Obama's West Point Doublespeak, Detroit in Decay & Murder on the Border

Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Murder
on the Border, Obama’s West Point Double Speak, Female Genital
Mutilation, Detroit in Decay, the Worst Countries for Workers &
Remembering Maya Angelou.

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EPISODE
BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin remarks on
an independent investigation by the Arizona Republic, highlighting the
number of people by CPB agents on the US Mexico border since 2005, a
statistic the agency has tried to keep secret. Abby then goes over
President Obama’s speech at the West Point military academy, going over
the conflicting rhetoric regarding the Afghanistan withdrawal, the
justification for using drones and the dangers of the continue notion of
‘American Exceptionalism’. Abby then speaks with Jaha Dukereh, the
author of a petition for the US government to commission a report on
Female Genital Mutilation, discussing the prevalence of the practice and
the need to end it. Abby then goes over the detraining state of
infrastructure in the city of Detroit, going over the failing efforts to
revitalize the city, and the overall bleak state of urban decay that
haunts the town. Abby then speaks with labor and employment attorney,
Benjamin Dictor, about a the International Trade Union Confederation’s
annual global workers index, which highlights the best and worst
countries in the world for workers; discussing why countries like
Denmark and Uruguay are leaders in workers’ rights, while the US falls
behind in systematic attacks against unions. BTS wraps up the show with a
tribute to the late poet and social justice activist Maya Angelou.