youtube buy on amazon contact home about press release who we are published nov 20 2020 about anton chaitkin extras table of contents chapter summaries appendix vol ii how america s enemies organized the southern slave empire footnotes live links bibliography primary sources books and articles web secondary hi res illustrations illustrations credits hi res color paperback b w kindle 96 dpi reviews chaitkin at youtube buy on amazon contact read appendix appendix to volume ii how america s enemies organized the southern slave empire books available click to purchase update on part 2 of who we are on nov 11 2021 tony gave a slide show presentation summarizing some of the research he s done for volume 2 of who we are read more mel k esteemed historian anton chaitkin on how we got here who we are 6 3 22 anton was interviewed on the mel k show mel introduces the show by saying a lot of people feel hopeless or lost and anton brings a lot of background and history to where we find ourselves read more anton interviewed on not the bbc on march 22 2022 anton appeared on the not the bbc and gave a wide ranging interview some of the topics included why popular history gets the industrial revolution wrong and the role of the british empire in opposing economic read more reviews this is an amazing crucial and timely book author anton tony chaitkin has conducted a forensic study of a current of patriotic nationalism in the best sense of those terms as it flows through and shapes a century of american and world history he sets the scene for a second volume that will cover the following century up to john f kennedy and the rise of the america that dominates the world today as the son of an activist jewish lawyer who led the american jewish congress boycott against hitler s germany in the 1930s anton chaitkin is well positioned to clarify true nationalism so often associated with hitler he calls the conflation of nationalism with nazism deceptive observing that america s greatest and most humane statesmen such as abraham lincoln were passionate nationalists opposed to the slavery and backwardness enforced by imperialism this is a crucial point to establish because tony draws out the nationalist tendency that drove america s economic and political progress against the opposition of british imperial interests and their american loyalists the nationalist current he identifies was committed to the betterment of people s lives through scientific discovery technology and industry and to the political freedom and economic policies necessary to foster that progress its greatest exponents were not hostile to foreign countries and in fact were collaborative with like minded thinkers all over the world but also fought for and were protective of america s sovereignty while determined to stay out of conflicts between europe s colonial powers unlike the prevailing us tendency today who we are traces this nationalist tendency to great britain where a circle of collaborators around american envoy benjamin franklin the father of american nationalism actively conspired to advance productive technologies in canal construction and steam engines famous english industrial names such as boulton wedgewood wilkinson and priestly allied to franklin made breakthroughs in technology and industry that advanced britain and shared those breakthroughs with america they organised themselves into an association which exists to this day called the lunar society whose modern office holders endorsed this book tony takes delight in skewering myths such as the market being the driving force behind economic progress he shows that english canal construction which spurred the burst of industrial progress in the 18th century was initially motivated simply by a desire to make improvements to land and production and only later did market opportunities emerge the extraordinary benjamin franklin organised a parallel collaboration in america which included recruiting leading british and irish intellectuals to relocate and consolidate an american commitment to scientific breakthroughs to uplift mankind while also documenting the british imperial resistance to this intention the highlight of tony s book is the clear evidence he presents of an unbroken line of collaboration from the circle around franklin through to abraham lincoln s republicans an example is the father son duo of economists directly connecting franklin and lincoln matthew and henry carey franklin employed the 19 year old irish firebrand matthew carey as a printer at his french base of operations in 1779 before carey emigrated to philadelphia in 1784 where he played a leading role in the promotion of nationalist economics against british free trade henry carey expanded on his father s work to become one of the greatest economists of the 19th century and economics adviser to abraham lincoln the four are pictured below ben franklin mathew carey henry carey abraham lincoln in between the two bookends of franklin and lincoln tony presents a wonderful cast of characters all linked through the decades and their collaboration around specific historical events and projects these collaborations include the american revolution and constitution alexander hamilton s first bank of the united states and its successor under nicholas biddle and john quincy adams the second bank of the united states the west point military academy and its supremely accomplished army corps of engineers and the construction of the canals and then railroads that industrialised the north and mid west as well as the careys the personalities include alexander hamilton congressman henry clay west point founding superintendent and ben franklin s grand nephew jonathon williams second bank of the united states president nicholas biddle president john quincy adams senator and governor of new york dewitt clinton west point graduate and army chief engineer joseph gardner swift locomotive manufacturer mathias baldwin german economist friedrich list and scientist and ben franklin s great grandson alexander dallas bache there are many more too many to list here and everyone should read the book to find out who they are the long arc of collaboration between the circles around these individuals that tony documents is a profound insight into how history is made from conspiring to achieve specific political outcomes involving everything from the writing of the us constitution the outcome of john quincy adams presidential election and the passage of important acts of congress relating to tariffs national banking and infrastructure projects to their more general shared commitment to national economic development and scientific progress these remarkable statesmen reshaped the world defining new standards of human welfare and human progress which made america a beacon of hope and temple of liberty for all mankind for instance it was this progress that inspired australia s great republican statesman the rev dr john dunmore lang to call for the establish of the united states of australia the great republic of the south seas importantly lest anyone thinks that progress is easy won who we are also documents the opposition to these nationalists including the british imperial interests who co opted the industrial revolution in their own country introducing the human exploitation and misery of child labour and other great evils not surprisingly the slave owning and trading interests in the united states economically allied with the british imperialists also opposed these policies initially allies in the fight for independence they came to fear the consequences of national economic development for their southern plantation economy even thomas jefferson famous for his role in writing the declaration of independence would eventually align with his fellow southern slave owners against his revolutionary colleagues and oppose their nationalist economic development policies the history that tony chaitkin brings to life should be inspirational to anyone today involved in political activism to advance policies committed to the common good it absolutely is inspirational to this reviewer it shows how committed individuals who have dedicated their lives to ideas and principles that elevate humanity can collaborate with like minded thinkers to bring those ideas into being at times the breakthroughs come fast at times they take decades but it is how progress happens one final comment in the 75 years since the end of world war ii the global perception of the united states of america has gone from overwhelming admiration for the nation that won wwii and landed a man on the moon to increasing global resentment at its increasingly shameful record on both the domestic and international stage a domestic economy rigged in favour of financial predators on wall street and mega billionaires in which tens of millions of people are falling further and further behind in poverty and misery and a recent history of disastrous and murderous wars which have destroyed the lives of millions in both the targeted nations and in the usa itself among the demographic that enlists for military service for no actual national benefit except an illusion of maintaining global strategic hegemony against invented threats we may well ask which is the real america was the greatness of the usa a myth and should we be cynical that nations would ever act for the greater good of humanity as for instance americans and australians are cynical of china s belt and road intentions today who we are lays a foundation to answer those questions america was truly great but that greatness was not perfection nor was it ordained by heaven in some supernatural way rather it s greatness was the commitment vision and accomplishments of the heroic human beings profiled in this book and it s the insight tony provides into the nationalist but universal ideology that motivated them that if re embraced today can truly make america great again and indeed make any country great robert barwick anton chaitkin is an intrepid researcher his book treason in america is on my top ten for anyone who wants to understand the true nature of american history with his new offering chaitkin reminds us of the great promise that america offers to the world as a beacon of light no matter how dark things get sean stone actor director author of new world order don t think of this as american economics history i never had any interest in economics but i ve always loved history and this history book is a page turner basing his history on primary sources chaitkin is a superb teacher showing how capitalism driven by greed produced british colonialism and the slave trade while capitalism guided by moral principle aimed at the betterment of humankind worldwide is the engine that made the united states the wealthiest most productive nation in history this book is easy to read because it s not a story of competing philosophies but of competing individuals with very different loyalties and it s lean chaitkin packs it with first person quotes from letters and other sources fully documented the footnotes dovetailed into the bottom of the pages are full of their own relevant content don t skip them what i enjoyed the most is the way he highlights the connections between people did anyone else know that henry clay was the ward of a collaborator of benjamin franklin s who clay then taught law in lexington ky s transylvania university and that one of his students was robert todd abraham lincoln s future father in law this book similarly connects many people horizontally but the story also runs vertically through the generations like pushing tree roots through layers of american history joining us to the bedrock of our founding fathers chaitkin has even gotten me interested in the economics i highly recommend this volume and i m looking forward to chaitkin publishing volume 2 rueben james this book is a tour de force review of american history from ben franklin to abraham lincoln i am very much looking forward to volume 2 which will cover lincoln to jfk chaitkin is a master historian who has produced a highly readable book i can t put it down anyone interested in the real history of industrial development both in the us and internationally should read this book what ha joon chang is to economics anton chaitkin is to history offering a vitally important third way in a profession dominated by the false dichotomy between british free trade and marxism the american system is that third way both protectionist and industrial capitalist from the standpoint of history not ideology it is demonstrably the most effective method for bringing peace prosperity and progress to humanity and it needs a thousand more books like this singing its praises sam l follow us click a social icon to follow us on any of these sites facebook twitter instagram youtube vimeo google linkedin home about extras illustrations credits reviews chaitkin at youtube buy on amazon contact copyright 2026 who we are america s fight for universal progress from franklin to kennedy designed by wpzoom