I would like to announce #occupythemall, a nascent grassroots/netroots movement to organize and mobilize our nationwide protests towards an enormous march on the National Mall. With proper organization, this will be our generation's historic march on Washington. We, the 99%, will descend upon Washington to demand our government back from the 1% that owns it. However, it will not be simple. As much as I love what OWS has done (you can often find me in liberty square) the truth is that our best event (Wednesday, Oct. 5) came with the aid of major organizing by our allies. Tahrir square similarly involved enormous organization. A march on Washington of sufficient size to demand action by our politicians seems unlikely to arise spontaneously. We will need hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of participants coming together from all over the country.
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