Not a ‘Natural Disaster’: The Systemic Failures Behind LA’s Wildfire Crisis

Anny Viloria Winnett, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Graduate Student Researcher and a PhD Candidate at the UCLA School of Public Health, joins the show from Los Angeles, where devastating wildfires have claimed at least 27 lives and displaced over 150,000 people.

Winnett discusses the systemic failures fueling this crisis—from the cities unpreparedness to the privatization of water—and highlights how local residents are organizing to meet the urgent needs of their communities.

At least 27 people have died from the wildfires that swept Los Angeles –many died “waiting for to be assisted so they could evacuate” explains LA organizer @annywhere