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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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- McChrystal: More US Troops Needed in Afghanistan
- CIA Expands Presence in Afghanistan
- Ex-CIA Chiefs Calls for Torture Probe to Be Dropped
- Obama to Meet with Netanyahu and Abbas
- UN Body Urges Israel to Allow Nuclear Inspections
- Somali Militant Calls for Attacks on AU Forces
- Three Arrested in Terror Probe for Making False Statements
- FCC to Propose Net Neutrality Rules
- Unemployment Rate in California Reaches 12.2%
- Life Expectancy for Blacks in New Orleans Under 70 Years
- Fox News Producer Caught Rallying Anti-Obama Protesters
- Oil Trader Pays $49 Million for Illegal Dumping in Ivory Coast
- Ghana Marks 100th Anniversary of Birth of Kwame Nkrumah
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Ralph Nader on the G-20, Healthcare Reform, Mideast Talks and His First Work of Fiction, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
As the United States prepares to host the Group of Twenty nations summit in Pittsburgh later this week, we speak with longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic, author and presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Nader discusses Congress’s failure to pass any meaningful financial reform on Wall Street over the past year and critiques Obama’s healthcare reform proposal. Ralph Nader also talks about his first work of fiction, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" Nader describes the book in terms of a practical utopia, a fictional vision that could become a new reality. [includes rush transcript]
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Iraqi Labor Leaders Denounce US Occupation & Iraq’s Anti-Labor Laws
A group of Iraqi labor leaders are here in the United States trying to bring international attention to the lack of a basic labor law in Iraq guaranteeing the right to unionize without repression. Although the United States has scrapped several Saddam Hussein-era laws since the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, a 1987 law banning unions in all public-sector workplaces remains in place. Last week the AFL-CIO adopted a resolution defending Iraqi labor rights. We speak to Iraqi labor leaders Rasim Awadi and Falah Alwan. [includes rush transcript]
