BreakThrough News

HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of protestors call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel and supportive of BDS.

HAPPENING NOW: Los Angeles protestors halt traffic, joining the nationwide movement demanding freedom for detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.

BREAKING: Jewish Voice for Peace is leading a sit-in in the lobby of Trump tower to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil.

For decades, it was nearly impossible for pro-Palestinian films to get into theaters. We have a chance to change that, but need your help. We’ve been working on a film, “The Encampments,” that comes out this week in NYC. We interviewed Mahmoud Khalil for countless hours, and it sets the record straight about what happened at Columbia. We can bring it to theaters nationwide right away but only if we can show that there’s an audience that wants to see it. So please help the film grow and send the link to all your friends in NYC to come out this weekend. And comment below if you want it to come to your city. 🔗 LINK in bio to get tickets 🎟️

Today in Manhattan, NY, postal service workers rallied against Trump's proposed takeover of the USPS.

HAPPENING NOW: Denver teachers walked out and are protesting at the Colorado State Capitol, urging lawmakers not to cut funding for education.

Peltier: “It was worth it to me to sacrifice for you.” After nearly 50 years behind bars, Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier returned home today. Indigenous activists from @ndncollective and residents of Belcourt, North Dakota, gathered to celebrate his freedom after the decades of injustice he endured.

TODAY: UC Berkeley students walked out, joining nationwide protests demanding the release of Palestinian Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, and an end to US funds to Israel.

HAPPENING NOW: Los Angeles protestors march for Palestine Land Day, demanding an end to the war and calling on U.S. campuses to stop repressing pro-Palestine student demonstrators.

TODAY: Stanford University students walked out, joining nationwide school walkouts in demanding freedom for Mahmoud Khalil.

BREAKING: Dozens of Columbia students stage a sit-in amid nationwide student walkouts demanding justice for Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia student activist facing deportation after DHS took him from his home.

HAPPENING NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters march in downtown Boston, opposing Israel’s full-scale war in Gaza.

HAPPENING NOW: In Boston, hundreds of protesters rally for Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil to be released from ICE.

BREAKING: Hundreds gather outside of Mahmoud Khalil’s court conference in NYC to demand his immediate release.

"I don't even believe this is real." Eugene Puryear responds to the sudden flood of social media content discouraging Black people from protesting on April 5. It has all the markings of an operation, he says.

Expelled Columbia student Grant Miner, president of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of student workers, joined NYC protests demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s release. He says the crackdown on the student movement for Palestine has only strengthened their resolve. #Columbia #columbiauniversity #Activism #Antiwar #MahmoudKhalil #StudentUprising

TODAY: UC Los Angeles students walked out to demand free Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.

Israel has now killed 208 journalists with U.S.-made bombs, adding Mohammad Mansour and Hossam Shabat to the list. But the State Dept. doesn’t even flinch at this deadly assault on press freedom

ICE unlawfully and violently arrested Ulises Peña Lopez, a Bay Area resident and sole provider for his wife and 3-year-old daughter, as he left for work—forcing his emergency hospitalization. His family says he collapsed, was shackled to his hospital bed, and denied medication, food, and water.

BREAKING: ICE in Newark detained Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, after DHS charged her with overstaying her visa and alleged her involvement in Columbia’s protest encampment. She is the second DHS has targeted over protest ties this week, after Mahmoud Khalil