OK, straighten me out, here. Too many things seem to be connected.

[Frustratedlady]

We have Occupy Wall Street, then we have Occupy many other cities. Now, I receive an email from Van Jones regarding the American Dream Movement.

Van Jones is the one who resigned shortly after being named to a Green job in the WH, right? We have Occupy Wall Street which wasn't coming forth with much of a message of why they were marching (at least to satisfy the media) and we had questions about why Obama wasn't taking a stand on the occupation. Now, we have the Washington meeting for the American Dream Movement, with powerful speakers, I might add. Next we have marches for something in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6th which sounds related.

Could all of these be connected and (perhaps) a project given to Van Jones to organize when he left the WH?

Just thinkin'.


Today starts the first national gathering of the American Dream Movement.

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We're livestreaming the whole thing, starting this morning, here:

http://www.rebuildthedream.com/

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264654&id=31656-5750662-IIKv%3DPx&t=1

This summit couldn't come at a more critical moment. With the Occupy Wall Street protests spreading from New York City to dozens of cities around the country, it's clear that Americans are hungry for real, fundamental change. The young people who are camped out at Occupy Wall Street are demanding a government that's responsive to the 99%, not the 1% who can afford lobbyists. They are calling for an end to corporate influence of our democracy, and for a return to an economy that's more geared toward Main Street than Wall Street.

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I'll be speaking at the conference along with movement leaders including Robert Reich, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Richard Trumka, Mary Kay Henry, and Rep. Barney Frank.