Sabtu, 01 Oktober 2011

Van Jones Praises Occupy Wall Street, Says Progressives Launching 'October Offensive' To Rival Tea Party

showFormer White House adviser, Van Jones, says that progressives are going to launch an "October offensive" to rival the tea party, in the spirit of the protests of Arab spring in the Middle East.

"Everyone should stay in their seats. October will be the turning point in regard to the progressive fight back. You can see it coming," Jones said this week on MSNBC, "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell.

"When Warren Buffett came out and said, look, we have to do something to raise taxes and do more for the United States, and you have these young guys who go around on Wall Street," said Jones, referring to members of Occupy Wall Street, who have been camping in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan's financial district for the past few weeks, "There is a generation of Americans who are looking around and saying, 'What is the American dream going to look like me? They will stand. " "You will see a drop in America, a fall of America, as we saw the Arab Spring," continued Jones. "You can see now with these young people on Wall Street. Hold onto your hat, we will have an offensive in October to recover the American dream and to rescue the American middle class."
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Jones, who served as Tsar President Barack Obama's green jobs until his resignation in September 2009, launched the Rebuilding the dream progressive group in June to focus on job creation and counter the influence of the Tea Party in American politics.

"We will build a progressive balance of power of the Tea Party," O'Donnell said Jones Thursday night.

Rebuilding the dream is organizing a conference in Washington, DC next week.

Jones also praised the Wall Street Occupy protesters in a blog on The Huffington Post this week.

Wall Street has been home to the greatest threat to American democracy. Now it has become home to what may be our best hope to rescue it, "writes Jones.

"A new generation has arrived on the scene of the crimes committed against our future. It is time for all people of good will to give our support to all young lung Wall Street squatting movement."
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