by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
'A Massive, Militant Movement' AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addresses the Take Back the American Dream conference October 4. AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka called for a "mighty movement for jobs and a just economy" today at the Take Back The American Dream...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
Take Back The American Dream News Conference Highlights Robert L. Borosage of the Campaign for America's Future and Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream outline plans for the "American Autumn." "Save your notes," Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream told reporters and bloggers at...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., continued his crusade for defense spending cuts at the Take Back the American Dream conference on Monday, calling on participants to pressure a congressional deficit-reduction "super committee" to focus all of its spending reductions on the...
by Mary Bottari | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone used to say "sometimes you have to pick a fight to win one." Now Occupy Wall Street has picked one, right in Jamie Dimon's backyard. But it won’t stay contained in Zuccotti Park. While Brookfield Properties called the park a "public...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
There is a green manufacturing revolution occurring in the world -- the rest of it, anyway -- and it is on track to create millions of jobs and trillions of dollars of new wealth. The Take Back The American Dream conference session titled "Stop Outsourcing the Dream:...
by Sara Robinson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
How do we talk about the American Dream? And is this a story Americans are ready to hear? According to communications experts Drew Westen and Celinda Lake, they're beyond ready to hear it; in fact, they've been waiting for years for progressives to speak to them with...
