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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Kurdish Political Prisoner Leyla Zana Released After a Decade in Jail
Kurdish leader Leyla Zana was released yesterday after spending 10 years in a Turkish jail for daring to speak Kurdish and wear the Kurdish colors in the ribbons in her headband in Parliament. We play the historic addresses of Leyla Zana speaking in parliament and defending herself at her trial and go to Turkey for a report from activists on the ground. [Includes transcript]
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Ghost Wars: How Reagan Armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan
During Reagan’s 8 years in power, the CIA secretly sent billions of dollars of military aid to the mujahedeen in Afghanistan in a US-supported jihad against the Soviet Union. We take a look at America’s role in Afghanistan that led to the rise of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda with Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. [Includes transcript]
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Remembering Reagan’s Invasion of Grenada
We take a look at the 1983 U.S.-invasion of Grenada that led to the installation of a pro-American government to replace the former rule of the leftist President Maurice Bishop. We speak with Bishop’s former Press Secretary Don Rojas, who was deported from Grenada by the U.S. military. [Includes transcript]
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Ignoring AIDS: The Reagan Years
We take a look at the Reagan administration blatant refusal to deal with the issue of AIDS while thousands of Americans were dying from the disease. We speak with Andy Humm of Gay USA who confronted Reagan in 1987 when he first addressed the issue near the end of his second term. [Includes transcript]
