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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, March 2, 2009
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Headlines
- Obama: US Combat Forces Out of Iraq by 2010
- US Plans to Keep up to 50,000 Troops in Iraq Until 2011
- US to Give Another $30 Billion Bailout to AIG
- GDP Shrinks 6.2 Percent; Housing Prices Plummet 10 Percent
- Ex-US Official Predicts US Will Be in Afghanistan Until 2025
- CIA Strike in Pakistan Kills Eight
- US Pledges $900 Million in Palestinian Aid
- Aid Groups Calls for Israel to Lift Gaza Blockade
- Obama Administration to Boycott UN Racism Conference
- Mullen: Iran Has Enough Uranium to Build Atomic Bomb
- President of Guinea-Bissau Assassinated
- Thousands Protest Anniversary of US-Backed Coup in Haiti
- Court Rejects Obama Bid to Stop Wiretapping Suit
- Thousands March to Protest Sheriff Arpaio
- Seattle Sheriff Deputy Beat 15-Year-Old Girl
- Maine Town Bans Poland Springs from Extracting Municipal Water
- Erik Prince Resigns as Blackwater CEO
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Capitol Climate Action: Mass Civil Disobedience in D.C. Against Use of Coal at Capitol Hill Power Plant
Over a thousand activists representing a broad alliance of civic groups are converging on Washington, D.C. today for the country’s largest mass civil disobedience against global warming. Dubbed the "Capitol Climate Action," people are demonstrating against coal at the Capitol Hill Power Plant, which still uses coal to heat and cool several key buildings, including House and Senate offices, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and Union Station. We speak with two well-known environmentalists: Bill McKibben and Judy Bonds. [includes rush transcript]
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Power Shift ’09: 12,000+ Students Attend Largest Youth Summit on Climate Change in US History
This weekend, an estimated 12,000 young people were at the D.C. Convention Center for Power Shift ’09, the largest youth summit on climate change in history. College and high school students from all fifty states, all Canadian provinces, as well as a dozen countries, came together to discuss organizing for a clean energy revolution on the local and national levels. We hear some of their voices. [includes rush transcript]
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Tavis Smiley on the State of the Black Union, Economic Inequality and the Obama Administration’s Boycott of the World Conference Against Racism
On the last weekend of Black History Month, more than 6,000 people gathered in Los Angeles for the tenth annual State of the Black Union convention. We speak with founder and organizer Tavis Smiley. Smiley is host of Tavis Smiley on PBS and The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI. His latest book is Accountable: Making America as Good as its Promise. [includes rush transcript]
