Lennin had shrewdly granted concessions to U.S. businesses in Manchuria, sowing the seeds for conflict – “In this way we incite American Imperialism against the Japanese bourgeoisie.”
Buchanan had been staunch conservative, and a loyal lieutenant in both the Nixon and Reagan administrations. In his view, the Bush-era ascendency of the Neocons was a dramatic and disastrous break from American conservative tradition. The Neocons had their own agenda.
Accusations that the British were secretly manipulating the U.S. press and politicians in order to undermine the America First movement and drag America into war were dismissed as a conspiracy theory. But the conspiracy theorists were right, and it was worse than they knew.
The residents of Roseto enjoyed these remarkable health benefits despite disregarding much of the common medical advice – They ate pasta, enjoyed wine and deserts, many smoked.
In addition, Italians often felt unwelcomed by the Irish-dominated urban political machines.
In July 1966 racial violence seemed to be spiraling out of control in East New York. The unrest had been sparked by rapid demographic change - as Blacks and Puerto Ricans had flooded into neighborhoods that had formerly been dominated by Jews and White ethnics.
The Trial demonstrates the early stages of the now familiar cooperative relationship between the FBI, the press, and NGOs like the ADL - and how they conspired to harass and even imprison America First patriots and anti-war activists.
Columbia Point was the historic landing-site of Puritan settlers in 1630. Later, the area was used as a cow pasture, a dumping ground, and then as a WW II POW camp. Isolated and nearly contaminated, it seemed like a less-than-ideal site for a massive public housing project.
The origins of the Christian Front could be traced to Arnold Lunn, a British Catholic incensed by anti-Catholic atrocities in the Spanish Civil War. As a defense against Communist “Popular Fronts” Lunn envisioned a “ecumenical” Christian Front of Catholics and Protestants.
As Spain was engulfed by civil war, both the American people and FDR’s State Department were firmly opposed to any U.S. intervention in the conflict. Secretary of State Cordell Hull was a strong advocate for an arms embargo. 2/17 
Dickstein may have been the original “ANTIFA” politician. But as early as 1935, he had become an embarrassment, known for making over-the-top, unfounded allegations of fascist infiltration.
The origins of broader “Mau Mau” movement are somewhat murky. But it seems clear that several of the Chicago Mau Mau killers were disgruntled Vietnam veterans. This included Marines Ruben Taylor, Michael Clark, and Nathanial Burse.
The city simply could not cope with the deluge. Poverty stricken and unskilled, the new arrivals were packed into crowded tenements. Disease and unsanitary conditions took a terrible toll. During a cholera epidemic, the life-expectancy of Irish males fell to fourteen years. 2/26 
The advent of NYC public transportation transformed the borough from farmland to a “streetcar suburb.” The population exploded with ethnic immigrants – Mainly Jews, but also Irish and Italians. Even during hard economic times The Bronx had been a safe place for families.
"... perhaps as many as three million may have perished either as a result of outright massacre or from cold, hunger, and disease." 
In the mid-1960s Lewenberg Middle School in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood looked like an incredible success story. In addition to a stellar academic reputation, the school had also been one of the few in Boston to achieve some level of racial balance. 
By the 1950s, most wealthy Jews had abandoned Boston for the suburbs, and the temple had been purchased by a Lubavitcher sect, who lacked funds to maintain it. They soon found themselves under siege in a neighborhood that was now overwhelmingly Black and increasingly hostile. 
Over the decades, Roxbury had experienced waves of ethnic transition - from Yankee protestant, to mainly Irish Catholic, to Eastern European Jewish. But the transition from Jewish to Black would be the most turbulent. Crime skyrocketed; there were riots in 1967 and 1968. 
Wilson’s crime in the eyes of his leftist colleagues was rejecting the idea of the “Blank Slate” – Theorizing that human traits and behaviors have evolved, genetic roots - That “nature” may play a more dominant role than “nurture.” 
1957, 1967, and 2003:
Jamal (born Alan Donaldson) grew up in the "vibrant" Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. There he had a passing acquaintance with a young man known as “Detroit Red,” who the world would later know as Malcolm X. Jamal would milk this connection for profit for the rest of his life. 
