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This is a democratic awakening, a raising of consciousness, so people can see what the problems are with a different lens. And this is a step by step process, it is a non violent process. This is what MLK would have called a revolution. A revolution isn’t an overthrowing of a government but a transfer of power back into the peoples hands.

Protests have grown not only coast to coast but internationally as well. This has happened before abroad but we are experiencing for ourselves a new model of mass unrest: actions coordinated on mobile devices, through the internet, and with national media replaced by social media, TV media replaced by live streams… America’s first true Internet-era movement.

The result is the first, honest grassroots protest movement in decades. There is no celebrity power. There are no stacks of pre-printed signs or banners. There is no sound stage, no sleek production value. Nobody is trying to sell you something. This movement doesn’t want your vote, they don’t want your money, they don’t want your Nielsen ratings.

If you are looking to contact one of the leaders, go to the nearest mirror and peer deeply into it. This is a decentralized, non-violent movement made in such a fashion, as to tout that we are the 99% that have been ignored and we have a voice that wants to be heard.

This is OUR country. This is YOUR country. This is all about reminding that every single one of you, have the right to assemble and say what it is you want to say.

You could call it a demonstration. They’re demonstrating action. They’re demonstrating how to be heard. They’re demonstrating that your civic duty is greater than voting for the lesser of two evils every four years.

They will demonstrate that if we want change, we have to do more than worship the altar of the wealthiest 1% and pray that they will deliver us from ruin. Because they never have. They never will. That’s the point behind this protest. Some people speak of it disparagingly, saying that “until they’ve got a unified message, it’s just a protest for the sake of protesting.” They don’t understand just how right they are. The absolute point of this movement is to raise awareness and revive the use of national protest and activism. Forums are being created, documents are being drafted, methods of communication are being sorted, mobilization is occurring right now. The process is organic and the format of the modern protest is being distributed nationwide. The goal is to reignite the fire of activism in the 99%.

You do not have to accept the bull shit from politicians, watch the bull shit news, fight the bull shit wars. You do not have to line the Wall Streets pockets with your savings, your hopes, your lives. You do not have to believe them when they tell you that the inequality will get better on its own. It will not. You are going to have to do something.

That is why people are protesting. It’s not to get demands met, yet. It might turn into that, but not yet.

Right now, the point is to remind you that you can do something.