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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Is President Bush Lying?: From Baghdad Congressman Jim Mcdermott (D-Wash.) Questions Bush’s War Rhetoric and Urges the Return of Weapons Inspectors
On Sunday, in the southern Iraqi port town of Basra, U.S. and British warplanes bombed a civilian airport for the second time in three days.
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Thousands March to Dick Cheney’s Mansion in Washington Calling for Peace
In Washington D.C. on Sunday thousands marched to Vice President Cheney’s mansion to protest the Bush Administration’s war plans. On Saturday up to 20,000 protested the corporate globalization policies of the World Bank and the IMF. The weekend protests would have been ever larger had the police not arrested 650 people on Friday during the initial hours of the weekend protests. According to D.C. police of the 650 demonstrators taken into custody, five were charged with destruction of property; the rest were charged with failing to obey a police officer or parading without a permit. Among those arrested were reporters from the Washington Post and UPI as well as the executive director of Greenpeace, John Passacantando, who said he was just riding his bicycle to work near the demonstration.
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20,000 Peacefully Protest Against Corporate Globalization: D.C. Police Arrests 650 On Friday As IMF/World Bank Meetings Begin
The voices and sounds from Saturday’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank protests.
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Over 500,000 Take to the Streets in Europe: Major Protests in London and Rome Condemn War in Iraq
Up to 400,000 demonstrators joined a peace march through London on Saturday, according to organizers Stop the War coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain, who claimed the show of unity was one of the biggest protests of its kind.
