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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.
DN! in the News
Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Democracy Now! Confronts Chevron CEO Ken Derr
Tonight, Project Censored honors some of the most censored stories from this past year–and one of those selected for an award was "Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship," Democracy Now!’s expose on the role that the San Francisco-based oil giant played in the killing of two Nigerian activists last May 28.
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Chevron Shareholders Speak Out
This is the week when corporations hold their shareholders meetings, and for progressive investors around the country, it is a chance to introduce resolutions calling for corporate responsibility. At the Chevron meeting, Amy Goodman got the chance to interview some of the Chevron shareholders, as well as activists from Richmond, California, site of a Chevron oil refinery that recently exploded. The activists were speaking on behalf of shareholders that introduced a resolution requiring Chevron to publicize the quantities of certain toxic substances released by their facilities, such as the cancer-causing chemical dioxin.
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The U’Wa People and Occidental Oil
From Chevron’s drilling and killing in Nigeria, we now move to Occidental Petroleum in Colombia, and to the Los Angeles-based oil giant’s plans to drill in the ancestral land of the U’wa people. Just a few years ago, in April of 1995, the U’wa made headlines around the world when they pledged to commit mass suicide if Occidental proceeded with its oil project in the Samore block, which is located on their traditional territories. Legal battles followed, and the U’wa took their struggle to the public, to Occidental’s shareholders and to the Organization of American States.
