On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin calls out the US logging industry for its potential role in the record breaking typhoon that devastated the islands of the Philippines, leaving 10,000 dead and 600,000 displaced. Abby then speaks with Vietnam War veteran, Mike Marceau, about the sham of Veteran's Day and the devastating mental health and dire economic reality facing former soldiers. Abby then talks about the New York Times' bizarre endorsement of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multi-nation trade deal that is being negotiated by corporations behind closed doors and kept secret from the public. Abby then speaks with BTS producer, Manuel Rapalo, about the top five most egregious examples of two-tiered injustice, from Abu Ghraib torture victims being sued by their torturers to fracking victims being sued by the fracking industry. BTS wraps up the show with a light at the end of the tunnel story about students in Indiana fighting back against the decision by former Indiana governor and Purdue University President, Mitch Daniels' decision to censor Howard Zinn's text book, A People's History of the United States, which not only backfired, but sparked a larger debate about academic freedom across the state.
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