Progressive Activists Campaign Against Budget Cuts

Progressive activists gathered Tuesday in downtown Washington to push back against conservative demands for less government spending.

The event was part of the Take Back the American Dream conference co-sponsored by the progressive organizations Campaign for America’s Future and Rebuild the Dream.

Campaign for America’s Future President Robert Borosage urged activists to pressure Hill lawmakers into focusing on creating jobs rather than cutting spending.

AFL-CIO official Arlene Holt Baker said that labor groups like her’s are prepared to hold lawmakers accountable for growing the economy and putting folks back to work.

“Something is happening out there and the question for all politicians is ‘will they tap into that?’” asked Justin Ruben of Moveon.org.

“We’re about to shake up politics,” said Rebuld the Dream leader Van Jones. “We no longer have faith that Washington, DC and Wall Street by themselves can do anything to save the American people and the American middle class. Now it’s our turn.”