Forum Post: A Call For Action

Friends, Occupiers, Friends of occupiers, tonight I am angry. Tonight I am fired up, tonight I have had enough. Day after day I have been hearing of different branches of the occupy movement being forced out of the place they are occupying. Day after day I have heard of the movement being broken down and torn apart little by little. Too often do I see a misrepresentation of the movement printed in the papers, and too often do I hear about the worst of the movement on the news but not even a mention of how hard this movement has worked to stay peaceful even with police brutality. I was there when we marched through the streets! I saw the fire in the hearts of thousands just looking for justice! I heard the voices of people, young and old, educated and not, of all races, calling together! But now, now I am sad to see our hard work crumbling. They may be able to take our occupation spaces, but we can not allow them to take our fire! Tonight, I call for every person who identifies with this movement, every struggling mother, indebted college graduate, working man, teacher, father, friend, for every person to show their support to this movement. If you cannot go out and protest, for whatever reason, I urge you to show your support for the cause in other ways. What would the government do if every house, every apartment window, every dorm room, sported a sign in support of the cause? How would the media handle if every person on the street, every day wore a button or a shirt in support? What could they do to shut us up then? Nothing. So tonight, I call for a flash mob of sorts, a continuous wave of a new type of protest. Let us utilize what they can not take, our homes, and our bodies. Let us show, without a doubt who we are, and that we are everywhere, and that we want change!

Keep the fire strong.