In his speech to the “Take Back The American Dream” conference Monday, former Obama advisor Van Jones held up the “Occupy Wall Street” movement as an example of what progressives could do to force change. “I’m not mad at [the tea party] for being so loud,” he said. “I’m mad…
On Monday the “Take Back the American Dream 2011” conference began in Washington, D.C. Billed as part of a middle class uprising against corporate dominance of U.S. government policies, the conference is being supported by many left-leaning groups and labor unions as a way to workshop ideas on how average…