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North American (General) North American (US West Coast - California, Portland)Transcript
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introduction. In my previous book, Getting America Back to Work, I talked about a 30 year assault by the financial elite on America's Working families. This was no accident, nor was it inevitable. Instead, it was a deliberate, organized program to slash wages and benefits to lower our standard of living and a shift wealth toward the few at the top and away from everyone else. As I write this, the fruits of that effort, measured in millions of middle class dreams turned to nightmares, are now upon us. This is what organized money can do and has done. I also wrote about the antidote to the power of organized money, which is the power of organized people over and over. History tells us that organized people can change the world. My own life is filled with too many examples for me to believe. Otherwise, I have seen organized people do something as simple as get a foot dragging city council to put up a stop sign in a poor neighborhood or something as grand as derailing a presidential candidacy. I have seen organized people demand and get better access to health care, and I have seen the beginnings of an international movement that, when it comes to full power, will restore sanity, toe world trade policies