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First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
(1978),
161

Foreclosures,
71
; and banks,
202–203
; and Occupy Wall Street,
151
; and resistance and organizing,
10
,
206
,
207
,
212

Fossil fuels,
75
,
185
,
186–187
,
194

Foster, Natalie,
177

Fox News
,
61
; and emotionalism of right-wingers,
115
; and Obama,
61
,
149
; and Occupy Wall Street,
132
,
155
; and stimulus,
56
; and Tea Party,
87
,
128
,
142
,
143
,
223

Frank, Barney,
91

Franken, Al,
22

Free Speech for People,
163

FreedomWorks,
66
,
86
,
91
,
130
,
141

Gaddafi, Muammar,
97

Ganz, Marshall,
125

Gates, Bill,
192

Gays and lesbians,
20–21
,
35
,
139
,
174
,
228

Geithner, Timothy,
41
,
59
,
148

Generational Alliance,
20

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics amendment,
163–164

Get Money Out,
165

Glass–Steagall Act,
72

Global warming,
28
,
86
,
196
;
See also
Climate change

GOP.
See
Republican Party (GOP)

Gore, Al,
22
,
25
,
172
,
225

Great Depression,
7
,
55
,
204

Great Recession,
199

Greece,
97
,
98

Green bank,
72
,
76

The Green Collar Economy
(Jones),
184

Green Party,
21
,
49
,
50
,
173

Greenberg, Stanley,
53

Greenhouse gases,
184
,
191
,
193
,
194

Gun control and rights,
84
,
86

Haley, Nikki,
90

Halliburton,
26
,
201

Hamer, Fannie Lou,
81

Hansen, James,
184

Hari, Johann,
137

Hartmann, Thom,
22

Head Space; and Contract for the American Dream,
177–181
; and green economy,
182–196
; and grid,
116–117
,
118
,
119
,
120
,
121
; and Hillary Clinton,
122
; and Obama,
126
,
127
; and Occupy Wall Street,
175–177
; and Tea Party,
130

HeadCount,
20

Healthcare,
70
,
75
; and Contract for the American Dream,
180
; failure to hold mass mobilizations for reform of,
68–69
; and Koch brothers,
85
; legislation,
35–36
,
48
,
59
,
63
,
69
,
74
; and lobbying,
165
; and narratives,
148
,
152
; and Tea Party,
66
,
67
,
68
,
87
,
91
; workers,
38

Heart Space,
134
; and grid,
116
,
117–118
,
119
,
120
,
121
,
122
; and Hillary Clinton,
123
; and narratives,
145
; and 99% movement,
226
,
233–236
; and Obama,
123
,
125
,
126
,
127
; and Occupy Wall Street,
130
,
133
,
155
; and patriotism,
226–233
; and Tea Party,
128
,
129

Heart Space/Head Space grid,
5
,
113–134

Henry, Mary Kay,
217

Heritage Foundation,
23
,
59

Hip Hop Caucus,
20

Hip Hop Summit,
20

Hitler, Adolf,
128

Hoenig, Thomas,
73

Homeowners,
202–203
,
207

Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan,
84

Hope and change movement; collapse and mistakes of,
5
,
45–82
,
127
; and Heart Space/Head Space grid,
122
,
126
; and Obama,
18
,
28–31
,
39
,
40
,
45
,
47
,
77
,
79
,
80–81
,
82
,
122
,
126–127
,
147
; precursors to,
18–28
; and 2008 election,
5
,
18
,
29–30
,
126–127
; and 2010 elections,
45
;
See also
Pro-democracy movement

Huffington, Arianna,
72

Huffington Post,
22

Hughes, Chris,
125

Hurricane Irene,
38–39

Hurricane Katrina,
24

Hussein, Saddam,
34

Immigration,
25–26
,
40
; and Arizona,
92
,
174
; and Contract for the American Dream,
181
; and Culture Kitchen,
220
; and foreclosure and mortgage relief,
71
; and H. R. 4437 legislation,
26
; and patriotism,
228
,
229
; and Tea Party,
91–92

Infrastructure,
148
,
179
,
200
,
215
,
231

Inside Game; and elections and voting,
157–158
; and filibuster,
169–170
; and getting big money and corporations out of system,
159–168
,
171
; and grid,
116
,
120–121
; and Hillary Clinton,
122
; and 99% movement,
156
,
157
,
159
,
223
; and Obama,
126
,
127
; and Occupy Wall Street,
155
,
156
; and rebalancing the political parties,
171–173
; and running 99% candidates and ballot measures,
170–171
; and Tea Party,
129
,
155
; and tough choices and dilemmas,
173–174
; and transparency,
168–169
,
170

International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
184

International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO),
185

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources,
185

Internet; and collaborative production,
136
; and Contract for the American Dream,
179
; and Dean,
20
; and Iraq protest,
18
; and multiplying charges and statements,
62
; and Occupy Wall Street,
106
; and pranksters and provocateurs,
61

Iraq; and Abu Ghraib,
27
; and Arab Spring,
96
,
97
; and Bush,
3
,
18
,
26–27
,
28
,
35
; and costs,
34
; and Obama,
34–35
; and protest,
18–19
; and weapons of mass destruction,
26–27

Jackson, Lisa,
37

Jim Crow,
13
,
100
,
200

Jobs, Steve,
192
,
234

Jobs with Justice,
214

Johnson, Lyndon,
81

Johnson, Ron,
129

Jones, Walter,
164

K Street,
89

Kennedy, John F.,
176

Kennedy, Ted,
68
,
90

Kerry, John,
20
,
21
,
62

Keystone XL Pipeline,
77

King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.,
202
; and American Dream,
2
,
13
; and capitalism,
60
; and civil rights movement,
81
,
108
,
109
; and green economy,
196
; and “I Have a Dream” speech,
115
,
129
; and patriotism,
226
,
228

Klein, Naomi,
106

Koch brothers,
75
,
85–86
,
141
,
143
,
157

Koch Industries,
85

Kohn, Sally,
220

Kroll, Andy,
8

Krugman, Paul,
55

L.A. City Life,
207

Labor; and care workers,
214
; federal standards on minimum wage and overtime pay,
38
; movement,
81
,
174
,
216
,
217
; and Obama,
38
,
39
; and patriotism,
230
,
232
;
See also
Unions

Lakoff, George,
22
,
114
,
131

League of Young Voters,
20

Lessig, Lawrence,
165

Lewis, John,
91

Lewis, Peter,
23

Libertarian Party,
84

Libertarians,
46
,
50
,
63
,
64
,
83
,
85
,
86
,
88
,
172
,
190

Liberty Labs,
141

Lieberman, Joe,
27

Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
40

Limbaugh, Rush,
61

Lincoln, Abraham,
81

Lobbyists and lobbying,
160
,
165–166
,
181
; and blocks to progressive
change,
157
; and Inside Game,
120
; and Occupy Wall Street,
132
,
197
; and Tea Party,
130
; and Wall Street,
70
,
158

Maddow, Rachel,
22

Madoff, Bernie,
234

Markey, Edward,
75

Mayer, Jane,
85
,
89

McCain, John,
29
,
31
,
46
,
76
,
146

McGovern, Jim,
163

McKibben, Bill,
77

Media attention,
88
,
103
,
138
,
142
,
143

Medicaid,
42
,
86
,
177
,
178
,
229

Medicare,
35
,
157
; and Contract for the American Dream,
177
,
178
,
180
; and deficit reduction,
42
; and government,
188
; and patriotism,
229

Mercatus Center,
85

Middle class,
4
,
7
,
41
; decline and destruction of,
2
,
8
,
9
,
196
; homeowners,
203
; and labor movement and unions,
216
,
217
; and Occupy Wall Street and 99% movement,
5
; and patriotism,
229
,
232
; saving and rebuilding,
108
,
196

Military spending,
178
,
181

Militias,
86
,
91

Millennials,
20
,
100–101
,
171
,
199–201

Minimum wage,
38
,
84
,
180

Moore, Michael,
20
,
106

Mortgages,
34
,
71
,
84
,
98
,
157
,
171
,
202–203

Move Our Money,
211–213

Moveon.org
; and healthcare,
69
; and Iraq protest,
18
; and Occupy Wall Street,
142
,
143
,
156
; and Rebuild the Dream,
215

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