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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, May 8, 2009
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Headlines
- Backtracking on Initial Claims, Pentagon Admits Afghan Civilians Killed by US Bombs
- Cost of Occupying Afghanistan to Exceed Iraq
- UN: 500,000 Flee Pakistan Fighting
- Ex-Soldier Convicted in Iraq Rape, Murder Case
- Blackwater Remains in Iraq Despite Contract’s Expiration
- Fed: Bank Losses Could Approach $600B
- Despite Campaign Pledge, Obama Shuns Needle Exchange
- Chair of NY Fed Resigns over Sachs Shares
- Documents Show Pelosi Briefed on Torture in 2002
- Group Calls for Probe of APA’s Role in Torture
- Burmese Junta Arrests US Citizen for Suu Kyi Visit
- Pro-Independence Puerto Rico Activists Arrested for Capitol Protest
- Study: 17% of US Children Face Hunger Risk
- NY Activists Protest Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
- Kerrey to End New School Tenure in 2011
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EXCLUSIVE...Pentagon Pundits: New York Times Reporter David Barstow Wins Pulitzer Prize for Exposing Military’s Pro-War Propaganda Media Campaign
In his first national broadcast interview, New York Times reporter David Barstow speaks about his 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning expose of the Pentagon propaganda campaign to recruit more than seventy-five retired military officers to appear on TV outlets as military analysts ahead of and during the Iraq war. This week, the Pentagon inspector general’s office admitted its exoneration of the program was flawed and withdrew it. [includes rush transcript]
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Mother’s Day for Peace: A Dramatic Reading of Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation
Ahead of Mother’s Day, we play an excerpt of Robert Greenwald’s short film Mother’s Day for Peace. It features a dramatic reading of Julia Ward Howe’s "Mother’s Day Proclamation" by Felicity Huffman, Christine Lahti, Fatma Saleh, Ashraf Salimian, Vanessa Williams and Alfre Woodard. [includes rush transcript]
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Author Susan Galleymore on "Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror"
Author Susan Galleymore’s son served in Iraq and Afghanistan. For her latest book, Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror, Galleymore traveled to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, the US, and Israel and the Occupied Territories to interview other mothers about war and its consequences. [includes rush transcript]
