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Van Jones on America's Uprising: It's Going To Be an Epic Battle

Adele M. Stan, Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 4, 2011.

Jones talked to AlterNet about the growing social movements for change, running real progressives in 2012, and how we can train a million new leaders.

Vision: Progressives Consider Using Tea Party Tactics to Rebuild the American Dream

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. July 19, 2011.

At a "Rebuild the Dream" meeting, Brooklyn progressives ponder whether they have to act like the Tea Party in order to inspire change.

Rebuilding the American Dream: Why Starting a Liberal Antidote to the Tea Party Movement Isn't Going to be Easy

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

The Tea Partiers' sense of shared identity is crucial to their success. Who were those gathered this weekend to kick off Van Jones' new project?

Van Jones Kicks off American Dream Movement with Energetic Rally and Speech at NYC's Town Hall

Jason Abbruzzese, AlterNet. June 24, 2011.

Van Jones has a clear message for Americans feeling the brunt of the economic downturn - help is on the way, and we mean business.

Van Jones Live: Rebuilding the American Dream

Van Jones, AlterNet. June 23, 2011.

Hear Van Jones speaking live from the launch of the Rebuild the Dream campaign.

Tonight, Watch: Van Jones Jumpstarts New Progressive Movement to Confront and Push Back American Conservative and Corporate Dominance

Don Hazen, Van Jones, Justin Rubin, AlterNet. June 22, 2011.

Tonight is Jones' opening gambit in a large-scale, ambitious effort to create what many hope will be the progressives answer to the Tea Party.

Van Jones: We Must Prepare for Battle

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2010.

We went from We Are One to We Are Done, Jones tells a D.C. audience; it's time to stop waiting for cues from Washington.

How Many Oil Rigs Will Explode Before We Realize the Future Lies with Clean Energy?

Van Jones, Climate Progress. September 7, 2010.

It shouldn't take an oil apocalypse to get our attention. We are facing a continuing threat in the gulf from multiple points of potential peril.

Glenn Beck Is Still Smearing Van Jones, Even After Jones Takes High Road Preaching 'Love' for Fox Host

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 4, 2010.

Six months after Gateway Pundit forced Jones' White House resignation over a 9/11 petition, Beck revives ridiculous red-baiting act.

Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies

* Staff, Media Matters for America. December 22, 2009.

Beck's unbridled ignorance and confidence in his own manipulative half-truths and lies make him the most dangerously effective misinformer of 2009.

When Conservatives Attack! David Brooks Takes On Glenn Beck

Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009.

Brooks: "Everyone is convinced that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc, possess real power. And the saddest thing is that even Republican politicians believe it."

A Line in the Sand Against Glenn Beck

Staff, Color of Change AlterNet: PEEK. September 11, 2009.

There is no doubt that Glenn Beck has a big platform. But what supports his platform is advertising dollars, and that support is crumbling.

After Targeting Van Jones, Glenn Beck Takes His shot at Hip-Hop Activist Yosi Sergant

Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop. September 11, 2009.

Glenn Beck uses smear attacks to push for White House staffer Yosi Sergant's resignation for organizing artists to support Obama's national service program.

Stop Glenn Beck's Assault on Green Jobs and Clean Energy

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. September 9, 2009.

Van Jones was just the beginning.

After Van Jones, Who Will the Right Try to Target?

Michael Kieschnick, AlterNet. September 9, 2009.

The Obama White House misunderstood the right wing media machine. Bullies never are appeased by victory. We will all pay the price.

The Buzz on the Van Jones Resignation at Momentum

Don Hazen, AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2009.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Jones' successor at Green for All, took the issue head on yesterday at the Tides Foundation Momentum Conference.

What's Next After Taking Out Van Jones? Fox News Blurts Out Agenda to Sabotage the Environment

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. September 8, 2009.

The job destroyers and climate destroyers of the right wing most certainly smell blood -- and what they want to do is no joke.

Big Business's Hidden Hand in the Smear Job on Van Jones

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 8, 2009.

How Americans for Prosperity, the astroturf group that organized town-hall thuggery, teamed up with Fox News to force out Van Jones.

Cartoon: Hello Mr. Rumsfeld, Did You Hear Van Jones Resigned?

Lee Camp, Huffington Post AlterNet: Politics. September 7, 2009.

A National Portrait: Van Jones Edition

Rep. Mike Pence, Who Led Witch Hunt Against Van Jones, Took $1,000s From Extremist Erik Prince

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2009.

Among Pence's campaign contributors is Blackwater's owner, whom Pence defended after the Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad.

5 Reasons Why Van Jones and Progressives are Better Off With Jones Out of the White House

Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 7, 2009.

The truth is, progressives need Van Jones working on the outside providing vision and leadership, not on the inside with his mouth buttoned.

The Van Jones Saga: White Liberals Need to Keep Their Eye on the Prize When Racism Comes a Knockin'

Ludovic Speaks, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 6, 2009.

Where were all the big progressive groups when Van Jones was under attack from the right?

Van Jones' Resignation: A Moment of Truth For Liberal Institutions in the Veal Pen

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. September 6, 2009.

Where are all the statements defending Van Jones by liberal organizations? They are staying silent, while the White House sells out the interests of their members.

Van Jones Resigns from White House; Targeted by Oil Interests

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 6, 2009.

Environmentalist and green-jobs advocate Van Jones resigned from his post as White House adviser after targeting by the oil-industry-funded right.

Van Jones Steps Down as Green Czar to Avoid Distraction of Right-Wing Drumbeat

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post. September 6, 2009.

Jones said right-wingers' vicious smears against him represent a strategy of "distract and divide" on the eve of the fight for health reform and clean energy.