Sentence:  And so I hope we can <WSD>bestir</WSD> ourselves not to “Rally Around Caesar,” as the recent Economist recommends. I hope we will <WSD>bestir</WSD> ourselves to rally around an emergency/militant reconstruction of a secular democracy consecrated to the equality of each and every living one of us. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make active; to rouse oneself.