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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, August 16, 2010
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Headlines
- UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I’ve Ever Witnessed
- Gen: Petraeus Hints Scheduled Afghan Withdrawal Could Be Postponed
- Shadow War: US Secretly Carries Out Strikes in Yemen
- Obama Backs the Rights of Muslims to Build Mosque Near Ground Zero
- US Threatens to Cut Off Arms Deal to Turkey over Criticism of Israel
- White House Expresses Concern over Election in Rwanda
- Peruvian Prosecutor Seeks to Put Lori Berenson Back in Jail
- France Urged to Repay $40 Billion "Independence Debt" to Haiti
- Curfew Continues in Kashmir After Police Kill Four Protesters
- Backers of Open Internet Protest Outside Google HQ
- Turkey Deports US Journalist
- Laborers’ International Union Rejoins AFL-CIO
- Singer, Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln, 80, Dies
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Journalist Exposes How Private Investigation Firm Hired by Chevron Tried to Recruit Her as a Spy to Undermine $27B Suit in Ecuadorian Amazon
An exposé in The Atlantic magazine reveals how one of the world’s largest private investigation firms, Kroll, hired by oil giant Chevron, tried to recruit an American journalist to undermine a massive $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron brought by the residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon. We speak with the journalist, Mary Cuddehe, and with Han Shan, the coordinator for Amazon Watch’s Clean Up Ecuador campaign. [includes rush transcript]
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Filmmakers, Activists Try to Save Dolphins from Slaughter in Oscar-Winning Doc The Cove
The Academy Award-winning film The Cove opened last month in Japan after months of protests by right-wing activists who had pressured some cinemas into canceling screenings. The film documents how a group of activists and filmmakers used hidden cameras to expose the annual slaughter of over 20,000 dolphins in the small Japanese fishing village of Taiji, 200 miles southeast of Tokyo. We speak with the film’s director, Louie Psihoyos, and dolphin activist Ric O’Barry. [includes rush transcript]
