Features Local Convention Convened, New Leadership Elected –Bob M, Membership Chair This past Saturday our chapter’s highest decision-making body, the Local Convention, took place at the First Grace UMC. Thank you to the over 60 dues-paying members who participated in our deliberation. We had presentations on our chapter’s progress and growth over the last year,…
Features Local Convention Preview & Convention Compendium –Brodie L. Dear Comrades, Tomorrow is one of our biggest events of the year: Annual Local Convention. This is by far our largest official meeting, and this year we’re expecting 60+ people. It’s still not too late to RSVP! We will begin at 12:00pm with a social, free…
Bulletins Direct Service & Health Justice: Brake Light Clinic/Health Fair Tomorrow, June 20th, Direct Service and Health Justice will be holding a Brake Light Clinic and a Free Health Fair at 1800 AP Tureaud Ave from 11am-2pm. We will also be collecting signatures for the recall campaigns against Jeff Landry and Liz Murrill (and Sid…
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…
🌹 🌹 🌹 Early voting is May 2-9, except Sunday. Election Day is May 16. Visit GeauxVote to check your registration and find your polling location. In this cycle, we have no Endorsements or Recommendations. Introduction In the last edition of our guide, we took some time to explain the ways in which vote burdening…
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…
