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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Scapegoating: The Wartime Pattern? Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson Attack Gays, Feminists,and Progressives
Two days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, television evangelists Jerry Falwell and PatRobertson, two of the most prominent voices of the religious right, said liberal civil liberties groups, feminists,homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility for Tuesday’s terrorist attacks because theiractions have turned God’s anger against America. On September 13, during one of his regular appearances on PatRobertson’s "The 700 Club," a TV show on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Jerry Falwell said,
"And I fear, as Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, said yesterday, that this is only the beginning. And withbiological warfare available to these monsters; the Husseins, the Bin Ladens, the Arafats–what we saw on Tuesday,as terrible as it is, could be miniscule if, in fact–if, in fact–God continues to lift the curtain and allow theenemies of America to give us probably what we deserve."
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