Maximillian Alvarez

“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.’”

“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.”

“I'm here as an act of global Indigenous solidarity, and there are many, many people, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island, that support the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle.”

“This decision only cuts off a few services to a single military unit, [so] we will not stop organizing. We will not stop protesting until all of our demands are met, which includes cutting off all Azure services and contracts with the Israeli government and military.”

“The mainstream media covers this like a horse race, [but] it is calamitous for the working class, what's about to transpire on Capitol Hill”

Calling in from the Mediterranean Sea, Iara Modarelli and Leila Hegazy speak with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez about the current status of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the critical days ahead.

One week after HUD whistleblowers Paul Osadebe and Palmer Keenan filed their official complaints, the Trump administration fired them in “a stunning act of illegal retaliation.”

“The frank fact of the matter is that, right now, discrimination is not being prosecuted. Fair housing laws are not being enforced… And so, we felt that we had no choice but to go public.”