Rebuild the Dream (42 page)

Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA),
25

Moyers, Bill,
158

Mubarak, Hosni,
95–96

Murman, Ruth,
207

Murray, Caroline,
221

MyBarackObama.com
,
125
,
139
,
143

NAACP,
91
,
92

Nader, Ralph,
21
,
172

Narratives and stories,
5
,
145–152

National Council of La Raza (NCLR),
25

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON),
25

National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA),
214
,
215

National Public Radio (NPR),
115
,
117

New Bottom Line,
101
,
206
,
211–213

New Deal,
81
,
204

New Economics Foundation (NEF),
186

New Organizing Institute,
171

New York Times
,
19
,
91
,
117
,
170

Newsom, Gavin,
20

99% movement,
11–12
,
173–174
; and alternative economic models,
217–222
; and Contract for the American Dream,
178
; and economic casualty groups,
198–206
,
217
; emergence of,
5
; future and continuation of,
197–198
,
222–223
,
225–226
; and Head Space,
177
,
196
; and Heart Space,
226
; and Inside Game,
156
,
157
,
159
,
223
; need to be for the 100%,
13
,
226
,
233–236
; and new approaches,
206–217
; and Outside Game,
197–198
,
218
,
222–223
; and patriotism,
226–233
; and public support,
225
; and running candidates and ballot measures,
170–171
,
173
,
174
,
215
;
See also
Occupy Wall Street: and 99% movement

Nixon, Richard,
81

Norquist, Grover,
89

Oath Keepers,
86
,
197–198

Obama, Barack; accomplishments of,
32–39
,
55
; as alleged atheist and/or Muslim,
128
,
149
,
150
; as alleged socialist,
56
,
58–65
,
128
,
149
; and bipartisanship,
79
,
148
; constraints on,
3
,
32
,
50
; disappointments, missteps, and mistakes of,
31–32
,
39–42
,
45–82
,
148–149
; and Heart Space/Head Space grid,
122–127
; and hope,
17
,
31
,
42
,
113
,
124
,
126
,
127
,
139
; and hope and change movement,
18
,
28–31
,
39
,
40
,
45
,
47
,
77
,
79
,
80–81
,
82
,
122
,
126–127
,
147
; inauguration of,
46
,
67
,
78
; and media,
142
,
143
; and movements,
2
,
3
,
5
,
11
,
18
; and Mubarak,
96
; and narratives,
146–149
,
150
,
152
; and Occupy Wall Street,
99
,
130
; and OFA,
47
,
50
,
51–52
; in office,
148–149
,
152
; and open source brands,
139–141
,
143
; and reelection,
170
; rise of,
28–29
; and support centers,
141
,
143
; and swarm theory,
5
,
135
,
139–141
,
142–143
; and Tea Party,
83
,
87–88
,
89
,
90
,
127
,
128
,
140
,
149–150
,
152
; and transparency,
168
; and 2008 campaign,
17–18
,
20
,
29–31
,
34
,
41
,
43
,
46
,
47
,
49
,
51
,
52–53
,
113
,
122–127
,
134
,
139–140
,
141
,
142–143
,
146–148
,
152
; and 2008 election,
2
,
17
,
101
,
126–127
,
216
; and 2010 elections,
39
,
42
,
45

Occupy Design,
132

Occupy Homes,
207
,
212

Occupy Sound,
131–132

Occupy Student Debt,
208–210

Occupy Wall Street,
134
; and bailouts,
42
; and Citizens United ruling,
161
,
163
; core group,
98
,
99–101
; and decentralization,
102
,
104–105
,
140
; and demands,
102
,
103
,
175–177
; and economic casualty groups,
199
; emergence of,
10
,
5
,
82
,
94–99
,
101
,
113
,
130
,
177
; and emotionally resonant messages,
101
; and encampments,
101
,
103
,
142
,
198
; future and continuation of,
99–101
,
197–198
,
225–226
; and Head Space,
175–177
; and Heart Space,
155
; and Heart Space/Head Space grid,
130–134
; and Inside Game,
155–159
,
174
; and media,
103
,
142
,
143
,
175–176
,
197
; and memes,
101
,
102
,
142
; and messages, spectacle, and humor,
132–133
; and narratives,
151–152
; and new approaches,
206–217
; and 99% movement,
107–109
,
133–134
,
156
,
174
,
197–198
,
206
; and nonviolence,
102
,
105–106
,
155
; and open source brands,
101
,
140–141
,
143
,
223
; and Outside Game,
155
,
197–198
; and patriotism,
152
; and political candidates,
170–171
; and public support,
108
,
198
,
225
; and social media,
101
,
108
,
130–131
,
133
,
142
; spread of,
98–99
,
225
; successes of,
43
,
99
,
101–106
,
197
; and support centers,
101
,
142
,
143
; and swarm theory,
5
,
101
,
135
,
140–141
,
142
,
143
,
223
; and timing,
101
,
102–103
; and “we are the 99%” slogan,
10
,
94–95
,
102
,
130–131
,
132
,
133
,
151
,
152
,
225

Occupying classrooms (teach-ins),
210–211
,
218

O'Donnell, Christine,
62

Ohio,
10
,
21
,
174
,
205
,
216

Oil spills,
37
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
187
,
228

Open source brands,
92
,
101
,
138–141
,
143
,
223

Organizing for America (OFA),
47–53
,
66
,
67
,
69
,
77

The Other 98%,
101

Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) amendment,
163

Outside Game; and alternative economic models,
217–222
; and clean energy,
189
; and economic casualty groups,
198–206
; and grid,
116
,
118–119
,
120
,
121
,
122
; and 99% movement,
197–198
,
218
,
222–223
; and Obama,
125–127
; and Occupy Wall Street,
133
,
155
,
197–198
; and occupying everywhere,
206–217
; and swarm theory,
134
,
135
; and Tea Party,
129
,
155
,
156

Palin, Sarah,
93
,
124

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
35–36
,
180

Patients United Now,
85

Patriotism; cheap,
11
,
226
,
227
,
228
,
230–233
; deep,
11
,
226–230
; and narratives,
5
,
147
,
149
,
150
; and 99% movement,
226–233
,
234
,
235
; and Obama,
147
,
149
; and Occupy Wall Street,
152
; and Tea Party,
140
,
150
,
229
,
230
,
231

Paul, Rand,
90
,
93
,
129

Paul, Ron,
83
,
86
,
93

Pearce, Russell,
174

Pelosi, Nancy,
27
,
28
,
87
,
148
,
149
,
152

Penn, Mark,
46

People for the American Way,
159

People's Rights Amendment,
163

Perot, Ross,
172

Pharrell,
132

PIRG,
20

Planned Parenthood,
215

Plutocracy,
158

Podesta, John,
23

PolicyLink,
23

Political concepts and political action,
113–122

Pollution.
See
Environment: and air quality and pollution

Poo, Ai-jen,
214

Poverty and the poor,
1
,
8
; and economic casualty groups,
199
; and federal taxes,
131
; and Kiva,
220
; and 99% movement,
196
,
226
; and Occupy Wall Street,
132
; and patriotism,
226
,
228
,
232
; and Tea Party,
129

Pro-democracy movement,
21–25
,
47
;
See also
Anti-Bush movement
;
Hope and change movement

Progressive Majority,
171

Public Citizen,
163

Public Enemy,
132

Race to the Top program,
36

Rakha, Youssef,
95

Ratigan, Dylan,
165

Reagan, Ronald,
41
,
72
,
84

Rebuild the Dream,
4
,
171
,
177
,
206
,
210
,
214–215

Recession and depression protections,
72

Reform Party,
172

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI),
194

Regulation,
70–74
,
235
; and Koch Industries,
85
; and lobbyists,
165
,
166
; of markets,
12

Reich, Robert,
73
,
163

Reid, Harry,
27
,
28
,
148
,
152

Renewable Energy Standard,
195

Republican Party (GOP),
25
; and economic inequality,
4
; and economic policy,
41
; and
Fox News
,
61
; and hope and change movement,
29
; and Latinos,
26
; and public employees,
204–205
; and rebalancing the parties,
172
,
173
; and Rove,
27
,
143
; and stimulus,
58
; and Tea Party,
86
,
87
,
89
,
105
,
172
; and 2006 elections,
27
; and 2010
elections,
45
,
129
,
166
; and Wall Street reform,
34
; and Waxman-Markey,
75