From this week’s headlines: US Envoy to Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Senator Chris Murphy speak on US role in orchestrating daily coup attempts last year. W.N.B.A. amp up their protest, this time against ATL Dream’s co-owner and anti-BLM Senator Loeffler. U.S. Border control raids humanitarian camp in a retaliatory attack. Missouri voters pass Medicaid expansion after decade of blockages from GOP legislature. Colombia’s Supreme Court orders the detention of former president Ál

A “Back the Blue” rally in Denver was sent packing by a large crowd in defense of Black Lives Matter. The cops who killed #ElijahMcClain have still not been charged, and the protest movement in Denver is not playing around. #DenverProtests #BlackLivesMatter # #News Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/btnewsroom/ At Break

From this week’s headlines: Huge fires and heat waves in the Arctic of all places. Louisiana releases only 63 of 1k inmates eligible for temporary release during the pandemic. Over 70,000 Venezuelans flee Colombia and return to their home country to survive COVID. Asheville City Council passes a “reparations” bill… but where’s the money? #News #reparationsbill #coronavirus #venezuela Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Twee

From this week’s headlines: U.S. buys up world supply of COVID-19 drug. Hundreds occupy City Hall in New York City demanding defunding of the NYPD. Oklahoma defies Republican leadership to expand government-backed health insurance. Belgian King Phillipe gives his “deepest regrets” — but no apology — for the genocide of 10 million Congolese people under the rule of Leopold II, whose statue was then immediately brought down. Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: htt

Israel’s plans to illegally seize more land and water resources from the occupied West Bank has awakened a new wave of mass resistance and global solidarity. BT speaks with Mnar A. Muhawesh, editor-in-chief of Mint Press News, about the current crisis. Muhawesh, based in Minnesota, also discusses a recent conference where Israeli state forces conducted tactical training for Minneapolis police — showing the international connections of these two movements. #gaza #palestine #pa

From this week’s headlines: Trump signs executive order extending a ban on green cards and work visas for certain foreign workers. The repression of Bolivia’s popular Movement for Socialism Party continues under the right wing coup government. Seattle Mayor announces that the city will disband the police-free autonomous zone CHOP. Thousands of Palestinians rally against Israel’s planned annexation of areas of the West Bank. And in the middle of the pandemic, millions of Ameri

BreakThrough host Eugene Puryear debunks the myths around the slogan “Defund the Police.” He explains the failures in policing that have led to the call, and why it actually points to a safer future rather than the chaos alleged by police unions and law-and-order politicians. Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/btnewsroo

The news on China can be dizzying, with blaring headlines about COVID-19 responses, sanctions, tariffs, war games, and secession movements. Now the U.S. press is howling with outrage at the news of China’s annual legislative meeting. But what was really decided there, and why is the Trump administration ramping up hostilities in the middle of a pandemic? BreakThrough helps you sort it out. We’ll also be joined by filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield to discuss her new documentary “Har

6:45 The elite have ripped the paper-thin mask off of the sick system, and now workers must choose between economic and physical survival. The reopening is upon us, ready or not. 18:55 Bolivia’s racist coup government has politically weaponized the virus against the Indigenous and the working-class. Its targeted negligence borders on genocide against the social base of the country’s resistance. 25:46 A group of sanitation workers are striking in New Orleans. The city governme

Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft Stocks gained $750 billion in value in April. Meanwhile, 30 million across the country are unemployed. While corporations received trillion dollar bailouts, workers saw one $1200 check. So where is the people’s bailout? Workers have taken it upon themselves to fight back, despite social distancing requirements. #economy #recessionindicators #nextrecession #whenrecessioncoming #recessionexplained #recessioncoronavirus #coronavirus #recessioncoming

Are the grocery workers handling your food able to stay safe? The chain store Trader Joe’s has received an outpouring of criticism for neglecting workers’ safety during the pandemic. Calls among “crew members” for a union, hazard pay, PPE and other reforms are growing, as TJ’s workers across NYC told BreakThrough. At their request, we have blurred their faces and kept them anonymous due to their fear of reprisals. #grocerystoreworkersunion #traderjoesjob #traderjoesunion #tra

An estimated one third of Americans did not pay rent in April, amplifying calls to demand a nationwide rent cancellation for the duration of the COVID pandemic. As New York Governor Cuomo insists the 90 moratorium on evictions is adequate, NYC Mayor deBlasio endorses a “renters relief” bill. But is this bill enough for the millions of New Yorkers in desperate need during this unprecedented economic crisis? #socialistnews #canceltherent #socialism #Pandemic #unemployment #canc