Who We Are

This book could help save the United States. A half century ago, the Anglo-American Establishment reversed the policies that made America rich, powerful, and humane. They erased our former way of thinking from public memory. They took away from us our original national mission: gaining scientific control over nature to uplift mankind. They falsely inserted their own goal - power for the few over the many - into our history, so that no remedy from our real heritage seemed possible. This explosive book by the masterful investigative historian, Anton Chaitkin, restores that stolen American legacy. Chaitkin takes you behind the scenes, to see the two sides struggling to control American policy: nationalist statesmen and industrial innovators, versus the British empire, Wall Street and the southern slaveowners. Get this book, because a profound sense of mission of the United States is urgently needed now. Our country must become again a blessing to the world, and not a menace.

This book could help save the United States. A half century ago, the Anglo-American Establishment reversed the policies that made America rich, powerful, and humane. They erased our former way of thinking from public memory. They took away from us our original national mission: gaining scientific control over nature to uplift mankind. They falsely inserted their own goal - power for the few over the many - into our history, so that no remedy from our real heritage seemed possible. This explosive book by the masterful investigative historian, Anton Chaitkin, restores that stolen American legacy. Chaitkin takes you behind the scenes, to see the two sides struggling to control American policy: nationalist statesmen and industrial innovators, versus the British empire, Wall Street and the southern slaveowners. Get this book, because a profound sense of mission of the United States is urgently needed now. Our country must become again a blessing to the world, and not a menace.

From author Anton Chaitkin: I am writing Who We Are as an American patriot and dissident. My country is misled by those serving the interests not of the nation but of a global clique; making our present outlook a menace to our own survival and to that of mankind. We are fighting a continuous worldwide war, with degraded public services, and collapsing infrastructure. But uncountable trillions are in offshore and criminal money flows, fraudulent speculation and spending for permanent war. Only the deepest historical inquiry can adequately examine how this sordid mess came about, and give needed assistance to the search for a possible remedy. Who We Are explainsHow the USA rose to industrial power, high living standards, and world influenceWho promoted this rise, by what strategy and through which projectsWho has opposed the nation's progress, and for what reasons.Only this contrast of the two operative sides - the republic versus the empire - will allow the reader to seeHow we have gone wrongHow other nations - some deemed our enemies -- have adopted policies which made America successful, policies which we have abandoned; andHow our misleaders represent the interests we have always had to fight against to win national progress.We have to know ourselves, in order to build a new philosophy for our society.

Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair's story--and the story of a nation--in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditional written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we? For decades, Senator Sinclair has fearlessly educated Canadians about the painful truths of our history. He was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba, and only the second Indigenous judge in Canadian history. He was the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and remains one of the foremost voices on Reconciliation. And now, for the first time, he will share his full story--and his full vision for our nation--with readers across Canada. Drawing on Senator Sinclair's unique experiences, and his perspectives regarding Indigenous identity, human rights, and justice in Canada, Who We Are will examine the roles of history, resistance, and resilience in the pursuit of finding that path forward, and healing the damaged relationship between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. And in doing so, it will reveal Senator Sinclair's life in a new and direct way, exploring how all of these experiences shaped him as an Anishinaabe man, father, and grandfather. Structured around the four questions that have long shaped Senator Sinclair's thinking and worldview--Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? Who am I?-- Who We Are will take readers into the story of his remarkable life as never before, while challenging them to embrace an inclusive vision for our shared future.