I am an American, a person who
reveres the United States Constitution, but I am also a writer, a person who
will be resisting the racist, sexist, classist establishment for the rest of my
life. I will not tolerate the oppression of anybody on this land –or overseas.
I listen to John Lennon and Bruce
Springsteen, not Donald Trump and Sean Hannity.
I still respect law and order: I will
not support violence or crime as solutions to injustice; if you want to rebel,
you join an artistic,social or political movement, you don’t engage in looting,
shooting, mugging, slashing etc….
So, both oppressors and criminals:
look out for me! I won’t support you!
The other day, on the way to my
friend, I got off the bus and had to cross the Bronx’s Grand Concourse. In my
younger days, I would have run across as soon as I sensed that I could beat the
traffic, but now, I am nearly fifty four years old, so I must “cross at the
green, not in between”. I watch the traffic lights, beware the traffic (both
motorists and bicyclists) and make sure that I have enough time to get from one
side of the street to another…
I say that we should demand full
funding for public education, free tuition for all university students and a
guaranteed income for the mentally ill…!
One of the few things I miss about
being a capitalist, suburban kid/punk was going to the New York City office of
my father, the accountant, on Fifth Avenue, right near the 42nd
Street library. What a safe and convenient section of town it was for a child to
hang out! I feel for children who have to hang out in more dangerous parts of
town…
Craig R. Bayer
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