Today’s action is part of a growing national movement committed to stopping foreclosures and keeping all Americans in their homes. Last month over 50 actions were carried out across the country, including foreclosure disruptions, eviction defense actions, and home reoccupations. Occupy Wall Street participants and other occupations across the country have been highly involved in these actions.

“We bailed out the big banks, and then they went on to foreclose on millions of families. That’s just heartless,” said Michael Premo, an organizer with Organizing for Occupation and Occupy Wall Street. “We’re committed to keeping homes occupied by people who need homes.”

I really want to see OWS continue to go in this direction. Not only is fighting foreclosures great for gaining support for an organization/movement, as well as building a stronger sense of solidarity and dissent within a community, but it directly calls capitalism into question. It asks “why should a home - or any property - be a tool for gaining profit, rather than something used by people who need it?”

At this point, my hope for OWS is that it can become a structure utilized by the people as a democratic counterbalance to corporate power.