Bolsonaro and Trump Compete for Biggest Coronavirus Catastrophe
Brazil may soon surpass the U.S. with the highest rate of infections — while lacking any real health leadership. Like Trump, far-right president Jair Bolsonaro first called the coronavirus a “little flu.” He rejected the WHO’s guidelines on social distancing and wearing masks, and ousted two health ministers. BT spoke with Rodrigo Durao, writer and […]
The Movement Goes Mainstream: What Now?
All the country’s major brands recognized Juneteenth, for the first time in history. They all tweet about #BLM and some even changed their branding. But will this produce the substantive change that people are demanding in the streets? BT discusses this, as well as the U.S. government’s surrender to the pandemic and what John Bolton’s […]
Headlines – Anti-Immigrant Scapegoating, Water Crisis, Palestine, Bolivia and more
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 […]
They make your clothes in hellish conditions. They stand with Black Lives Matter.
Garment workers in Myanmar produce for Nike, H&M, and Zara. After going on strike, they have faced a wave of repression during the pandemic. Now they’re standing for Black lives. We interview Myanmar-based labor organizer Andrew Tillett-Sacks. #AsianforBlackLives #BlackLivesMatter #MyanmarStrikes #Garmentworkers Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Tweet us on Twitter: […]
Ithaca Becomes First City to Cancel Rent
The small city of Ithaca, N.Y. has voted to cancel the rents for the duration of the pandemic. BreakThrough interviews tenant organizer Daisy Wiley on how it happened, and — with the rent due again next week — what happens now. Similar measures have been adopted worldwide, but not in the U.S., where the crisis […]
Juneteenth: Explained
The anti-racist movement has revived the call to make Juneteenth — the end of chattel slavery in the U.S. — an official holiday. After all 500,000 people remained enslaved on July 4, 1776, so doesn’t that make Juneteenth the true “independence day” for Black America? Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » […]
My Brother Was Not Suicidal’: Robert Fuller’s Sister Speaks
Authorities have been forced by mass protests to reopen investigations into the deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch, another Black man found hanged 10 days prior to Fuller in Southern California. Fuller’s family is speaking out about a potential lynching and the community is demanding straight answers. #RobertFuller #JusticeforRobertFuller #Lynching #RacisminAmerica #News Connect with […]
“Tear it Down!” Racist Monument Toppled by Anti-Racist Uprising
In this segment BreakThrough News host Eugene Puryear discusses the wave of statue topplings and removals that are accompanying the uprising against racism sweeping the US. Puryear explains how these statues are symbols not just of a dark past but also the continued oppression and marginalization of Black people today.