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Michael Bonanno is an associate editor for OpEdNews.

He is also a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is social suicide.

OpEdNews Member for 297 week(s) and 2 day(s)

158 Articles, 21 Quick Links, 215 Comments, 24 Diaries, 5 Polls

Public Diaries

Personal Diaries

24 Diaries

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Update from Sri Lanka.
What we must say to all governments who have engaged in blatant and wide open acts of tyranny is, "Enough!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Please Help
(5 comments) Doing this is not only important because an innocent man is being held unethically and illegally, even according to Sri Lankan law, but it's important to do this because, for all of us, it expresses the fact that We The People don't condone this behavior no matter whose government exhibits it.

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Please Sign the Petition
Help save the life of a teen-age girl.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Sisters
I save my greatest remorse

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Three Poems by Allyson Kirk
as darkness wanes

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Cats and Compassion by Eileen Fleming
The following is a poignant excerpt from Eileen Fleming's book "Keep Hope Alive".

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
And Now She Knows
(1 comments) It's for the pride and greed/of speakers shouting lies

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
What A Great Idea! - Poem by Mary C Gilbert
USA, what a great idea!

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
"Free Market"
I really can't take credit for this as it was sent to me via The Mount Diablo Peace Center mailing list. You may have even seen it if it's flying around cyberspace. I think everyone should see it, though, as it's extremely enlightening.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
No Gas on the Ides Movement
(4 comments) Each journey begins with the first step.

Sunday, May 6, 2007
A Welcome Home
From the book of poetry entitled "Minus the Music"

Friday, December 15, 2006
The War on Christmas or Sometimes You Can't Tell the Enemies from the Good Guys
Sometimes I think that atheists feel as though they must know The Bible better than Jews or Christians because they must know what it is they don't accept.

Sunday, November 19, 2006
Buy Nothing Day Reminder
FYI

Monday, November 6, 2006
A Tribunal Waiting for its Next Assignment
(3 comments) We can all take a deep breath now that the trial of Saddam Hussein is over.

Sunday, November 5, 2006
A Bit More About "Buy Nothing Day"
I hope that this is catching on around the country.

Sunday, October 29, 2006
Fighting Miscarriages of Justice with a Miscarriage of Justice
(1 comments) Impeachment proceedings should begin as soon as Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House.

Sunday, October 8, 2006
Buy Nothing Day Update
Buy Nothing Day was started in Rhode Island by Green Party member Greg Gerritt. I mentioned this in an earlier Diary Entry and here's an update from Greg.

Sunday, September 24, 2006
Joke?
(1 comments) One person's joke is another person's nightmare.

Monday, September 18, 2006
Buy Nothing Day - 2006
A good idea that we should all adopt.

Monday, September 11, 2006
"The Power of Nightmares" – A Real Documentary
...it's like the proverbial book that can't be put down.

Monday, September 4, 2006
"It's My Duty to Speak Out"
Words from a soldiers who went to Iraq and saw the truth.

Sunday, July 30, 2006
Some Recommended Reading About Truth
Pseudo patriotism is like a religion. Priests, preachers, mullas, elders, whomever, tell you what is evil and warn you to stay away from it. This is why so many right wing individuals were able to criticize "Fahrenheit 911" in great detail without ever seeing it.

Friday, July 21, 2006
An Article Worth Reading
I recomment reading this hopeful article about 9/11

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Democratic Party is not Broken
(3 comments) The Democratic Party doesn't need to be fixed. It's merely become obsolete.

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