Van Jones launch an "October offensive"

Van Jones, who served as President Barack Obama's environmental adviser till Sept. 2009, has said that the progressives are going to launch an "October offensive" against the Tea Party.

In June last, Jones launched a progressive group called Rebuild the Dream to focus on job creation and to oppose the influence of the Tea Party in American politics.

"When Warren Buffett comes out and says, look, we've got to do something to raise taxes and to do better by America, and you've got these young kids who are going out there on Wall Street," Jones said. He was referring to the members of Occupy Wall Street, who have been camped out in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan's financial district for the past several weeks.

"You can see it right now with these young people on Wall Street. Hold onto your hats, we're going to have an October offensive to take back the American dream and to rescue America's middle class," he said.