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Assisting death, Pakistan elections, justice for Abu Ghraib torture victims  A Pakistani election official empties a ballot box at the end of polling in Rawalpindi on May 11, 2013. (AFP Photo)
Abby Martin reports on a bill passed by Vermont lawmakers which legalizes doctor-assisted death, and talks to George Eighmey of the Death with Dignity National Center about the misconceptions many Americans have about assisted death. Then RT c... May 17, 2013 06:27
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­There are too many rules in our society that only prop up the establishment – an establishment that tries its hardest to divide and conquer the people. ‘Breaking the Set’ is a show that cuts through the pre-written narrative that tries to tell you what to think, and what to care about.

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Documenting police brutality, pure food, genocide convictions, hacking AP journalists

Abby Martin looks over a few recent cases of police brutality and the need to document it. Then, the director of the Center for Food Safety, Elizabeth...

May 16, 2013 04:30 1
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, celebrate the victory of their party a day after landmark general elections, in Lahore, on May 12, 2013.(AFP Photo / Arif Ali)
Benghazi hidden truths, Israel’s narrative of control, Pakistan elections, fusion center failures

Abby Martin breaks through the corporate fixation over Obama’s rhetoric on Benghazi whilst ignoring the real scandal of the CIA’s role in supporting...

May 15, 2013 05:28 5
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Imminent fiscal abyss, whitewashing history, Gitmo torture report

Abby Martin talks to Ellen Brown, president of the public banking institute and author of ‘Web of Debt’, about the need for banking reform in the US and...

May 14, 2013 04:30 4
Syrian rebels gather around a T-72 tank, captured from government forces two months ago, in the village of Kfarruma in the flashpoint Syrian province of Idlib near the border with Turkey, on February 10, 2013. (AFP Photo)
Syria hypocrisy and colonialist wars, FBI cat burglars, Golden State rocks out

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to award-winning columnist and author Eric Margolis about the post-2014 US role in Afghanistan,...

May 11, 2013 06:25 7
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Computer age philosophy, Supreme Court kings and queens, Green friends and foes

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to Jaron Lanier,  computer scientist and author of the book ‘Who Owns the Future?’ about the...

May 10, 2013 06:28 4
Iraqi Kurds look at the remains of a car bomb on May 8, 2013, in the norhtern city of Kirkuk. (AFP Photo / Marwan Ibrahim)
Iraq’s decade of hell, State death distraction, CIA’s blank check

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to Stefan Molyneux, host of Free Domain Radio, about overlooked statistics in the Iraq War, and his...

May 09, 2013 05:14 4
Iraqi boys inspect the site of a car bomb attack that took place the previous day in Baghdad's district of Sadr City on April 16, 2013. (AFP Photo / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Criminality immunity, Iraq’s unstable future, Comic journalism, NYPD’s international crusade

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks about BP’s license to pollute, highlighting irresponsible practices that have led to massive oil spill...

May 08, 2013 04:30 1
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 5, 2013, shows a chicken walking on the "the damage caused by an Israeli strike" according to SANA. (AFP Photo?SANA)
Latin American economics, Kent State massacre, Syria media war of words

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to HUE Global strategist Jamila Aisha Brown about Obama’s recent visit to Latin America, and about how...

May 07, 2013 04:46 4
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Guns: Trafficking Deadly commodities, standardized boycott, & press freedom day

Abby Martin talks to Kathi Lynn Austin, executive director of the Conflict Awareness Project, about the global arms trade, the UN’s International Arms Trade...

May 04, 2013 05:55 8

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