Rebuild the Dream (43 page)

Resource Generation,
131

Restore Honor rally,
129

Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act,
178

reTeaParty.com
,
84

Rock the Vote,
20

Roemer, Christine,
55

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR),
55
,
81

Rootstrikers,
165

Rove, Karl,
27
,
28
,
143

Rubio, Marco,
63
,
129

Ruffalo, Mark,
106

Rumsfeld, Donald,
27

Rustin, Bayard,
81

Sacks, Danielle,
218

Sallie Mae,
208

Same-sex marriage,
20

Sanders, Bernie,
27
,
163

Sandler, Herb,
23

Sandler, Marion,
23

Santelli, Rick,
84

Saving American Democracy Amendment,
163

Savings and loan debacle,
41

Second Amendment,
129

September 11 attacks,
38

Service Employees' International Union (SEIU),
215
,
217

Sherrod, Shirley,
128

Shirky, Clay,
136

Sierra Club,
81
,
215

Sifry, Micah,
104

Simmons, Russell,
106

Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction commission,
42

Skocpol, Theda,
91

Small businesses,
9
,
33
,
71
,
98
,
220

Smart
Meme,
146

Smith, Adam,
60

Social Security,
42
,
84
,
177
,
178
,
180
,
208
,
229

Social Venture Network (SVN),
220

Soros, George,
23

Sotomayor, Sonia Maria,
35

Stein, Rob,
23

Stewart, Jon,
22

Stiglitz, Joseph,
73

Stimulus (economic); and aid to states and cities,
55
,
57
; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),
33
,
54
; and Bush,
59
; and charges Obama is socialist,
59
; and education,
36
; and environment,
37
; and jobs,
55
,
56
,
57
,
58
; and Koch brothers,
85
; and police and firefighters,
56
,
57–58
; and progressives,
88
; and tax cuts,
33
,
55
,
56
,
57
,
59
; and Tea Party,
84
,
87
; wrong spin on,
54–58

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
108–109

Students,
6
,
209
; and loans,
37
,
71
,
98
,
151
,
171
,
208–210

Summers, Lawrence,
41
,
59

Support centers,
86
,
101
,
138
,
141–142
,
143

Supreme Court, U.S.,
21
,
35
,
160–162
,
172
,
195

Swarm theory,
12
,
101
,
134
,
135–144
,
223

Taibbi, Matt,
86

Take Back the Land,
207

Talk radio,
22
,
61
,
142
,
143

Talking Points Memo,
22

Tax cuts; and Bush,
56
,
59
,
180
; and stimulus,
33
,
55
,
56
,
57
,
59
; and Tea Party,
5

Taxes,
131
; appropriate,
234
; and breaks and advantages to rich and corporations,
8–9
,
85
,
90
,
165
,
179
,
180–181
,
204
,
215
,
231–232
; and Contract for the American Dream,
178
,
179
,
180–181
; and liberals,
119
; and Libertarian Party,
84
; and Occupy Wall Street,
131
; and patriotism,
229
; and political candidates and ballot measures,
171
; and Social Security,
180
; and Tea Party,
87
,
88
,
90
,
128
,
140

Tea Party movement,
9
,
134
; and bailouts,
42
,
71
,
87
; and charges Obama is socialist,
64
,
128
,
149
; and competition,
87
,
88
; and congresspeople's town hall meetings,
65–66
,
87
; and Contract from America,
94
,
140
,
177
; and debt ceiling and deficit reduction,
102
,
130
,
150–151
; dwindling of,
223
; and elected officials,
87
,
89–90
,
155
,
170
,
173
; and Heart Space/Head Space grid,
127–130
; and horizontal and collaborative work,
88
,
92–94
; and Inside Game,
155–156
,
157
,
159
; and Koch brothers,
86
; and marches and demonstrations,
66
,
67–68
,
88
,
129
,
130
; and media,
87
,
88
,
130
,
142
,
143
; and mistakes of Obama and hope and change movement,
46
,
65–68
,
79
; and narratives,
149–151
,
152
; and Occupy Wall Street,
101
,
105
,
130
,
223
,
225
; and open source brands,
92
,
140–141
,
143
; and Outside Game,
155
,
156
; and patriotism,
5
,
140
,
150
,
229
,
230
,
231
; and Perot,
172
; and protest to politics,
87
,
90
; and public employees,
205
; and racial anxiety,
87
,
90–92
; and rebalancing the parties,
172
; reckless policies, vitriol, and divisiveness of,
9
,
67
; and Republican Party,
86
,
87
,
89
,
105
,
172
; and rightward shift in political climate,
4
,
89
,
172
; rise of,
5
,
65
,
82
,
83–87
,
113
,
127
,
215
; successes of,
43
,
66–67
,
68
,
87–94
,
129
,
130
; and support centers and supporters,
86
,
87
,
141
,
143
; and swarm theory,
12
,
135
,
140–141
,
142
,
143
; and 2011 elections,
174
; and 2010 elections,
5
,
9
,
90
,
94
,
127
,
129
; and union busting and public workers,
10
,
90

Teach.gov
,
36

Thames, Nate,
166

350.org
,
77

“Too big to fail,”
8
,
41
,
72
,
73

Transparency,
160
,
168–169
,
170

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP),
59
,
164

Trumka, Richard,
217

Tubman, Harriett,
81

Tumblr,
130–131
,
132
,
143
,
225

Twitter,
119
,
130
,
137
,
142
,
143
,
227

2008 election; and artists,
124
; disappointment after,
156–157
; and hope,
9
,
17
; and hope and change movement,
5
,
18
,
126–127
; and Millennials,
101
; and movements,
8
,
18
; and unions,
216
;
See also
Obama, Barack: and 2008 campaign
;
Obama, Barack: and 2008 election

Udall, Tom,
163

UK Uncut,
97
,
137

Unemployment,
203–204
; and Contract for the American Dream,
177
,
178
,
179
; and energy efficiency jobs,
192
; and protest movement and organizing,
10
,
206
; and public employees,
204–205
; and stimulus,
55
,
56
; and youth and minorities,
192
,
200
,
201
,
208

Unions,
10
,
81
,
174
,
216
,
232
; and campaigns and elections,
164
,
166
; and New Bottom Line,
211
; and Obama,
39–40
,
216
; and Occupy Wall Street,
105
,
142
,
143
,
156
,
216
revitalizing,
216–217

United for Peace and Justice,
18

United Nations,
186

United Re:public,
165

United States Student Association (USSA),
20

Upper Big Branch mining disaster,
74–75

US Uncut,
101

Vega, James,
53

Ventura, Michael,
161

Veterans,
201–202

Vida Urbana,
207

Vietnam War,
19
,
200

Volcker, Paul,
72–73

Voto Latino,
20

Wall Street,
64
,
176
,
210
; and bailouts,
34
,
41–42
,
98
; and bonuses,
42
,
181
; and deregulation,
63
; excesses, recklessness, fraud, and greed of,
7
,
41
; insiders,
41
,
59
,
148
; and Justice Department,
157
; lobbyists,
70
,
158
; and Move Our Money,
212
,
213
; and Occupy Wall Street,
10
,
151
,
175
,
176
; and progressives,
88
; reform and regulation,
34
,
41
,
70–74
,
148
,
152
; and taxing trades,
181

Warren, Elizabeth,
34
,
74

Washington, George,
150

Waxman, Henry,
75

Waxman-Markey Bill,
75

Wealth disparity,
6–8
,
11
,
95
,
102
,
131

Wells, Ida B.,
81

West, Cornel,
106
,
132

White Citizens' Council,
91

White House's Council on Environmental Quality,
61

Wikipedia,
136

Will.i.am,
123
,
128

Williamson, Vanessa,
91

Wilson, Woodrow,
81

Wimsatt, Billy,
177

Win Without War,
18

Winfrey, Oprah,
192

Wisconsin,
10
,
43
,
205
,
216

Women's enfranchisement,
81
,
162

Women's movement and rights,
90
,
174
,
230

Working class,
1
,
4
,
108

Working Families Party,
171
,
173

World Resources Institute (WRI),
185

World Trade Organization,
18

Worldwatch Institute,
186

Yarmuth, John,
164

“Yes we can” movement, slogan, video, and speech,
53
,
123
,
147