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
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
YouTube, 123, 130, 142, 143