To the New Orleans DSA Membership, New Orleans DSA is committed to fighting for trans liberation and condemns transphobia and trans discrimination in all forms. We stand in solidarity with all trans people in their struggle for human rights and freedom from harassing, violent, or otherwise harmful stigmatizations. We know that the fight for socialism…
This week, our New Orleans teachers returned to in-person school and in-person work in the midst of a pandemic that continues to rage and the emergence of the new, more contagious COVID-19 variant strain. School employees are working in hazardous conditions without hazard pay or sufficient PPE. Meanwhile, the Superintendent has the audacity to state that “schools…
Would you like a $25 million dollar tax break? Sorry, it’s only available to corporations. New Orleans City Council is poised to approve a multimillion dollar corporate tax cut if we don’t stand up and fight for our community. On Thursday 12/17, City Council will vote to approve what is estimated to be a $25…
Hi Everyone, This Saturday, December 19th, we will be holding our monthly General Meeting. This is the most important meeting our chapter holds each month. It’s our opportunity each month to come together as the assembled membership of New Orleans DSA and vote on proposals that shape our work. This month we’ll be discussing our…
Hi Everyone, Our December 5th Run Off Voter Guide is officially here! The introduction to this guide serves as a perfect update for the week, so we’ll give you a sneak peak here: “And then there were a few. We need not re-hash in this space the many exhausting frustrations of the year 2020 itself, let alone…
Hi everyone, The 2020 DSA New Orleans Voter Guide is live! Check it out here, and join our Municipal Action Committee for a Voter Guide Release Party on Zoom tonight at 7:30 PM. Register for the call here! Solidarity, DSA New Orleans Local Council
At our September General Meeting, we held a rousing debate and discussion about how our chapter should engage with electoral politics and state power. As a chapter, we voted to form an Electoral Politics Working Group, which will be housed under our longstanding Municipal Action Committee. As part of their formation, the EPWG argued that…
Hi everyone, Last week, the Democratic Socialists of America launched the DSA100K recruitment drive – an ambitious attempt to recruit 5000 new members in the next 5 weeks. This is the first major recruitment drive our organization has ever run, and it’s going extremely well. In the first week, DSA grew by over 2000 dues-paying members: the fastest…
Our August General Meeting is this Saturday at 2 PM! This is the most important meeting of each month – the meeting where we put the small ‘d’ in democratic socialism. This is when we bring the whole chapter membership together and make decisions about how to move forward as a chapter. Do you have an…
Hi everyone, Last week, City Hall announced plans to hire Peter Bowen as a new Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (DCAO) in charge of the city’s land use. They will also expand the duties of the job, creating a new agency, the Office of Business and External Services (OBES), a project of Gilberto Montaño, the city’s…
