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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Thursday, May 30, 1996
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Israeli Elections
The results of the Israeli election are not yet final, but it looks as though Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu beat Labor leader Shimon Peres by less than one percentage point. The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the peace process. Not long ago Netanyahu trailed Peres by 20 points, but the wide gape closed after a series of terrorist attacks raised fears about Israeli security. Netanyahu opposes the direction of peace talks —- he promises to close the PLO headquarters in Jerusalem, keep Jerusalem united, hold onto the Golan Heights, and escalate the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The election shows that Israelis are nearly evenly divided on the future of their country. However, the Israeli Arab vote went to Peres -—- This means that the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews voted for Netanyahu. GUESTS: RONI BEN EFRAT, ORGANIZATION FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION, a party that supports a two-state solution. Efrat is the editor of a bimonthly English language magazine called CHALLENGE. A native Israeli or Sabra, Ben Efrat spent 9 months in prison in 1988, accused of being a member of the Front for the Liberation of Palestine. She is a mother of two adult children and her son was also sent to prison for refusing to patrol in Israeli-occupied territories.
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Activist Handbook
This year, as in all Presidential election years, political activism is considered synonymous with things like voter registration, walking precincts and organizing events for candidates running for office. But there’s plenty of grassroots political activism that has little to do with elections and often has a greater impact on people’s lives than what happens in the electoral sphere. Randy Shaw is the Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco which has 20,000 Residents and is one of the most densely populated and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the west. Shaw has just written a book summarizing his activist work in San Francisco, and analyzing the successes and failures of grassroots organizing efforts in other areas of the country as well. It’s called The Activists Handbook: A Primer for the 1990’s and Beyond. Pacifica National Affairs Correspondent Larry Bensky spoke with Randy Shaw, author of the Activists’ Handbook last week in his San Francisco Office.
