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Linda Milazzo was a Managing Editor of Opednews until Fall 2014, and a Los Angeles based writer, educator and activist. Since 1974, she has divided her time between the entertainment industry, government organizations, community development projects and educational programs.
Linda began her writing career over 35 years ago, starting out in advertising and promotions. From 1976 to 1989, she operated an independent public relations service providing specialty writing for individual and corporate clients. Since 2003, Linda has focused on political writing. Her essays, letters and commentaries have appeared in domestic and international journals, newspapers and magazines. She's an educator and creator of a writers' program she's taught privately and in public schools. She currently facilitates an advocacy writing workshop and is developing an advocacy writing program to be implemented in public and private educational institutions and in community based organizations.
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(14 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 25, 2009 "WORD CLOUD" - Your Brain On CNN!!
Any viewers of cable news, who for even one silly second doubted corporate media's desire to fry the brain of its audience and render it hopelessly confused, need only to have seen tonight's bizarro 'WORD CLOUD" on CNN.
(48 comments) SHARE Monday, March 9, 2009 Reading The Videos: Israel's Glamor v. Gaza's Despair
Perhaps the next time Israel unleashes its grotesque killing technology (like phosphorous) on Palestine, Lebanon or others, observers might consider whether Israel is being honest when it proclaims how desperate and fearful Israelis are.
(19 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Congolese Populist Movement Requests UN, US Intervention
The humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is disintegrating and it is time for the United States to intervene publicly and forcefully.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, January 26, 2009 President Obama: Meet Citizen Bob Who Answered Your Call!
And so, Mr. President, in honor of great citizens like Bob whose efforts we know you hold dear, and the rule of law we know you revere, please be a citizen hero for America and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the crimes of George Bush. For the record, citizen hero Bugliosi is eager to come on board.
(82 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 4, 2009 President-Elect Obama,You Must NOT Be Silent!
Are you, President-Elect Obama, ready to be the hero Americans have been waiting for? Our world isn't made better through war and killing children. Our world is made better through peace. The longer you remain silent, the more children will die. Please show us, President-elect Obama, that YOU WILL NOT BE SILENT!!
(19 comments) SHARE Friday, December 26, 2008 Brinks or Blackwater: My Frightening Encounter With A Combat-Mode Guard & His Gun
Before I knew it, I'd walked right up to his gun, stopping inches before colliding. The suddenness of my stop thrust me slightly forward. I was so close to his gun that I saw its every groove - from its "sexy" color and shape - to its perfect fit in his hand. Its glimmer still glares in my mind.
(37 comments) SHARE Monday, November 10, 2008 Pres-Elect Obama, NO TO ANTI-FREEDOM WAR-HAWK JANE HARMAN!!
WE THE PEOPLE need to inform President-elect Obama of our opposition to his proposed high level appointment for Congresswoman Harman, and of our opposition to S 1959 and HR 1955.
(56 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 7, 2008 What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out!
By unleashing Sarah Palin, John McCain has reinvigorated the anti-choice, anti-woman, anti-reproductive rights fanatics, who not long ago were at the forefront of domestic terror.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, September 8, 2008 Meet PEACH, My Loving Pit Bull - The Anti-Palin
Meet Peach & Iddy - my pit bull and chihuahua. Watch their youtube - a testament to the gentility and loving nature of the pit bull breed. My Peach ain't NO Sarah Palin!!
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 7, 2008 McCain's Misogyny & Fear Keep Palin on Tight Leash
The image of McCain hovering over Palin is the constant at every appearance. McCain's public subjugation of Palin, and her public acceptance of it, set male-female advancement back decades.
SHARE Sunday, August 31, 2008 Rare Behind-the-Scenes of CODEPINK Prepping for RNC
Since this Star Tribune video was first recorded, more CODEPINKers have arrived in Minneapolis to work beside Nancy Mancias (CODEPINK RNC Coordinator), Desiree Fairooz (who bravely confronted Condoleeza Rice with faux "blood stained" hands), Malia Burkhart (CODEPINK puppet builder), and other members already on-site.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, August 25, 2008 Denver - Your Protestors Should Be Greeted With Flowers!
The American citizenry, most of whom have sat idly by for the past eight years while their nation was besieged by a criminal administration, owes a huge debt of gratitude to these troubadours of peace who have taken Denver by storm at this Democratic National Convention
(53 comments) SHARE Monday, August 18, 2008 Pelosi Gets "Booked" & Confronts Her Own Past
Monday evening, in the plush environs of Los Angeles' American Jewish University, a dedicated group of pro-peace, Pro-Constitution patriots "booked" Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.