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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Start 2012 off right with a contribution to Democracy Now!
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Democracy Now! Featured in Be The Media by David Mathison.
A section of Mathison’a forthcoming book, Be The Media describes how a lecture given by Amy Goodman inspired Marin County, California media activists to get Democracy Now! broadcast in their area. By mobilizing community wide support and working with a county-wide government agency, they won the right to a community media center with local public access channels, and a $2.5 million grant from the Comcast/Marin cable franchise agreement.
In April 2004, Amy Goodman spoke at Book Passage, an independent book store in Marin County. Members of Media Action Marin (MAM) gathered signatures from the overflowing crowd, in order to petition the Marin Telecommunications Agency (MTA) to air Democracy Now! on Marin’s public access channel, CH26.
However, the provider was unable to deliver Democracy Now! because the cable company (Comcast) was broadcasting commercial content on the channel. After a year of advocacy by MAM, the MTA voted to order Comcast to end commercial broadcasts on the access channel, allowing Democracy Now! to begin broadcasting in Marin.
The experience strengthened Marin’s negotiating posture versus Comcast during the cable franchise renewal. It helped Marin secure a $2.5 million grant from Comcast to fund the creation of a new, non-profit, independent Community Media Center, complete with channels for Public, Education and Government (PEG).
