Google "Occupy Wall Street." You will get a bunch of info, maybe even about the Occupy protest in an area near you. Yes, basically, you just show up.
Talk to the people who are already there. It will definitely be informative.
For political service, why don't you go to congress and tell them to put party aside and actually pass a budget. OWS is for those who are too lazy to go get a job and feel that everything should be handed to them on a silver platter or it's not fair. Their protests are actually illegal, yet they think they can ask the President to send the National Guard to protect them.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.