Everyone knows of the American Revolution and Declaration of 1776. Very few people know of the deeper historical currents and networks of republicans stretching across space and time that made this revolution happen and upon whose ideas, a system came into being which was named “The American System of Political Economy”. On Sunday July 12th,…
Category: The American System
WHY Russia Saved the United States
By Cynthia Chung “Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. This is the weak point of our defences, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be…
Matthew Carey and the ‘American System’
By Gerald Therrien While, in many history sources, Mathew Carey is described as a ‘Jeffersonian republican’, the question arises, how did a supporter of Jefferson – the opponent of ‘federalist’ Alexander Hamilton, become the father of the ‘American System’, the defender of Hamiltonian economics and the opponent of the British free-trade policies of Adam…
What it Means to be an American Citizen this Fourth of July
By Cynthia Chung In celebration of the upcoming Independence Day, I thought I would share with you the transcript of a lecture I delivered 2 years ago on the subject of “Frederick Douglass and the Fight to Save the Soul of America.” It is a pretty heated situation in the United States right now, pretty much likened…
A Historical Reminder of What Defines the United States, As Told by A Former Slave (Frederick Douglass)
By Cynthia Chung We live in tumultuous days… one could say “the end of an era”. It is clear that there is a storm coming, however, the question is will it be the sort of storm that provides sustenance and relief to drought-stricken and barren lands, or will it be the sort of storm that…
Why Canada Failed the ‘Ben Franklin Challenge’ in 1776
By Matthew Ehret July 1st is a strange day in Canada. From Pacific to the Atlantic coast, Canadians have made it an annual practice to paint maple leaves on their faces and party like there was no tomorrow. But what exactly does this day signify? It may be a bit of a bitter pill to swallow…
The Nation Builders in the Reconstruction of the South
On Sunday June 4th, 2023, The Rising Tide Foundation’s weekly lecture was delivered by historian Anton Chaitkin showcased some pioneering research on the true story of the fight for Reconstruction post-Civil War and the patriots who fought against the British-directed slave power to bring a better world into being. This original research will be featured…
JFK Delivers a Vital Message
By Nancy Spannaus “Nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.” By Nancy Spannaus [1] June 4, 2023—When President John F. Kennedy took the podium at the commencement address of American University on June 10, 1963, he was about to deliver…
The Greater Eurasian Partnership Revives America’s Forgotten Hamiltonian Tradition
By Matthew Ehret In my last essay, I made the case that a specifically Eurasian expression of Manifest Destiny has emerged in recent years sharing many important parallels with the original Manifest Destiny often associated with 19th century America, but with one big difference. Unlike the earlier U.S. variant, the current Eurasian version is not being…
Vernadsky and the Directionality of Progress (Towards a Science of Humane Development)
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Sam Labrier introduces the discoveries of some of the most important thinkers of recent history whose insights into the structure of reality provide the greatest answers to the questions: Is there a directionality in the universe? Does order govern chaos or visa versa and is there a scientific law…