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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, June 11, 2009
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Headlines
- White Supremacist Kills Guard in Holocaust Memorial Shooting
- Following Senate Approval, Torture-Linked General Given "Carte Blanche" for Afghan Command
- House Panel Holds Hearing on Single Payer
- AMA Opposes Public Health Insurance Plan
- Tiller Colleague Vows to Continue Performing Late-Term Abortions in Kansas
- Admin to Unveil New Rules on Mountaintop Coal Mining
- Peruvian Congress Suspends Land Laws
- UN Withdraws Staff from Peshawar Following Deadly Bombing
- Blackwater Sued for 2007 Killing of Iraqi Civilian
- Oregon National Guard Members Sue KBR for Toxic Exposure
- Audit Faults at Least $13 Billion in War Contractor Spending
- Witnesses: 2 Afghans Killed, Dozens Wounded in US Grenade Attack
- Study: Firms, Governments Funded over 22,000 Pentagon Trips
- Utah Man Dies in Police Tasering
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New York Legislature in Gridlock as Democratic Defections Give Republicans Senate Control
Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez analyzes the Republican takeover of the New York State Senate following the surprise defection of two Democratic lawmakers. The political upheaval has held up legislation on issues affecting millions of New Yorkers, including gay marriage, rent controls and mayoral control of New York City’s schools. [includes rush transcript]
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Longtime White Supremacist Opens Fire at DC Holocaust Museum, Killing Security Guard; Shooting is Third in as Many Months Linked to White Nationalist Groups
Longtime white supremacist James W. von Brunn opened fire at Washington, DC’s Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, killing a security guard and injuring another. It was the third recent shooting involving a gunman with ties to the white nationalist movement, following last month’s slaying of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller and the shooting of three police officers in Philadelphia in April. We speak with one of the nation’s leading researchers on right-wing hate groups, Leonard Zeskind, author of Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream. Zeskind has been closely monitoring white nationalist and anti-Semitic groups for over thirty years. [includes rush transcript]
