Save the American Dream by Fighting the Plutocracy

Monday 3 October 2011

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.