Kevin and Esther, who lost their RV in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, described how FEMA denied them any funding, saying their documentation was "not good enough." Kevin said, "I'm not a criminal. I'm not out here robbing cars and people. I'm homeless now. My home is gone."

"Why are we facing this? We have a whole bunch of people, including the moron who is going to be president, who do not believe in climate change," said Larry Livingston, a professor at the USC Thornton School of Music, who lives in Altadena.

@bokchoy_baobei Hi, Jireh. This is Kimie Saito from the World Socialist Web Site (. I've been interviewing survivors at Palisades and Altadena. Can we talk?

Stop the unionbusting at Chedraui/Smart & Final! Unite all grocery workers and Teamsters drivers and UPS workers behind S&F strikers! Tony, a striking warehouseman with over 32 years in Los Angeles, said, "What's happening to us will directly affect all workers."

Rebecca and Cosmo, undergraduates at UC Santa Barbara at the encampment, spoke about why they defend striking UC grad students.

UC Irvine students, Kail and Allison, speak about the attack on freedom of speech and the demonization of peaceful protest in the bourgeois media.

May 23, 2024, a UCLA grad student TA and member of UAW Local 4811 denounced the union's "standup" strike, calling out one campus at a time.

@enfermerasana @WSWS_Updates Absolutely! Read the Follow the courageous strike vote by the UC grad student workers in UAW Local 4811. This is a political strike in defense of the Palestinian people against the genocide and for the defense of the embattled student protesters.

Sarah, a UC Irvine student involved in the encampment, expressed support for the UAW grad student workers voting for strike action to defend the anti-genocide protesters. "That's how you stop it. That's how it is in all wars. It's with the working class and with the students ..."

@jfrreis @trimfeed Sometimes it's better to not speak ...

Students at University of California Irvine denounce the ongoing genocide in Gaza and suppression of democratic rights on US campuses, "In support of a foreign country they're willing to suppress our rights as citizens." #GazaGenocide #FreeSpeech #UCI

Carlos, a senior in computer science at UC Irvine told this reporter, "It's getting to the point where I'm getting pessimistic about there being real change from politicians that we have in power right now." #Gazagenocide #Socialism2024 #UCI

@NoraDia43199887 @uaw2865 COLA was dropped; proper housing; protections for disabled students, international students; COVID protections; child care, and now the attestation forms, cuts to Ph.D. positions -- How was this a "victory," as the UAW purports it to have been?

@CynnaAel @1goodtern I agree with you, Cynna. The enormous suffering by the population is due to the criminal policies of the governments. Billions at the drop of the hat for Abrams tanks, long-range missiles to Ukraine in the war against Russia=WWIII, but no $ for social programs or fighting COVID.

@1goodtern Oh, no! Which hospital and in what city?

@9dante @YouTube WOW!!! Was this in Tokyo?

@danphysic The postdocs must demand that the same be given to the SRUs and TAs and that you all stand united until that is so.

@danphysic Were you told that it has a "no strike" clause in it? That by accepting it that you would be forced to scab on your fellow grad students? I'm sure you weren't told. And this was a deliberate calculation on the part of UC and the UAW to divide and conquer.

@uaw2865 No COLA, No Contract

@uaw2865 That is still not COLA, and $43k doesn't cut it in California.