Features Preview of Tomorrow’s General Membership Meeting –Brodie L Dear Comrades: Our March GM is at a new place and time, 1:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist. We will dedicate it to practicing how to represent ourselves and support our comrades at marches and rallies. Whether you’re an old hat or new to the…
Features Preview of March 21 General Membership Meeting –Brodie L Dear Comrades: Our March GM is at a new place and time, 1:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist. We will dedicate it to practicing how to represent ourselves and support our comrades at marches and rallies. Whether you’re an old hat or new to…
Features Chevron’s Out of French Quarter Fest. Now What? Last month, news broke that Chevron will no longer be a sponsor of French Quarter Fest as of 2027. This ends a thirteen-year relationship which saw Chevron as the title sponsor of the event. Now, at least in part due to our Chevron Out of French…
Features February General Meeting Tomorrow –Brodie L Our second General Meeting of the year is tomorrow at the Healing Center. While the meeting won’t begin officially until noon, I wanted to encourage our members to come a little early at 11:30 am to just hang out with your fellow DSAers. We’ll provide vegan red beans…
Features The TACO Chronicles –Andy L We’re on the precipice of bombing Iran. While we were making our way through Deep Gras, our air force and navy have been moving planes and ships to Western Asia, assembling a force roughly the size of what attacked Iraq in 2003. No troops this time though – it’s…
Features NOPD Policy Betrays Immigrants –Aaron Z This week, NOPD adopted a new policy: they will now arrest people with immigration detainers. This reverses a 2016 policy that prohibited officers from sharing data with immigration agents. This new policy contains two key changes: “In the event a detained individual is discovered to be subject to…
Features 500 Members and Counting –Bob M Did you know that DSA is funded by its members and not large donors who can sway our political choices? What makes DSA unique is a genuine democracy unlike the capitalist parties or other major political non-profits. Every dues paying member is enshrined with rights within DSA as…
Early voting is January 24-31, except Sunday. Election Day is February 7. Visit GeauxVote to check your registration and find your polling location. In this cycle, we have no Endorsements or Recommendations. Introduction Another election. During Mardi Gras. Then runoffs. During the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Scheduling this many elections is undemocratic–it depresses turnout….
Features Every Life is a Universe Brayan Garzón-Rayo was a 27-year-old man who moved from Colombia to the U.S. with his family in November 2023. His mother said that he loved riding his motorcycle, watching soccer and sledding after fresh snowfall. He had talked to his mother days before his death on April 8th, complaining…
Features General Membership Meeting Tomorrow –Brodie L Good morning, comrades! Tomorrow, our General Membership will convene for the first GM of the new year. Your Local Council has been working to bring democratic improvements to our meetings that our growing membership deserves. The agenda is still being set, but we will definitely discuss our chapter…
