Thursday, May 17, 2012

Daniel Battle

Occupy Town Square, April 28, 2012, Union Square
Photo: Stacy Lanyon

It all first started when I heard it on the radio. Then, I just dropped by at Zuccotti when they had the encampment. It was a pretty cool thing. I met a lot of people who were making a difference in this world. When November 17th came along and the encampment was squashed away by the NYPD, I was home taking care of my dog and my family, and the NYPD swept through the encampment and took tents. They even took one of my garden posts, which I used to guard over by the OWS Arts Department. I used to guard there. Then, when I heard that they thought Occupy Wall Street was dead, I would hang around at 60 Wall Street for these meetings to see how we were going to plan for this May 1st general strike. I’m more than just an occupier. I’m also a very good family friend of theirs. When something goes rough, like when my dad past away last week, they are there for me.

This is so important not only for me and my family, but we are in dire straits. Corporations are basically stealing our money. It’s about saving the free world from total corporate greed. Years ago, when the bank took my dad’s Honda Odyssey, he was behind on his payments. I was helping him make payments. On that fateful day when the tow truck came over, it took away our lively hood. That’s the reason why I turned into this Captain America getup.

I would love to have a world full of freedom and peace. I would love to see a new world where we have peace and quiet and where you can have all the freedom you want. I would love to have a free world, free of violence and where you are free to do whatever you want, whenever you want.  

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