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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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Evolving Empire: Chalmers Johnson on Bush’s Major Troop Realignment
President Bush announced plans Monday to recall as many as 70,000 troops from military bases in Europe and Asia–not Iraq and Afghanistan–as part of a global rearrangement of forces. We speak with scholar and author Chalmers Johnson, his latest book is Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic. [includes rush transcript]
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Susie Bright and Susan Brison on Pornography and Larry Flynt
Two weeks after our interview with Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, we host a debate on pornography with Susie Bright, a former Salon.com columnist and author of Mommy’s Little Girl: Susie Bright on Sex, Motherhood, Pornography, and Cherry Pie and Susan Brison, professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth and author of Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self. [includes rush transcript]
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Are Sex Workers Coming to New York for the RNC?
The New York Daily News last month reported that sex workers from around the country will be flying in to New York for the Republican National Convention. We speak with the director of the Sex Workers Project about labor and sex workers’ rights. [includes rush transcript]
