On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin highlights workers strikes and walk-outs in the US, emphasizing the need for the minimum wage to reflect the rise in the standard of living. Abby then talks to RT correspondents, Ramon Galindo and Anastasia Churkina, about the May Day demonstrations that took place this year in New York and Los Angeles, and also the protests and arrests that took place in Seattle, the panel discusses unionization, workers' rights, and safety standards. Abby then talks to Andy Stepanian, activist and co-founder of the Sparrow Project, about ag-gag laws that are being introduced across the US, and the potentially damaging implications of these laws, including the profiling of animal rights activists as terrorists. BTS wraps up the show with a look at who the 'sequester' is affecting the most; while congress protects their perks at airports, the poorest in this country bear the brunt of the burden of these automatic spending cuts.
Audio file link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/oogvb2
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