On NYC streets: Voices from the Epicenter
How are New Yorkers getting through the pandemic? The body count is growing, the city is shut down and unemployment is soaring. Yet the rent is still due and people have to survive. BreakThrough interviewed residents of Harlem to discuss what they’re going through, and what they think the government should be doing. #socialistnews #coronavirus […]
Petra Costa: Bolosonaro’s Mask Falls Before the World
Breakthrough is joined by documentarian Petra Costa, of the academy award nominated “Edge of Democracy,” to discuss the cruel response to Coronavirus from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Costa explains the inspirational growth of social solidarity in Brazil, and the art of filmmaking in a time of pandemic.
Desperate Coup-Makers: Trump Puts Bounty on Maduro’s Head
While the coronavirus pandemic ravages the United States, the Trump administration is still making time to amp up its regime change efforts around the world. With sanctions tightening and military threats escalating, the Justice Department put a bounty on the head of Venezuelan President Maduro. But this move quickly backfired. #trump #sanctionsonvenezuela #juanguaido #cliveralcala #venezuelasanctions […]
U.S. Prints Its Stimulus Money, Poor Nations Await IMF
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
COVID-19 in NYC: 60,000 crowded in homeless shelters
How do the 70,000 homeless people in New York City stay indoors if they don’t have a home to go to or social distance in an overcrowded shelter? BT speaks with Sasha Murphy, case manager at a homeless shelter in the Bronx, about the conditions in NYC shelters and what the government should be doing […]
Workers to Amazon: Sanitize Warehouses or Orders Won’t Ship
Can the Amazon goods at your front door be considered “safe” if the workers packing and delivering them aren’t? This week employees at Amazon are taking spontaneous ‘sick-out’ actions because of inadequate protective gear and un-sanitized workplaces. Roberto Clack of Warehouse Workers for Justice joins BreakThrough to discuss how the mega-corporation is pushing its workforce […]
Can Gov’t Nationalize Industry to Resolve Critical Shortages?
Critical shortages of masks, ventilators, hospital beds and all sorts are causing crisis conditions for frontline and essential workers. This is creating a growing outcry for widespread nationalizations, we dive into what that means and how it could work.
COVID-19: U.S. pretense of ‘global leadership’ goes out the window
Interview Part 2 — Prabir Purkayastha, Editor-in-chief of NewsClick, discusses the U.S. failure to provide global leadership in the fight against COVID-19, including within in its own borders, and what this means for the international political order going forward. Will the system rebound or will it be challenged and replaced? Join us at http://Patreon.com/BreakThroughNews BreakThrough […]