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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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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Monday, December 17, 2001
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Arafat Appeals to Palestinians to Halt All Armed Activity in the Occupied Territories
Last night, Yasser Arafat made an impassioned appeal to Palestinians to halt all armed activity in the occupiedterritories and especially attacks on Israeli civilians. Arafat was bowing to intense world pressure to rein inmilitants after a week of violence that killed 10 Israelis and 20 Palestinians and prompted the Israeli government tosever ties with the Palestinian Authority and launch wide ranging military strikes in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Justice Not Served for the Muslim Community
As holiday shoppers assembled in New York’s Rockefeller Center yesterday, an alliance of New Yorkers from the NewYork Coalition for Peace and Justice gathered for a holiday rally calling for an end to war.
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The Indian Government Threatens to Take Action Against Fellow Nuclear Power Pakistan Afterlast Week’s Suicide Attack On the Indian Parliament
Police in India claimed yesterday to have established a link between Pakistan’s intelligence service and last week’sattack on parliament in New Delhi that claimed 12 lives. Five men armed with AK-47s and explosives stormed thecomplex on Thursday, killing five policemen, a security guard and a gardener, and themselves.
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Hip Hop Artist and Activist Michael Franti On the Failures of the Music Community Sinceseptember 11
For nearly a decade hip hop artist and activist Michael Franti has been one of the leading progressive voices inmusic. Rising out of the Bay Area music and political scene in the early 1990’s, Franti founded the Beatnigs,Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, and most recently the musical collective Spearhead. Michael’s music mixes hip hop,soul and jazz influences but is driven by his political lyrics.
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The Indian Government Threatens to Take Action Against Fellow Nuclear Power Pakistan Afterlast Week’s Suicide Attack On the Indian Parliament
Police in India claimed yesterday to have established a link between Pakistan’s intelligence service and last week’sattack on parliament in New Delhi that claimed 12 lives. Five men armed with AK-47s and explosives stormed thecomplex on Thursday, killing five policemen, a security guard and a gardener, and themselves.
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Scholar and Activist Noam Chomsky Speaks On the War Against Afghanistan and the Shape of The world Since September 11
In the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan yesterday the surviving remnants of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qa’eda fled across frozen mountain tops in a bloody rout by U.S. backed forces that left hundreds of Al Qa’eda dead.
