Take Back the American Dream


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The Contract For The American Dream at the Take Back the American Dream Conference

The Take Back The American Dream conference opened Tuesday by discussing the Contract for the American Dream. more »

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Rich Trumka At The Take Back The American Dream Conference: "Bring It On!"

'A Massive, Militant Movement'


AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addresses the Take Back the American Dream conference October 4.

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Talking About the American Dream: Drew Westen and Celinda Lake

How do we talk about the American Dream? And is this a story Americans are ready to hear? more »

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Revive Manufacturing with Green Jobs

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. more »

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The Occupaton is on the Move, Find a Big Bank Protest Near You

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. more »

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The 'Take Back' Message: Something Can Be Done

If there was one message that united the various speeches that launched the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington, it was perhaps summed up by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who gave a post-lunch talk that was as potent as a can of Red Bull. more »

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We Don't Need a Messiah. We Have a Movement.

Van Jones put to rest the notion of a divided Left, as he kicked off the Take Back the American Dream conference today.

Noting the wide-ranging feelings about President Barack Obama among the thousands attending the conference, Jones said: "Some people love the president. Some don't. But the point is, what are we going to do?" more »

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Saving the Dream

Thousands rally to defend worker rights in Wisconsin, then nearly a million force a referendum in Ohio to repeal a similar assault. Tens of thousands fill congressional town meetings to demand "Jobs, not Cuts" in August. Over 100,000 join in vetting provisions for a Contract for the American Dream. more »

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Occupy Wall Street and New Bottom Line Spark The Struggle To Take Back The American Dream

In its second week, hundreds of people have taken over Liberty Square as part of Occupy Wall Street. more »

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Message From A Mugging: Respond To The Youth Crisis

No one knows why a group of about 10 teenagers surrounded Trell Thomas at a bus stop in downtown Washington earlier this month and beat him so badly that his jaw was broken, causing permanent damage. more »

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