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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Zapatistas March Into Mexico City: Marcos, Bove Speak
Masked Zapatista rebels and their supporters rode triumphantly into the heart of Mexico’s capital to be welcomed by 75,000 cheeringsupporters. Their arrival capped a two-week tour of southern Mexico. The rebels are demanding a sweeping series of constitutionalamendments that would guarantee greater political autonomy for Indians and expanded rights for their cultures.
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Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex: Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and Others
This weekend, Colombia University Law School in New York City sponsored a conference "Critical Resistance East: Beyond the PrisonIndustrial Complex." The event, is one of a series of conferences which began in Berkeley in 1998 and established a framework for a newmovement against the prison industrial complex.
