Rebuild the Dream (39 page)

CHAPTER 8: OCCUPY THE HEAD SPACE

“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 CO
₂
measurements by the Scripps CO
₂
Program at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii,
http://co2now.org/Current-CO2/CO2-Now/
. James Hansen et al, “Target Atmospheric CO
₂
: 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
.

CHAPTER 9: OCCUPY THE OUTSIDE GAME

“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.

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

Beckstrom, Rod,
137

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