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It's exciting. Creative protests are breaking out and challenging the overbearing power of banks and corporations on behalf of the rest of us. Right there on Wall Street, in other cities around the country, and soon in D.C.

It's crucial to support the protests. They give us hope. They make clear why there is resistance to the Radical Right, the corporate exploiters, and the greedy. They're getting the real story out, overcoming the propaganda.

AlterNet is at the protests, hands on, spreading the word to hundreds of thousands of readers. But we need your help to keep it up and force the rest of the media to cover this breaking story. Please make a contribution to help our team in the streets.

There are stark realities: 25 million Americans unemployed; 50 million without health insurance; 100 million in poverty. But one number says it all: the 400 richest Americans have more wealth than the bottom 180 million. You read that correctly. 180 million. It has to stop. And it will, if we do it together.

Things have to change. These protests could be the beginning of something big. Let's help make a new chapter of protest history -- like worker sit-ins, civil rights protests, Chicago in 1968, Seattle in 1999, the NYC Republican Convention in 2004, and many more.

AlterNet has reporters at the protests: An eye-witness account of police violence from J. A. Myerson showing how some cops are acting like the thugs in Tahrir Square in Egypt; breaking stories from crack staff writer Sarah Jaffe; a Clarion call for participation from the brilliant Arun Gupta. And much more.

But we can't do it the way it needs to be done without your help. Please make an investment in protest. Support our coverage. It could make a big difference in the future.