Go to an Occupy Event. Express Yourself Letter to the Editor [View All]

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/21-1


Having returned from sleeping in Liberty Square with a thousand or so outraged but friendly fellow citizens, I would urge everyone to get down there, at least for a visit. Inspiration is guaranteed, and you can learn the tools for action that can peacefully help our experiment in democracy thrive again, both down on Wall Street and anywhere your home happens to be.

The goal, that famous demand the media keeps demanding from the movement, is to enact policies for fairly sharing the nation’s wealth and meeting the true needs of people. But that is only my demand, and I speak only for myself. The change being enacted by everyone at Occupy Wall Street goes deeper than politics.

Go and see for yourself, and express yourself. You are encouraged to make your own signs expressing your own view on things. Poignant and pointed signs adorn the sidewalks or are held by protestors, who range from homeless vets and graduate students who are unemployed and deeply in debt, and from mothers whose children face a dangerous future. There is humor, pathos and rage, side by side for anyone to read.

There is a free library, free food, and art and yoga all free, and drumming and dancing and more. People are freely meeting among themselves. And there are times set aside for what is called a soapbox, where people are free to listen to speeches, or not. But the scene it is more than just messaging and morale, as important as those are, at Occupy Wall Street citizens learn remarkable ways to cooperate for change.

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