The group was asserting, among other things, that two local political figures, activist and poet/playwright Imamu Imir Baraka (earlier known as LeRoi Jones) and Anthony Imperiale were tools of the CIA.
[8] Chaitkin was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass on April 21, 1975, for trying to sneak into a conference of mayors posing as an accredited journalist.
"[12][dubious – discuss][13][non-primary source needed] Chaitkin ushered in the LaRouche movement's campaign against the health care reform proposal of U.S. President Barack Obama.
At an open panel session that included Ezekiel Emanuel held June 10, 2009, Chaitkin said: President Obama has put in place a reform apparatus reviving the euthanasia of Hitler Germany in 1939, that began the genocide there.
[14] In reporting the incident, journalist Max Blumenthal described it as "the opening volley of an orchestrated propaganda campaign designed to link [Emanuel] and the White House's health-care reform proposals to the T-4 mass euthanasia program of Adolph [sic] Hitler.