Features Pre-Convention Political Discussion Series Continues Next Two Sundays –Bob M Leading up to Convention, the Chapter has been holding political discussions about what we’ve been doing, what the local organizing terrain looks like, and how we move forward. At the Labor discussion, we covered: Power mapping, using examples like the Frenchmen Street garden fight,…
Bulletins Direct Service & Health Justice: Brake Light Clinics/Health Fairs Coming in June, Direct Service and Health Justice will be holding two Brake Light Clinics, one at the Northshore Robotics STEM Festival in Covington, Saturday, June 6th at 701 N Tyler St and another Saturday, June 20th in New Orleans at 1800 AP Tureaud Ave…
Features Tonight: The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Join us tonight at 6pm for a screening of The Internet’s Own Boy in the Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av #258. Aaron Swartz devoted his life to the cause of internet freedom from corporate domination. Aaron helped develop RSS, Creative Commons, and Reddit….
Features Getting Plugged In: Membership Trends & DSA This Summer -Bob M I’m sure you’ve probably gotten a text or email about all the events coming up and asking you to RSVP. Each meeting that has business (voting or elections) requires that we reach a quorum of 10% of our membership in good standing. That…
Features New Orleans DSA Voter Guide: May 16, 2026 In the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Callais decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, the country is on the precipice of a total reversal of the democratic gains made not only during the Civil Rights Movement, but even the last remnants of post-Confederate Reconstruction. Jeff…
Features Surplus and Profit –Andy L A barista makes $1,000 worth of coffee sales during her shift, and she gets paid $50. What’s left over is money in someone else’s pocket. That $950 margin she doesn’t get paid (what we call surplus value), is the profit to the owner of the coffee shop. Other, more…
Features Happy May Day –Andy L News from a few weeks back about the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán reminds us that nothing is certain or permanent in politics. When Orbán became the prime minister 16 years ago, he set in motion a whole cascade of changes to Hungarian politics, primarily done to make it…
Features May Day: The General Strike is Finally Coming International Workers’ Day was originally inspired by US trade unionists, and in memory of those killed as a result of the Haymarket Affair. However, after decades of propaganda, US and Canadian governments instituted a Labor Day largely stripped of May Day’s activist origins. Now, American workers…
Features April General Membership Preview –Brodie L Tomorrow is our April General Membership meeting! It is back to the usual time and place at the Healing Center #258 at noon. Though you should come early at 11:30am for coffee and camaraderie (also donuts!). We have one resolution of New Business: members running for chapter positions…
Features Brake Light Clinic Returns in New Orleans East The Direct Action and Health Justice Committee is hosting its bimonthly Brake Light Clinic tomorrow to provide valuable services and community care to our comrades in New Orleans East. From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, we’ll be set up at 7401 Read Blvd, in the Walgreens…
