Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Breaking the Set No. 218 -- 2013 Aug 06 TU

A Plastic Wasteland, the Zeitgeist Message, the 'Real' Terror Alert, DEA Secret Surveillance

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to Dianna Cohen, Artist and Founder of the Plastic Pollution Coalition about the tough truths regarding plastic contamination of the world's oceans and how we can free ourselves from the plastic gyre. Abby Martin then remarks on her trip to the Zeitgeist Media Festival in Los Angeles, going over the importance of art and activism and featuring interviews with host of 'Buzzsaw', Tyrel Ventura and Zeitgeist founder, Peter Joseph. Abby Martin calls out the corporate media for their latest fear mongering campaign, citing the worldwide terror alert as an ironic distraction from ongoing drone strikes that are themselves seen as a tactic of terror. BTS wraps up the show with look at the latest NSA revelation, and talks to BTS producer Manuel Rapalo about how the DEA has gained free reign on NSA surveillance data to establish a rogue spying network used by local authorities across the nation to secretly launch criminal investigations.

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