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

President Donald Trump’s attempts to use brutal force against the anti-racist protest movement sweeping the nation, has sparked mass resistance. Across the country large protests in solidarity with Portland protestors have re-energized the uprising against police terror. Many of those protests have also been met with serious police violence. In this segment BreakThrough gives you a round-up of the recent protests and the failed attempts to crush them. #PortlandProtests #Black

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

22 million file for unemployment. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is here. But the pain is not being shared equally, and neither are the bailouts. #socialism #unemployment #governmentbailout #coronavirus #capitalism #coroporatebailouts #Bailout #coroporategreed #COVID19 #wallst #wallstbailout #bankbailouts

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

Developing nations face challenges paying for crucial imports to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. We are joined by former Ecuadorian Minister of Knowledge, and Central Bank director, Andrés Arauz, to discuss these challenges, and some possible solutions. #coronavirus #COVID19 #recession #socialism

NYC is forcing construction workers to continue building luxury condos at a time when we need new hospitals. Courtney Francis, a construction worker from the Bronx, tells us how construction workers feel about risking their lives every day going to work. Join us at http://Patreon.com/BreakThroughNews BreakThrough News is a new independent video platform, built as a “media arm for the movement” by long-time working-class organizers. Join us and become a patron. #socialism #Pan