by:
Robert Borosage, Campaign for America's Future
| Op-Ed
"Right now, the American dream is endangered. America has become, Citibank analysts wrote, a 'plutonomy,' made of the rich and the rest – and only the rich count."
Thousands rally to defend worker rights in Wisconsin, then nearly a
million force a referendum in Ohio to repeal a similar assault. Tens of
thousands fill congressional town meetings to demand "Jobs, not Cuts" in
August. Over 100,000 join in vetting provisions for a Contract for the
American Dream. Nonviolent protestors occupy Wall Street, and stay
restrained despite police provocation, and now demonstrations are
spreading to financial districts in cities across the country. The press
isn’t looking, but there’s a movement building of citizens challenging
the gridlocked debate in Washington.
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