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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Thursday, February 28, 2008
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Headlines
- 20 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Attacks on Gaza
- Poll: Most Israelis Support Hamas Ceasefire
- Jailed Afghan Journalist Declared Enemy Combatant
- US: Karzai Controls Less than Third of Afghanistan
- DIA Head Calls Waterboarding “Inhumane”
- Colombian Rebels Free Four More Hostages to Venezuela
- Bush: US “Three Words” from Missile Shield Deal with Czech Republic
- Leading Iraqi Journalist Slain in Baghdad
- US OKs Continued Turkish Offensive in Northern Iraq
- Rice Apologizes for US Rape Allegations in Japan
- Radiohead Frontman Backs Emission Cuts in Europe
- Nationwide Vigils for Gay Teen Slain in Apparent Hate Crime
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Exxon Valdez Suit
- Alaskan Tribe Sues 24 Companies for Village Erosion
- Three Arrested Protesting Peru Trade Deal at Clinton Office
- Two Former Clinton Supporters Throw Support to Obama
- Bush Admin to Delay US-Mexico “Virtual” Border
- Bloomberg Won’t Run in ’08, Nader to Announce Running Mate
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Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come
Jeremy Scahill reports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will not "rule out" using private military companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq. Obama also has no plans to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009. Despite their antiwar rhetoric, both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton have adopted the congressional Democratic position that would leave open the option of keeping tens of thousands of US troops in Iraq for many years. [includes rush transcript]
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Ex-Speechwriter, Confidante Dr. Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King’s Courageous — and Overlooked — Antiwar and Economic Justice Activism
In the fortieth year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, we speak to Dr. King’s close associate and former speechwriter, Dr. Vincent Harding. Dr. Harding drafted King’s historic April 1967 antiwar speech "Beyond Vietnam." He is the author of many books including Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero. [includes rush transcript]
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William F. Buckley Dies at 82; A Look Back at his 1969 Debate with Noam Chomsky on Vietnam
William F. Buckley, Jr. died yesterday at the age of eighty-two. He was the founder of the conservative magazine National Review and the television show Firing Line. In 1969, he invited Noam Chomsky on his show to discuss the Vietnam War. We play an excerpt.
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