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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
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President Bush Calls for National Missile Defense System, Ignoring Warnings From Around the World of a Newglobal Arms Race
President Bush yesterday withdrew the nation’s support from the principles that have governed the world’s nuclearbalance for 30 years, condemning the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty as a Cold War relic and vowed to deploy anextensive shield against missiles.
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Copper and Gold Mining Giant Freeport Mcmoran Receives Council From the Former Head of Theinternational Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; a Democracy Now! Exclusive with a West Papuanenvironmental Act
Last week Yosefe Alomang, a tribeswoman and environmental activist from West Papua, was awarded the prestigiousGoldman Environmental Prize, known as the "Green Nobel," for her courageous work against the giant mining corporationFreeport McMoRan.
