The middle class and the American Dream that created it are under attack as never before. But there is a real uprising sweeping the nation to save the middle class.

 The Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) is teaming up with Van Jones’ “Rebuild The Dream” organization for the “Take Back the American Dream” conference Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C. This year, the CAF annual conference will focus on adding gas to the grassroots fire that has already been lit in Wisconsin and town halls all over the country.

(Online registration for the conference is now closed. You may still register on-site starting at 8 a.m. on Monday at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave, N.W. For an agenda, list of speakers and other conference information, click here.)

Writing in The Nation, CAF Co-Director Robert Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel, the magazine’s editor and publisher, say:

 … only a citizens’ movement can save an American dream that grows ever more distant. In the face of a failed economy and a corrupted politics, the only hope for renewal is that citizens lead and politicians follow.

Read the entire article, “Can a Movement  Save the American Dream?” here. 

Rising leaders like Van Jones will share innovative movement-building strategies that have begun to shake up politics. Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will join with the nation’s best community organizers to map out a cross-country drive for economic revival. Student leaders will share how social media is essential to stifle the forces that oppose the American Dream.

If you can’t make it to the conference, you can watch it live on Free Speech TV on DIRECTV channel 348, Dish Network channel 9415 and online at OurFuture.org and FreeSpeech.org. Watch conference sessions and exclusive live interviews hosted by Thom Hartmann, Chris Rabb, David Pakman, Latoya Peterson and Adele Stan.  You also can join the conversation on Facebook and follow on Twitter (@freespeechtv) via the conference hashtag #takeback11.