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BreakThrough News
@btnewsroom
AbbreviationBT News or BTN
Location
Websitebreakthroughnews.org

BreakThrough News (BT News or BTN) is an American alternative online media and news outlet based in New York City.[1]

History

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In early 2020, BTN began posting to Instagram and YouTube with coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd protests, racial injustice in the US, and economic inequality.[2]

In 2022, the American think tank Newlines Institute claimed that BreakThrough News had denied the persecution of Uyghurs in China, and described BTN contributor Rania Khalek as an "apologist" for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad with links to Russian State-funded media.[3]

In 2023, Pacifica Radio's New York station WBAI began hosting a 1-hour slot for BTN, with hosts including Eugene Puryear, Rania Khalek, Kei Pritzker, and Brian Becker.[4]

In 2024, BTN journalists provided on-the-ground coverage of pro-Palestinian campus protests, including at Columbia University, which was cited by outlets including Al Jazeera,[5] The Guardian,[6] The Independent,[7] and Fortune.[8]

In 2025, BTN and Watermelon Pictures produced the documentary film The Encampments. The film covered the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, with particular focus on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and broader campus protests at Columbia University. The film's directors were BTN journalist Kei Pritsker and filmmaker Michael Workman; its executive producers were Macklemore and BTN editor-in-chief Ben Becker.[9] It premiered at the CPH:DOX Film Festival in Copenhagen in March 2025, where it received a Special Mention from the Human Rights Award jury.[10][11][12] The film subsequently received a limited U.S. theatrical release, grossing approximately $500,000.[13]

Staff and contributors

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BTN's leadership are almost all leaders in the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).[14] In 2023, BTN's anchors were PSL co-founders Brian Becker[2] and Eugene Puryear,[2][15] and Rania Khalek;[2][15] its editor-in-chief was PSL central committee member Ben Becker;[14][15] and its secretary was Claudia De la Cruz.[2] BTN works closely with Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and has often hosted Tricontinental founder Vijay Prashad.[2] Other frequent contributors include Abby Martin, Kei Pritsker,[2] and Katie Halper.[16]

In 2023, The Daily Beast contributor William Bredderman wrote that BreakThrough News is part of a "network of pro-Moscow, pro-Beijing content creators" funded by the American businessman Neville Roy Singham.[2] BTN is a member of the International People's Media Network, a coalition of media outlets that also work in conjunction with the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bergman, Tabe; Hearns-Branaman, Jesse Owen, eds. (2024). Media, dissidence and the War in Ukraine. Routledge studies in media, communication and politics. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-55705-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bredderman, William (May 29, 2023). "U.S Tech Mogul Bankrolls Pro-Russia, Pro-China News Network". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Sitting on the People's Forum's board is Claudia De La Cruz, who pulls triple duty as BreakThrough's secretary and as a "co-coordinator/educator" for the Justice and Education Fund. An auditor's report filed in New York shows that more of Singham's money trickled down to BreakThrough from the Forum in the form of $80,575 in donated rent in 2021, the most recent year for which filings are available. But when The Daily Beast visited the People's Forum address, it found a bookstore hawking tomes by Prashad and titles from his Leftword imprint, as well as a coffee shop and an event space—but no evidence of a studio. What's more, none of BreakThrough's hosts appear among the staff listed in the outlet's filings. Rather, the underlying nonprofit's leadership consists of figures like De La Cruz who donate an hour a week to the organization, and who like De La Cruz are affiliated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a small far-left sect that does not appear to receive substantial donations from Singham or from anybody else. The PSL does, however, appear as an allied group to the International People's Media Network on its webpage. Puryear and Becker, two of the BreakThrough anchors, are co-founders of the party.
  3. ^ Ross, Alexander Reid; Dobson, Courtney (2022-01-18). "The Big Business of Uyghur Genocide Denial". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  4. ^ "BreakThrough News Radio". WBAI. Pacifica Radio. BreakThrough News Radio is a weekly show that combines the best of BreakThrough News, a popular online video and social media platform that produces the shows "The Freedom Side" with Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek, "Rania Khalek Dispatches," "The Socialist Program with Brian Becker," and news reports and explainers by Kei Pritsker, and more.
  5. ^ "Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested as Columbia clears encampment". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  6. ^ Fulton, Adam; Chao-Fong, Léonie; Luscombe, Richard; Mackay, Hamish; Ambrose, Tom; Banfield-Nwachi, Mabel; Sullivan, Helen (2023-11-18). "Israeli forces 'determined to advance', says military – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  7. ^ "Thousands take to streets to protest Netanyahu and Gaza conflict". The Independent. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  8. ^ Berger, Chloe. "The university protests against Israel's action in Gaza are a defining moment for Gen Z". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  9. ^ "The Encampments, a Powerful and Timely Documentary That Captures the Columbia University Student Encampment and the Global Movement It Inspired". PR Newswire. 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  10. ^ "The Encampments". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  11. ^ Elfadl, Murtada (2025-03-26). "'The Encampments' Review: Timely Doc Covers 2024 U.S. Campus Protests Through the Eyes of the Students". Variety. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  12. ^ Adlakha, Siddhant (2025-03-25). "'The Encampments' Review: A Rousing Documentary Goes Inside Columbia Pro-Palestine Protests". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  13. ^ "Watermelon Pictures to launch Cannes sales on US student protests documentary 'The Encampments' featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil". Screen Daily. 2025-05-08. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  14. ^ a b Starr, Michael (May 15, 2024). "China-linked network funding key anti-Israel protest groups in US". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. The Singham network amplified anti-Israel activism not just through the NGOs' social media accounts, but through pro-CCP media outlets like BreakThrough News. [....] The Answer Coalition and PUF site often serves as a venue for the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) which has also been a notable actor in the anti-Israel protests. Becker is also a leader in PSL, as is Answer co-founder Claudia De la Cruz, who is the PSL's 2024 presidential candidate. [....] BT News editor-in-chief Ben Becker was previously an ANSWER organizer, and host and producer Eugene Puryear is alleged by the Daily Beast to be a PSL founder. ANSWER director Brian Becker is a contributor to the outlet. BT News operated out of the same address as the People's Forum, which provided grants to the outlet in 2021 and 2022 according to NCRI.
  15. ^ a b c "Meet the Team". BreakThrough News. Archived from the original on October 1, 2024. EUGENE PURYEAR Host & Producer [....] RANIA KHALEK Host & Producer [....] BEN BECKER Editor-in-Chief
  16. ^ Halper, Katie (2022-10-04). "I Was Canceled for Criticizing Israel". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
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