Maximillian Alvarez

“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement, including the less radical ones.”

“We've been fighting for a very long time, and we're at the point now where we're done—and workers will go on strike by Thursday if this company does not come back with some new proposals and resolve all of these ridiculous Unfair Labor Practice charges.”

TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez captures the moment Mamdani’s victory was announced in his home district of Astoria, Queens.

As the federal government continues its top-down assault on higher education, universities are internally building repression and surveillance machines that mirror the Trump administration.

“We were out there 45 days under the snow, under the rain… we [said], ‘We are going on hunger strike, because we want our life back. Zohran Mamdani was with us.’”

“When the ceasefire began, I felt a mix of disbelief and emptiness. After two years of genocide, silence felt strange, almost frightening.”

“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it's too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”

“We swore an oath when we took these positions to defend the Constitution and to provide these services to the American people… what's going to happen to your everyday American when they don't have Social Security or food assistance or Medicare?”

The strike began on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line, we speak with striking Registered Nurse First Assistant Nick Eng.

“This is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heaven… Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video of me at this conference? Well, turns out the Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse appears to have listened to it.”