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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Monday, September 26, 2005
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Military Families Join Hundreds of Thousands of Anti-War Protesters Rallying in Washington
The anti-war rally and march on Saturday drew hundreds of military families and veterans. We hear two speakers: Cindy Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq last year, and Anne Roesler, from Military Families Speak Out. [includes rush transcript]
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Actor Jessica Lange Speaks Out at Anti-War Protest in DC
Jessica Lange speaks before the crowd of protesters gathered to demonstrate against the war in Iraq in the nation’s capital. [includes rush transcript]
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Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark Calls For Impeachment of President Bush
Clark, who launched the website votetoimpeach.org, accused President Bush of high crimes for misleading the nation over the war and for helping to overthrow Jean Bertrand-Aristide, the democratically-elected president of Haiti. [includes rush transcript]
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Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) on the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina
Cynthia McKinney opened the pre-march rally critiquing President Bush for his response to Hurricane Katrina and for the ongoing occupation of Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
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Palestinian-American Poet Suheir Hammad: "Of Refuge and Language"
Def Jam poet Suheir Hammad reads her new poem on Hurricane Katrina: "Evacuated as if criminal // Rescued by neighbors // Shot by soldiers // Adamant they belong // The rest of the world can now see // What I have seen // Do not look away // The rest of the world lives here too // In America" [includes rush transcript]
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Louisiana Native at Anti-War Protest: "Do Not Allow the Rebuilding of Lives in the Gulf Coast to Be Another Profit" For Halliburton
Colette Pichon Battle speaks at the massive anti-war protest in D.C. Battle is from Slidell, Louisiana and makes the connection between the response to Hurricane Katrina and the reconstruction process, and the war in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
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NBA Player Etan Thomas Slams Bush Administration, Outlines Impact on Poor
NBA player Etan Thomas of the Washington Wizards speaks at the rally on the dire impact of the current administration’s policies on the poor, from health care to the death penalty to the war in Iraq and more. [includes rush transcript]
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FBI Assassinates Puerto Rican Nationalist Leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios
For the past four decades Filiberto Ojeda Rios had been a leading figure in the fight for Puerto Rican independence and against U.S. colonial rule. He was wanted by the FBI for his role in a 1983 bank heist. [includes rush transcript]
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Dozens of Peace Activists Arrested During Protest at Pentagon
We get a breaking report from peace activist Frida Berrigan who is at the Pentagon, where she has just been arrested along with roughly 40 others while demonstrating. [includes rush transcript]
