Features Let’s Do It Jewett! for US Congress District 1 On Labor Day, union teacher and New Orleans DSA member Lauren Jewett announced her candidacy for US Congress, LA-01. We couldn’t be more excited to help one of our own unseat Republican Steve Scalise. Lauren has been a public school special education teacher for 17…
Features Help the 9th Ward Stop the Lock! The Army Corps of Engineers wants to build an outdated, unnecessary, and harmful expansion of the Industrial Canal at the St. Claude bridge. First approved in the 1950s, this plan destroys homes, ties up traffic, and worsens quality of life for Bywater and the Lower 9th Ward….
Features Swing By the General Meeting Tomorrow at the Healing Center August’s GM is tomorrow from 12:00 – 2:00 pm in Room #204 of the New Orleans Healing Center! Parking can be found at 2465 N Rampart St, and you can also join via Zoom using the link when you RSVP. We’ll have committee and…
Features Stand Up or Shut Up Time for City Councilmembers and Candidates Eugene Green and Oliver Thomas’s expansive surveillance ordinance is returning to City Council this Wednesday. This dangerous ordinance would make New Orleans the first and only city in the country to allow live facial recognition of its residents. That means the cameras you…
Features There Is No Safe Facial Recognition System Our city government has invested heavily in surveillance cameras that record you every time you go to the grocery store, a friend’s house, or sit on your porch. Now, NOPD wants to record your face and run it through a target database every time you step into…
Features City Council Campaigns Are Underway, Get Involved! Election Day is October 11 and New Orleans DSA has three endorsed members running for City Council. Danyelle Christmas, Jackson Kimbrell, and Bob Murrell are making calls, knocking on doors, and attending candidate forums. At Step Up’s District E forum on Wednesday, Danyelle talked to voters about…
Features A Good Martial Artist Does Not Become Tense, But Ready – Bruce Lee With the Supreme Court deferring to the Trump Administration’s whims, the full-on grab for power is well underway barely six months into this four-year term. The machinations of this administration will increasi ngly expose the contradictions our society rests upon. For…
Features So You Just Joined DSA, What’s Next? – Bob M, Membership Chair If you are like the thousands of new members nationwide who have joined DSA in the last few months, welcome to the largest socialist organization in the country! As your chapter’s elected officer for membership, I’m here to help turn your excitement…
Features It’s Time to Put the People Back in Charge! Four DSA Members Qualify for City Council Races Wednesday morning, at the steps of the Criminal District Courthouse, DSA School Board Member Gaby Biro introduced DSA’s City Council slate for 2025. Members Pastor Gregory Manning, Bob Murrell, Danyelle Christmas, and Jackson Kimbrell will proudly represent…
Features That’s a Wrap on the 2025 Local Convention! New Orleans DSA held our Local Convention on Saturday at Big Couch. Thank you to all the members who brought food and volunteered for the event, and a special thank you to our wonderful hosts. Our State of the Chapter report introduced all the work we’ve…
