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Van Jones Previews the American Dream Movement

Jones and MoveOn.org will officially launch the new “ Rebuild the Dream ” campaign in New York City tonight. This morning I interviewed Jones and MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben about what the campaign will look like and what they hope to accomplish in the coming year.

Jones, a former green jobs adviser to the Obama administration, envisions “Rebuild the Dream” as a progressive response to the Tea Party. “The entire DC establishment, in both parties, has been captured by the bad logic of war and austerity, and the gravitational pull of the Tea Party,” says Jones. “The peace and prosperity agenda that most of us voted for in 2008 doesn’t have a center of gravity anymore and that’s why people feel so demoralized. But we’re about to re-establish that center of gravity.” The aim is to “change the conversation” by building a movement for economic justice that will advocate on behalf of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, college graduates who can’t find a job, Americans who’ve lost their homes or whose mortgages are underwater, and embattled cops, firefighters, nurses and teachers.

The pushback to the nation’s austerity craze began in Wisconsin, which inspired Jones and MoveOn to launch their new campaign. “Madison is bringing out a new sense of hope and determination among people in the political process,” says Jones. Adds Ruben: “We were seeing energy after Wisconsin, from our members, that we hadn’t seen in a really long time, especially on anything related to the economy.” Now they want to connect what is happening in Wisconsin to the rest of the country under one common banner. “There will be more moments like Wisconsin,” says Ruben. “And we’d be crazy to try to predict what they’ll be. Part of what we’re doing is creating a context so that if Wisconsin happened now, there would be even more mobilization in the country around it. It won’t just be solidarity with Wisconsin, but will spark more energy around the country that will be locally and nationally focused.”

Along with MoveOn, some of the most influential groups in the progressive community have signed on to the “Dream” campaign, including the AFL-CIO, SEIU, Campaign for America’s Future and the Center for Community Change.

Top Home And Garden Magazines | Garden Home Design

There is no place like home.

It’s a cliché but it’s true. It’s your home so make it look great.

All across the world, homes are decorated differently. They want to stand apart from everyone else in the neighborhood. A house down the street has a fountain in their yard. Your brother-in-law’s finished basement is a dream come true for a sports fan.

You’re left asking yourself, “How did they do that or how did they think of that?”

There are endless possibilities with how you can decorate your house or your yard. Most of them are pretty easy to accomplish. The trick is coming up with an idea of how it’s to look when done. Would your home look better with a Southwestern theme or possibly a look that resembles Asian culture?

Well, magazines devoted to topics such as decorating homes or garden tips are located in bookstores across the country. You can also find magazines on these topics at websites such Mags For Less at magsforless.com.

Here are some examples of home and garden magazines with some brief descriptions, plus they’re all available at the cheap magazines site I mentioned earlier.

Luxury Home Plans, 150 Finely Crafted Home Designs

LIFE

Ebony

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Architecture and suburbia, from English villa to American dream house, 1690--2000