Sometimes there are events that mark historic turning points: the end of one era and beginning of another. This year, Biden’s failed Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles was one. It showed Latin America will no longer accept being relegated to “backyard” status by the U.S. empire. BreakThrough was there to capture the contrast between the government’s Summit and the alternative People’s Summit for Democracy, which brought together social movement leaders from across the hemisphere, who rejected U.S. impositions and its exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Producer/Editor
Matt Belen
Videography
Zak Norton
Kei Pritsker
Featuring Music by Los Jornaleros del Norte Viver Brasil
Photo
Midia Ninja
Translation
Javier Guerrero
BreakThrough News is building the media arm of the movement. We tell the untold stories of resistance from poor and working-class communities — because out of these stories we will construct a different narrative of the world, as it is and in real time.
Think to yourself, is this article something that would be published anywhere other than BreakThrough?
Five mega-corporations dominate the media landscape — controlling 90% of what we read, watch and listen to. People’s movements in every corner of the globe are changing history and shifting consciousness. But these movements barely receive any coverage from the corporate media. They need visibility. They need amplification. They need a media arm to break through.
Working-class people deserve better, we deserve media for and by us. We are not funded by billionaires or corporations – we are funded by you. Without you, BreakThrough would not be possible, so become a member and build the media arm of the movement with us.
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