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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Friday, August 10, 2007
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- Cheney Urges Military Strikes on Iran
- Bush Warns Iraq’s Al-Maliki Over Iran Role
- Military Drops Charges Against Two Marines In Haditha Massacre
- Musharraf Pressured Not To Impose Emergency Rule
- Documents Confirm CIA Role in Maher Arar Rendition
- Bush on CIA Black Sites: "We Don’t Torture"
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Radio for People: FCC to Grant Licenses for New Full Power Noncommercial FM Radio Stations
This October, the Federal Communications Commission will open a one-week window, during which nonprofit community groups in the can file applications for their own noncommercial broadcast license. A coalition called Radio For People has formed to help groups through the application process. [includes rush transcript]
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Canadian Broadcaster Avi Lewis on Maher Arar, the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership, Canadian Healthcare, and Argentina’s Worker Run Factories
Beginning on August 20, thousands of activists plan to converge in Montebello, Quebec to protest a meeting between President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Canadian broadcaster Avi Lewis discusses the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" and its connection to the rendition of Maher Arar. [includes rush transcript]
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Hiroshima Survivor Yuko Nakamura Marks 62nd Anniversary of the U.S. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An estimated 140,000 people were killed instantly or died within a few months after the bombing on August 6, 1945. Three days later, another U.S. airplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. We speak to Yuko Nakamura and Anthony Weller, the son of the journalist George Weller, who provided a first-hand account of conditions in post-nuclear Nagasaki.
