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“Contract for the American Dream,” http://contract.rebuildthedream.com/?rc=rtd_feature. “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), Special Report from the IPCC, http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/. Live data for atmospheric CO2 measurements by the Scripps CO2Program at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, http://co2now.org/Current-CO2/CO2-Now/. James Hansen et al, “Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?” Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 2008, 217–231, http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126. Michael McCarthy, “Oceans on brink of catastrophe,” The Independent UK, June 21, 2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/oceans-on-brink-of-catastrophe-2300272.html. “Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Living Beyond Our Means,” World Resources Institute, March 2005, http://www.wri.org/publication/millennium-ecosystem-assessment-living-beyond-our-means-natural-assets-and-human-we. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), “Red List of Threatened Species,” http://www.iucnredlist.org/about/summary-statistics.
NOTE: Total deforestation statistics typically fail to distinguish between general deforestation, reforestation through plantations, and the loss of biologically important primary forests (also called old-growth forests). Looking at primary forest loss figures reveals an alarming increase in deforestation of these endangered ecosystems. “Forest Resources Assessment 2005” by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/a0400e/a0400e00.pdf. See also Kenton Miller and Laura Tangley, Trees of life: Saving Tropical Forests and Their Biological Wealth,” World Resources Institute, March 1991, http://www.wri.org/publication/trees-of-life. Richard Black, “Nature loss ‘dwarfs bank crisis,” BBCNews, October 10 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7662565.stm. “Demand on planet resources rising in spite of crisis,” New Economics Foundation, September 27, 2011, http://neweconomics.org/press-releases/demand-on-planet-resources-rising-in-spite-of-crisis. “Running dry: oil production and consumption,” The Economist, June 9, 2011, http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/oil-production-and-consumption. Richard Manning, “The oil we eat: following the food chain back to Iraq,” Harpers, February 2004, http://www.harpers.org/archive/2004/02/0079915. “State of the World 1993,” WorldWatch Institute, January 1993, http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1032. “Sizing the Clean Economy: a National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment,” Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, 2011, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/clean_economy/0713_clean_economy.pdf. Bracken Hendricks and Jorge Madred, “A Star Turn for Energy Efficiency Jobs,” issue brief for the Center for American Progress, September 7, 2011, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/energy_efficiency_jobs.html. “Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summary,” US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 24, 2011, http://bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm. Paul Hibbard et al., “The Economic Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Ten Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States,” The Analysis Group, November 15, 2011, http://www.analysisgroup.com/uploadedFiles/Publishing/Articles/Economic_Impact_RGGI_Report.pdf. Tom Kenworthy, “A Renewable Energy Standard: The Proof Is in the States,” Center for American Progress, May 19, 2009, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/kenworthy_res.html. Stephen Lacy, “How China dominates solar power,” Guardian UK, September 12, 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/12/how-china-dominates-solar-power.
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“The July 2011 labor force participation rate for Hispanic youth was 53.6 percent. . . . The participation rate for young blacks, at 50.2 percent.” “Labor force participation rate” is the proportion of the population sixteen to twenty-four years old working or looking for work. From “Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summary,” US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 24, 2011, http://bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm.
“A recent National Urban League report also exposes the dire education and employment straits of young black men. Only half of black men age 16 to 24 who are out of school are employed at any given time.” From Harry Holzer “Reconnecting Young Black Men,” report for the Urban Institute, May 15, 2006, http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=900956.
“State of Working America,” report by the Economic Policy Institute, 2010, cited in Devona Walker, “How Ruthless Banks Gutted the Black Middle Class and Got Away with It,” AlterNet, September 4, 2010, http://www.alternet.org/economy/148068/how_ruthless_banks_gutted_the_black_middle_class_and_got_away_with_it/?page=entire. Lisa Rice, “Communities of Color Lose Jobs, Homes and the Prospect of the American Dream,” American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, September 22, 2011, http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/communities-of-color-lose-jobs-homes-and-the-prospect-of-the-american-dream. “State of the Dream 2011: Austerity for Whom,” United for a Fair Economy, January 14, 2011, http://faireconomy.org/files/State_of_the_Dream_2011.pdf. Ari Berman, “War Against Government Workers is Prolonging the Recession,” The Nation, November 4, 2011, http://www.thenation.com/blog/164397/war-against-government-workers-prolonging-recession. “The Black Labor Force in the Recovery,” special report by the Department of Labor, July 2011, http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/BlackLaborForce/BlackLaborForce.pdf. “The Hispanic Labor Force in the Recovery,” special report by the Department of Labor, March 31, 2011, http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/HispanicLaborForce/HispanicLaborForce.pdf. “Women’s Employment During the Recovery,” special report by the Department of Labor, May 3, 2011, http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/FemaleLaborForce/FemaleLaborForce.pdf. Jim Rubenstein, “New Mexico House Passes Sweeping Funds Bill,” Credit Union Times, February 9, 2010, http://www.cutimes.com/2010/02/09/new-mexico-house-passes-sweeping-funds-bill. “Union Members Summary,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor, January 27, 2012, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm. Richard Trumka, “Rebuilding the American Dream,” (video), June 22, 2011, posted by AFLCIONow, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f9M3YmGVkY. Danielle Sacks, “The Sharing Economy,” Fast Company, April 18, 2011, http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/155/the-sharing-economy.html. Sally Kohn, “A New Grassroots Economy,” The Nation, June 13, 2011, http://www.thenation.com/article/160948/new-grassroots-economy.
CHAPTER 10: OCCUPY THE HEART SPACE
“New Yorkers support anti-Wall Street protests: poll,” Reuters, October 17, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-protests-idUSTRE79G55O20111017. Lydia Saad, “Support for Occupy Unchanged, but More Criticize Approach,” Gallup Politics, November 21, 2011, http://www.gallup.com/poll/150896/support-occupy-unchanged-criticize-approach.aspx. Al Gore, Opening Plenary delivered at the BSR Conference, November 2, 2011.
INDEX
Abolitionists, 81
ACORN, 128, 129
Adbusters (magazine), 98, 101, 142, 143
AFL-CIO, 217
African Americans, 38, 40, 192, 200, 202–203, 204, 221, 228
Air America, 22
Al-Qaeda, 204
Allen, Terry, 221
Alliance to Develop Power (ADP), 220–221
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), 75
American Dream, 1, 4, 6–11, 13, 158, 177, 178, 196, 205, 212, 217, 220, 222, 226, 232, 235, 236
American Dream 2.0, 198, 217, 222
American Dream Movement, 101, 177, 215
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), 33, 54–58
Americans for Prosperity, 66, 85, 86, 141, 143
Anthony, Susan B., 81
Anti-Bush movement, 19–21
Antiglobalization protest, 18, 98
Antiwar movement, 18–19
Apollo Alliance, 23
Arab Spring, 95–97
Armey, Dick, 86, 93
Auto industry, 33, 34, 38, 59
Baby boomers, 100, 213
Bachmann, Michele, 93
Bailouts; and auto industry, 34; and banks, 41–42, 59, 71, 74, 84, 98, 178, 192, 202; and Contract
for the American Dream, 178, 179; TARP, 59; and Tea Party, 87; and Wall Street, 34, 98
Ballot measures, 170–171, 215
Banks, 86; and bailouts, 41–42, 59, 71, 74, 84, 98, 178, 192, 202; and consolidation, 41–42; and Contract for the American Dream, 178, 181; economic casualties of, 171, 202–203; and energy efficiency, 192; and homeowners, 202–203, 207; irresponsible and reckless behavior and mistreatment by, 71, 72, 73; and Justice Department, 157; and mortgage debacle, 157; and Move Our Money, 211–213; and New Bottom Line, 206; and Occupy Wall Street, 107, 143, 151, 152; and progressives, 88; and prosecutions, 41; and reform and regulation, 70–74; and student loans, 208
Beck, Glenn, 93, 129
Bennet, Michael, 163
Bhargava, Deepak, 171
Big money, 158, 159–168, 181, 215, 216
Bin Laden, Osama, 33, 38
Birth control, 40
Black Youth Vote!, 20
Blogosphere, 22, 128, 142, 143
Bloomberg, Michael, 98, 142
Boehner, John, 132
Bologna, Anthony, 105–106
Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437), 25–26
Botsman, Rachel, 218, 219
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 95
Brafman, Ori, 137
Breitbart, Andrew, 61
Brown, John, 81
Brown, Scott, 90
Browner, Carol, 37–38
Budget cuts, 10, 157; and conservatives, 119; and Contract for the American Dream, 179; in Europe, 97; and Occupy Wall Street, 98, 133; and public employees, 205, 229; and Tea Party, 150
Buffett, Warren, 235
Bush, George H. W., 172
Bush, George W., 25, 32, 39, 76, 122, 172; and blogosphere, 22; and civil liberties, 40; and deficits, 59; departure of, 54; and Hurricane Katrina, 24; and immigrants, 40; and Iraq, 3, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 35; and Koch brothers, 85; and middle class, 4; movement against, 19–21; and Obama, 17, 30, 31, 146–147, 152; and Rove, 27; and TARP, 59; and tax cuts, 56, 59, 180; and 2000 election, 21, 172–173; and 2004 election, 21
Business Alliance of Local Living Economies (BALLE), 220
Campaign finance; and corporations, 159–165, 166, 167; and Internet, 20; public, 164, 167, 181; reform, 160, 166–168; and Wall Street, 70
Campaign for America’s Future, 23, 171, 215
Campaign for Community Change, 171
Cap-and-trade program, 59, 63, 76, 87, 193, 195
Caprio, Frank, 169
Carbon, 59, 75, 76, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 191
Carbon tax and trading, 193–195
Caring Across Generations, 206, 213–214
Carson, Rachel, 81
Cato Institute, 85
Center for American Progress, 4, 23
Center for Community Change (CCC), 25, 215
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), 23
Chappelle, Dave, 131
Cheney, Dick, 22, 25, 26, 172
ChicagoTeaParty.com, 84
China, 64, 189, 195
Chomsky, Noam, 132
Citizens for a Sound Economy, 85
Citizens for the Environment, 85
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 160–164
Civil rights, 40, 71, 72, 230
Civil Rights Acts (1964 and 1965), 81
Civil rights movement, 13, 81, 100, 108–109, 174, 176
Civil War, 147, 162
Clark, Ed, 84
Clean Air Act, 81, 195
Clean Water Act, 81
Climate change, 59, 85, 86, 184–187
Climate legislation, 72, 75, 85
Clinton, Bill, 36, 41, 61, 143, 172, 192
Clinton, Hillary, 29, 31, 41, 46, 122, 123, 124, 126, 143
Clooney, George, 32–33
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), 25
Code for America, 169
Code Pink, 18
Cold War, 150
Collins, Chuck, 221
ColorofChange.org, 69
Common Cause, 163, 164, 169
Common Security Clubs, 221–222
Community Reinvestment Act, 72
Congressional Progressive Caucus, 178
Constitution, U.S., 160, 162, 163, 181
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 34
Consumption, 7, 182, 183, 184, 186; collaborative, 218, 219, 222
Contract for the American Dream, 10, 177–181, 182, 215
Corporations, 9, 64, 218; abuses of, 7, 157; and Boehner, 132; and Citizens United ruling, 160–164; and Contract for the American Dream, 179, 180, 181; getting them out of political system, 158, 159–168, 181, 196; and lobbying, 165; and patriotism, 226, 229, 230–232, 233; and political parties, 171–172, 173; power and influence of, 159–160, 162, 230–232; and tax breaks, 90, 165, 181, 231–232, 235
Corruption, 96, 102, 131, 155, 235
Council of Conservative Citizens, 91
Credit and credit cards, 34, 182–183, 184
Cuomo, Mario, 127
Day Without Immigrants protest, 26
Dean, Howard, 20, 24, 51
Debt, 130, 151
Deepwater Horizon, 74
Deficit reduction, 42, 150–151
Deficits, 59, 92, 150–151, 179
Dellinger, Drew, 131
Democracy Alliance (DA), 23
Democracy for America (DFA), 51
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), 24
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 24, 47–54, 57, 62
Democratic National Convention (2004), 28
Democratic Party, 21, 27, 29, 45, 69; and Dean’s and Emanuel’s divergent approaches, 23–24; and hope and change movement, 29; and messaging, 22–23; and Occupy Wall Street, 156, 170; and OFA, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53; and rebalancing the parties, 172, 173; and Tea Party, 87, 172
Demos, 23
Deregulation, 63
Deutch, Ted, 163
DISCLOSE Act, 164–165
Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, 34
Dole, Bob, 172
Domestic Workers United (DWU), 214
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 33, 35
Duarte, Nancy, 145
Ecology, 183, 184, 189
Economic crisis, 32, 131, 182, 198–199, 225
Economic experts and education, 210–211
Economic inequality, 4, 106, 151, 152, 175, 176, 210, 211; See also Wealth disparity
Economy, 73; and care workers, 213; fallacies of, 182–183; green, 182–196; and Millennials, 100, 101, 200; and New Bottom Line, 211; and Obama, 39, 41, 42, 58–59, 64, 149; and Occupy Wall Street, 11, 99, 108, 175, 198; and patriotism, 230–231, 232; and protest, 11; and public employees, 205; and Rebuild the Dream, 4; revitalizing and fixing, 206, 218, 235; and risks and rewards, 234; shareable, 218–222; and stimulus, 33, 55, 57; and Tea Party, 88; and unemployed, 203; and unions, 216, 217; and veterans, 201; and Wall Street, 41, 42, 70, 175
Edgar, Bob, 169
Education, 229, 230; and Contract for the American Dream, 180; economic, 210–211; and narratives, 148; and public employees, 205; reform, 36; See also Students
Edwards, Donna, 163
Electoral politics, 5, 157–158, 170–171, 173–174, 197, 215
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green for All, 23
Ellison, Keith, 163
Emanuel, Rahm, 24
Emotions, 124, 145, 146; and Heart Space/Head Space grid, 4, 116–122; and 99% movement, 225, 226; and Obama campaign rallies, 125; and Occupy Wall Street, 130, 225; in politics, 115; and Tea Party, 127–128
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), 39–40
Employment discrimination, 40
Energy; and Apollo Alliance, 23; and cap-and-trade, 63, 193, 195; clean and green, 23, 37, 40, 59, 72, 75, 76–77, 148, 179, 185, 186, 187–196, 200; and Contract for the American Dream, 179; efficiency, 37–38, 179, 191–19
2, 194; and fossil fuels, 75, 194; and Gore, 25; and government, 188–189; and jobs, 187–188, 190, 191–192, 194–195; and narratives, 148, 152
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 85