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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, October 27, 2008
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Headlines
- US Troops Carry Out Deadly Attack in Syria
- US Predator Drone Kills 20 in Pakistan
- Court Grants Troy Davis Stay of Execution
- 11,000 Absentee Ballots Not Mailed Out in Colorado
- Colorado Sec. of State Sued for Vote Purges
- Justice Department Pressed by Bush to Contest 200,000 Ohio Voters
- Palin: Abortion Clinic Bombers Not Terrorists
- Report: McCain Had Private Meeting with Pinochet in 1985
- McCain Campaign Worker Admits Attack Was a Hoax
- US Threatens Iraq Over Status Forces Agreement
- UN: Financial Inequality Rapidly Grows in US
- Somalia Ceasefire Deal Reached
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Puerto Rican Labor Struggle: Teachers Vote Against Joining SEIU
It’s a major victory for the forty-two-year-old Teachers Federation of Puerto Rico, or FMPR. It was Puerto Rico’s largest union, representing over 40,000 teachers. But earlier this year, after many months of trying to negotiate with the governor, the FMPR was decertified over its refusal to comply with a ban on strikes by public employees. [includes rush transcript]
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Why Don’t Barack Obama and John McCain Talk About the Working Class?
With the economy the number one issue on the campaign trail, major party candidates John McCain and Barack Obama discuss their tax plans, jobs and the financial bailout on the stump. But are they really addressing the needs of the working class? A new study from the Center for the Study of Working Class Life suggests that neither McCain nor Obama have adequately spoken to the needs of one-fifth of the population — the 60 million Americans who are barely surviving in this economy. [includes rush transcript]
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Kambale Musavuli on the "Forgotten War" in the Congo
The latest round of fighting in the Congo has seen a dramatic rise in the number of rapes, and some 200,000 people have been displaced since August, according to the World Food Program. That’s in addition to the nearly 1.5 million people already displaced since 2007. Bringing attention to the dire situation in the Congo and the role of Western corporations in fueling the conflict was the focus of Congo Week, an awareness-raising week of events on campuses across the country that concluded Friday. [includes rush transcript]
