Who Is Van Jones?

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Wearing combat boots and holding a black panther -- He -- that period if -- in another country I'd probably would have joined some underground. Was I went to I -- law -- Although he says he wanted to drop out Jones standing because he decided to be green yeah legitimacy. And civil rights -- would later become a crucial part of his -- this is.

I applaud this stand and -- major turning point came in 1993 when he was arrested during the Rodney King.

In jail he pulled -- all of these young radical people of color. I mean really radical Communists and anarchist. And it was life. This is what I need to be apart of and -- The verdicts which cleared the -- of beating Rodney King came down in late April of that year Jones says my obvious I was -- Communist. He spent the next ten years as a full fledged radical among other things -- group called storm. Standing together to organize -- revolutionary movement. Which film study groups in the Marxist inland and -- according to the -- historical and let me cleaning revolution. All of storms members develop a basic understanding. And commitment to revolutionary Marxist policies -- emphasis on the historical experiences of Third World Communist. Particularly -- Six. -- history tells us killed 77. Million of his own people. For more than Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Storms early work involved -- mobilizing young people of color into militant direct action and combine -- with more. -- organizing in our communities one of the big causes. Trying to mobilize for him. Killer Mumia Abu Jamal decides they're studying an active. Group each of the store members it's time to. For example. Jones on the storm affiliated. Area. He's watch in 1995. Which expanded to become the yellow daycare Centre for human rights. And on some civil rights hero who worked closely. Communist four years including secret party members and Levinson. For many years -- USA's top money. His hard work begins. Thomas Jones made a huge in the saying things that no one else would like really browns police -- it's killing black people in 1999. Jones was arrested. While protesting the World Trade Organization. -- three years later peace since renounced his black national. The focus on an environmentalist. He -- Yeah.

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He railed against the government. What happened during hurricane Katrina and touted -- new green jobs plan to focus on stopping. And part time adding a social justice component green jobs. He says he wants to -- build a pipeline from the prison -- the greens become. Training rehabilitated -- A solar powered energy efficient future.

Global warming let's -- It was great how gases are not coming from closet coming from -- things -- anybody was -- greenhouse gas. Coming from the cities you cannot be global warming -- this season. You cannot win the Phillies let you -- you know you can not green again okay.

And why isn't that such -- committed revolutionary. Estimated so high heat into the Obama administration. Is one of his -- to buddies. Profile of Ben Jones that appeared in the east bay express in 2005 but still considers himself for a in the book that's the joint hit -- studies reader and Jones -- close.

The outcome is already know.

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