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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Six Days Before the Scheduled Execution of Timothy Mcveigh, FBI Hands Mcveigh’s Lawyersthousands of Formerly Withheld Documents: A Conversation with Mcveigh’s Attorney
In an astonishing disclosure just six days before Timothy McVeigh’s scheduled execution, the Justice Departmenthanded his lawyers thousands of FBI documents yesterday that it said were mistakenly withheld from his trial in theOklahoma City bombing.
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Thousands Protest Asian Development Bank Meeting in Hawaii
Hawaii officials launched the largest domestic security operation in state history this week to deal with theprotests around the meeting of the Asian Development Bank. Opponents of the Asian Development Bank gathered inHonolulu to denounce what they charge is the social, environmental, and economic devastation caused by ADB policiesand projects. The activists in Hawaii, representing non-governmental organizations from throughout the region,argue that ADB lending policies impose a development model based on rapid economic growth and free market reforms -including massive privatization of essential services–which undermines subsistence livelihoods and increasesinequality and poverty.
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Art and Revolution, Puppets and Protest
This week in Honolulu activists protesting the policies of the Asian Development Bank marched giant puppets throughthe streets as they called upon the Bank to stop pushing its rapid development, free-market models of economic growthon Asian countries.
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Zapatista Muralist and Painter Antonio Ramirez Discusses His Illustrations of Subcomandantemarcos’ Folktales, and the Politics of Art and Censorship
One of the sources of inspiration to activist artists in the United States and elsewhere can be found South of theborder.
