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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Headlines
- UN Oks Resolution; Kurds Threaten To Quit Gov’t
- New Iraqi PM Helped CIA Carry Out Bombings in Iraq During ‘80s
- Ashcroft Refuses To Give Congress Torture Memos
- Diebold Bars Executives From Giving Campaign Donations
- Vinnell Employee Killed in Saudi Arabia
- Arab Leaders Reject Bush Invite to G8
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The Pinochet Principle: Bush Defends Torture in the Name of National Security
We speak with the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights Michael Ratner about U.S. torture policy, ignoring national and international law and the Bush administration claim that the right to set aside law is "inherent in the president." [Includes transcript]
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Remembering the Dead: Reagan Armed Iraq and Iran in 1980s War That Killed Over 1 Million
We look at the policies of the Reagan administration in the Middle East, specifically during the Iran-Iraq war, one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern times in which more than a million people were killed. Chemical weapons were used and two of the most ancient societies on earth were devastated. We speak with Iranian human rights lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and journalist Alan Friedman about how the Reagan administration armed Iran and normalized relations with Iraq, selling weapons to both sides of the conflict.
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Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi: "The Same People That Gave Saddam Hussein Chemicals to Make These Weapons Used it as an Excuse To Attack Him"
We speak with Iranian human rights lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi about the U.S. relationship with Iraq under Reagan during the 1980s Iraq-Iran war. [Includes transcript]
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The Reagan-Saddam Connection: "We Create These Monsters And When It’s Not Convenient We Cover Them Up"
Journalist Alan Friedman author of Spider’s Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq discusses how Reagan normalized U.S. relations with Iraq and sold chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein. [Includes transcript]
