The Facts: The occupy movement has made its way to Raleigh, and protestors are fighting for causes they believe in.

Our Opinion: These fights are not collective, but rather individual brawls in which nothing can get accomplished unless organization is made a priority.

They “aim to continue our activism indefinitely in support of the 99 percent of Americans without a seven-figure income,” but who are they aiming this movement toward? What do they hope to accomplish? What are their demands? Those protesting in the Occupy Raleigh, Wall Street, Atlanta, etc. ask for social change, and those observing the protest ask for what?

The various occupy movements, which have been spreading like wild fire across the nation, have very explicit causes they’re fighting for; however, the desired end result of these protests have yet to be articulated.

This movement has aimed their protest at multiple bodies: Wall Street, corporations and the government, but there has not been a direct list of what they hope to achieve from these protests and who is supposed to change it.

Movements like those for civil and women’s rights may have started out just as unorganized and misguided as the ones today. The ones from the past had the organization needed to back a specific cause, but the ones today do not yet have that support. The occupy movement is merely a group making misdirected pleas for social change.

While the movement has the much-needed support to incite such change, the lack of organization will only lead to protestors’ dismay.

The need for organization is evident; when many of those protesting are not able to define what they want or their desired results, how are corporations or the government supposed to change? They can’t.

Exercising one’s right to protest is built into our constitution; however it is imperative to have some sort of goal, whether good or bad. Without such an objective it is merely a group of people with no motivation other than to complain.

The movement also is without leaders who are willing to speak on their behalf. No one knows what they want or how they can get it, so no one is stepping out of the crowd to help prompt the change along. Even the previously-mentioned movements there were distinct leaders speaking for the cause. Without such a figure, or figures, the movement can only go so far—where it is now.

The intentions of the movement are strong and have the potential to impact our nation’s government and history through massive social change, but they need to either get their act together and be serious or stop wasting people’s time.