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Why You Should Like Ed DeMarco

This outfit is run by a fellow named Van Jones, who just happens to have worked for Obama as a Green jobs czar. I find it it interesting that Mr. Jones has gone from Green, to mortgages. Possibly he’s just a political hack, who does what he is told (and paid for). Speaking of ...

Look who wants to disarm federal buildings

... organizations, chapters and student and community volunteers that are moving the building industry forward in a way that has never been seen before.” WND found the USBC board of directors includes Majora Carter, who co-founded the radical environmental activist group Green for All with Van Jones...

C.J.: Vikes QB Christian Ponder: 'Football is my girlfriend'

He joined the women of "The View" with his pals, actor Rosario Dawson and Rebuild The Dream foundation founder Van Jones. Prince promoted a series of concerts he is performing on behalf of the foundation to shine a positive light on Chicago. But all I could hear was that 'fro screaming. ...

Marcia G. Yerman: The Environment, the Election, Money and the Koch Brothers

" Van Jones, founder of Green for All, said plainly, "They gotta do whatever they can to protect their profits. " A lawmaker who is not buying the Kochs' agenda is Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA). He has been outspoken about the fact that the Kochs don't want to comply with environmental ...

Obama's California fundraising trip irks Left and Right

Steyer spoke at the “Forward on Climate” rally on the National Mall in February, where he appeared alongside Green For All founder and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Van Jones and stood on stage behind Canadian-born “Lost” actress Evangeline Lilly while said she was “ashamed of what my country ...

“No Excuses, Just Excellence”

Thomas Jefferson, speaking of the inequality and Native Americans’ bereft of their land this country was founded upon, said, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.” This is where Van Jones began his discussion as the Keynote speaker for Black History Month at Old ...

Van Jones on the First Presidential Debate

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney held the first presidential debate of the general election last night, and our own co-founder, Van Jones, was there to provide analysis on CNN. Van Jones is the President of Rebuild the Dream. Van is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for ...

Transcript: Live Chat with Van Jones and Ari Berman on the State of the Obama Coalition in 2012

Welcome to our chat with reporter Ari Berman and Rebuild the Dream president and co-founder Van Jones. Ari Berman: Hello! Thanks for having us. I'm Ari Berman, contributing writer for The Nation and author of Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American ...

Voting for the people and the planet

Van Jones (wearing a suit) getting arrested shoulder-to-shoulder with coal miners in Missouri. Source: Twitter @VanJones68 Last week Van Jones, the founder of the green jobs advocacy group Green for All, was arrested at a rally organized to protest against a major American coal ...

The Buzz on the Van Jones' Resignation at Momentum

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Jones' successor at Green for All, took the issue head on at Tides' Momentum Conference There was lots of buzz about the Van Jones resignation yesterday at the Tides Foundation Momentum Conference, but one speaker took the issue head on, and that was Phaedra ...

Daryl Hannah, Van Jones Paint Democratic National Convention Green at DNC Green Frontier Fest

In addition to more than 100 green living exhibits, eco-carnival games and a full-sized solar energy home, special guests included Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Director of Colorado Governor’s Energy Office Tom Plant, Daryl Hannah, and Van Jones. Daryl Hannah, an environmentalist and ...

Alternative Energy

Van Jones, president of Green for All, emphasizes the point “wind turbines don’t manufacture themselves, and solar panels need someone to install them,” so if our economy switches to alternative energy, then it would create more jobs, which in turn would lead to economic success. ...

Hagel’s Controversial Foreign Connections and Backers

FitzGibbon also represents Rebuild the Dream, the group started by Van Jones, the disgraced former communist activist fired by the Obama Administration when details about his background came to light. Natalie Foster, Co-Founder and CEO of Rebuild the Dream, says, “The FitzGibbon Media ...

Obama Stimulus Dollars Funded Soros Empire, in Scandal that Dwarfs ACORN and GSA, Says New Report

Four powerful organizations and coalitions—The STAR Coalition, The Gamaliel Foundation, the Apollo Alliance, and Green for All – are given detailed scrutiny in this regard, with the involvement of Van Jones getting special mention. Jones is the former Obama “Green Jobs Czar” fired ...

HW Pick: Rebuild the Dream, By Van Jones

Green For All’s founder, Van Jones, has a new book, “Rebuild the Dream,” coming out on April 4th. As you know, Van has advocated for years for a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. He has been an unwavering leader for our shared mission and a light in the ...

Carbon Nation [Brighter Planet's Safety in Numbers]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” The cast also includes: Richard Branson (CEO, Virgin Group), Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times), James Woolsey (former CIA Director), Bernie Karl (Geothermal pioneer from Alaska), Denis Hayes (Founder of Earth Day), Van Jones (Founder...

Deep Green Jobs

However, as Green For All founder Van Jones says, "There should be a moral principle there that says, let's green the ghetto first. Let's go to those communities where they have the least ability to pay for that retrofit and make sure they get that help, make sure they get that support. ...

Fifty Young Progressive Activists Who Are Changing America

... Angeles) -- will continue to make waves as the century evolves, as will a new generation of environmental activists, such as Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Green for All), Van Jones (former Obama adviser and founder of Rebuild the Dream), Erich Pica (Friends of the Earth), and Phil Radford (Greenpeace)...

Radical Muslims, Environmentalists, and the Green Jihad

Ellison first met Matin in 2008 at a Muslim American seminar caucus in Washington, D.C. Matin was a fellow of “ Green For All [6],” the very organization founded by communist Van Jones [7] to help promote the financial wonders of the so-called Green Economy [8]. Matin also helped ...

Actividades y Eventos

Presents a free and public conversation featuring Van Jones, Founder and President of Rebuild The Dream Author of “The Green Collar Economy” and “Rebuild the Dream” Former White House Advisor for Green Jobs Ven a “trick or treat” con los bomberos el día lunes, 29 de octubre, de 2:00 a ...

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