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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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December 2008 Archive
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
- Headlines for December 31, 2008
- Israeli Lawmaker and Conscientious Objector Nephew of Ex-PM Benjamin Netanyahu Denounce Israeli Attack on Gaza Strip
- Harold Pinter (1930-2008); Part 2 of His Nobel Acceptance Speech "Art, Truth and Politics"
- Tennessee Landowners File $165M Suit Over Massive Coal Ash Spill
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
- Headlines for December 30, 2008
- Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon Remembers Musical Icon Odetta (1930-2008)
- Harold Pinter (1930-2008) on "Art, Truth and Politics"
Monday, December 29, 2008
- Headlines for December 29, 2008
- Israeli Attacks Kill Over 310 in Gaza in One of Israel’s Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians Since 1948
Friday, December 26, 2008
- Headlines for December 26, 2008
- An Hour with the Renowned South African Poet,
Writer, Painter and Anti-Apartheid Activist Breyten Breytenbach
Thursday, December 25, 2008
- Headlines for December 25, 2008
- A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
- Headlines for December 24, 2008
- Spill at Tennessee Coal Plant Creates Environmental Disaster
- HRW Says US Intervention Worsening Somalia Crisis
- Activist, Right Livelihood Winner Asha Hagi Fights for Women’s Role in Somali Peace Process
- Peace Women: A Look at the 11 Women to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
- One Family’s Daring Experiment: Christmas Without All the Stuff
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
- Headlines for December 23, 2008
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws
- Max Blumenthal on "Rick Warren’s Double Life"
- 25 Years of the Harper’s Index
Monday, December 22, 2008
- Headlines for December 22, 2008
- Posing as a Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 Acres of Wilderness for Oil & Gas Drilling
- Republican IT Specialist Dies in Plane Crash
- Linda Bilmes: "The $10 Trillion Hangover: Paying the Price for Eight Years of Bush"
Friday, December 19, 2008
- Headlines for December 19, 2008
- US Auto Giants, Workers Face Uncertain Future as Bush Admin Mulls "Orderly" Bankruptcy
- Katrina’s Hidden Race War: In Aftermath of Storm, White Vigilante Groups Shot 11 African Americans in New Orleans
- Take Back the Land: Miami Grassroots Group Moves Struggling Families into Vacant Homes
Thursday, December 18, 2008
- Headlines for December 18, 2008
- Obama Picks Pro-Ethanol, Agribusiness Ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to Head Agricultural Dept.
- Shunning Environmental Groups, Obama Taps Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar for Interior Dept.
- Obama’s Choice for Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Seen as Compromise Between Divided Strands
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
- Headlines for December 17, 2008
- Federal Report Finds $100B Failure in US Reconstruction of Iraq
- As Madoff Scandal Wipes Out Charities and Foundations, SEC Admits it Missed Repeated Warnings on Historic $50B Financial Fraud
- Days After Calling Israeli Blockade of Gaza "A Crime Against Humanity," UN Human Rights Investigator Richard Falk Detained, Expelled from Israel
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
- Headlines for December 16, 2008
- “The Fed Who Blew the Whistle"
- President-Elect Barack Obama Names Environmental Team as Climate Change Conference Wraps Up in Poland
- Farmers and Food Advocates Urge Obama to Create a National Sustainable Food and Agricultural Policy
Monday, December 15, 2008
- Headlines for December 15, 2008
- Arundhati Roy: 9 Is Not 11 (And November Isn’t September)
- Filmmaker Ron Howard on His New Film "Frost/Nixon"
Friday, December 12, 2008
- Headlines for December 12, 2008
- EXCLUSIVE...AWOL US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany Over Returning to "Illegal" War in Iraq
- US Use of Bases in Germany for Iraq War Goes Against German Constitution that Forbids Launching Wars from German Soil, Says Activist
- Senate Report Finds Rumsfeld Directly Responsible for US Torture of Prisoners
Thursday, December 11, 2008
- Headlines for December 11, 2008
- Uprising in Greece: Protests, Riots, Strikes Enter 6th Day Following Fatal Police Shooting of Teen
- Editor of Europe’s Largest Magazine "Der Spiegel" on Why Obama is "The World’s President," the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Media and More
- Radical German Attorney Kurt Groenewold on Representing the Baader-Meinhof and Being Tried Himself
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
- Headlines for December 10, 2008
- Illinois Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges Including Scheme to Sell Obama’s Senate Seat
- Workers Win Offer from BofA in Chicago Factory Sit-In
- Unsteady Calm Following Settler Violence Against Palestinian Residents in Hebron
- "This Agreement Has Incredible Importance for Our Movement"–Immokalee Workers Win Agreement with Subway over Tomato Prices in Florida
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
- Headlines for December 09, 2008
- The History of the Nobel Prize: A Look at Alfred Nobel, the Man Who Invented Dynamite
- Bush, Rove Tied to Effort to Dismantle Sweden’s Social Welfare Program
- Sweden Ranks Second in the World in Per Capita Weapons Exports
- Blackwater Guards Indicted for Role in Nisoor Square Massacre
- Sweden Opens Doors for Iraqi and Afghan Refugees
Monday, December 08, 2008
- Headlines for December 08, 2008
- The Right Livelihood Award: A Look at Sweden’s "Alternative Nobel"
- "India’s Soul"–Krishnammal Jagannathan Awarded Right Livelihood for Realizing "Gandhian Vision of Social Justice and Sustainable Human Development"
- Gynecologist Monika Hauser Receives Right Livelihood for Work on Behalf of Victims of Sexual Violence in War
Friday, December 05, 2008
- Headlines for December 05, 2008
- CEOs of Big Three Automakers Return to Capitol Hill to Plead for $34B Federal Bailout
- Ralph Nader and Medea Benjamin on Obama’s Cabinet and Grassroots Organizing Under the Next Administration
- 400 Killed in Nigeria in Violent Clashes Over Disputed Election Results
- The Blogging Revolution: A Look at the Repression of Online Journalism Around the World
Thursday, December 04, 2008
- Headlines for December 04, 2008
- Indiana Guardsmen Sue KBR Over Chemical Exposure in Iraq
- Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Demand Accountability from US, Chemical Companies in Suit
- Gov’t Study Concludes “Gulf War Syndrome” is Legitimate Condition, Affects 1 in 4 Vets
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
- Headlines for December 03, 2008
- US Interrogator in Iraq Says Torture Policy Has Led to Deaths of Thousands of American Soldiers
- Attorney Scott Horton on "Justice After Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration"
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
- Headlines for December 02, 2008
- Change or More of the Same? Obama Introduces National Security Team
- Israeli Reporter Amira Hass Forced Out of Gaza by Hamas, Detained by Israeli Police for Entering Gaza Without Permit
- Chevron Cleared in 1998 Shooting Deaths of Protesters in Niger Delta
Monday, December 01, 2008
- Headlines for December 01, 2008
- Toll from Deadly Coordinated Mumbai Attacks Tops 170, Two Top Indian Officials Resign, Tensions Rise Between India and Pakistan
- Wal-Mart Worker Crushed to Death in Early Morning Stampede of Shoppers on Black Friday
