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August 22, 2025 |
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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 working group updates and three resolutions up for vote:
Our National Convention delegates will also recap their trip to Chicago.
We hope to see you there!
Announcing the Newly Created Fork and Knife Club To help combat food insecurity locally, members of our Direct Service Committee will begin distributing food around the local community fridges. We’ll prepare, package, and distribute the meals starting at the Healing Center on September 13th at 12:00 pm.
We’re excited to expand our direct service programming this way. It’s a chance to put our values into action, support a great community fridge network, and spend time with likeminded socialists who just wanna hang out and help our neighbors. What could be better?
Come by tomorrow’s GM to learn more about the Fork and Knife Club. Or if you can’t contain your excitement, go ahead and sign up here. Now. Do it now. And if this is the kind of socialism that gets you fired up, bring your neat ideas to our Direct Service Discord channel.
On Moral Choices: Start With Getting Your Priorities in Order - Brodie L
But where to start when trying to make ethical decisions? For consumers, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement has a list of companies with a proven history of complicity with the Palestinian Genocide. This list could be huge given the enormity of the war machine, but BDS has a priority list of companies we should absolutely focus on. Need gas? Skip Chevron (yes, no gas giant is good, except Jupiter, but you can choose to not directly support genocide). Need new shoes? Skip Reebok. Disney+ account coming up for renewal? Do you really need to watch the Avengers again? To some degree, it just takes asking ourselves, "What are these conveniences worth?" They’re not worth compromising your morals.
We have an opportunity to begin making the choices that align with a free Palestine and a free world. Reassessing our consumer habits is a necessary step to an equitable world. Talking with friends and loved ones is one of the best ways you can support socialist struggle. Labor rights organizer George Meany, born this week in 1894, put it well: "You only make progress by fighting for progress."
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Fall 2025 Voter Guide Team Weekly Meeting Tomorrow Every election, New Orleans DSA publishes our voter guide analyzing the key issues in each race through a socialist lens. This is a volunteer effort by comrades in the chapter, and we want you to join us! We’ll be at the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 258, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Bring your laptop and all of your longstanding grudges against our local oligarchs. Get in touch with Aaron Z for more info.
Surveillance Ordinance Removed From Council Agenda This Week City Council’s Live Facial Recognition Ordinance 35,137 was scheduled to go in front of the Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday, but it was removed from the agenda. Councilmembers Eugene Green and Oliver Thomas have repeatedly tried to pass this first-of-its-kind intrusion into our daily lives despite massive public opposition. Keep up the pressure! Surveillance ain’t safety!
Palestine Banner Build Your New Orleans DSA comrades are doing a Free Palestine Banner Build at the Healing Center on September 5th at 6:00 pm. Sign up here and bring your creativity to our art event.
Keep Up With the Candidates at Endorsement HQ Election Day is October 11 and New Orleans DSA has four endorsed members running for City Council. Pastor Gregory Manning, Danyelle Christmas, Jackson Kimbrell, and Bob Murrell are making calls, knocking on doors, and attending candidate forums. Volunteer, donate, and follow these campaigns at our Endorsement HQ.
Write Like a Socialist: We Have a World to Win! Have an update from your committee or working group? That’s a Bulletin! Want to tell us about an upcoming event? Add it to the Community Calendar! Got some opinion or analysis to share for the good of the membership? Write us a Feature! Make your contribution to the next edition of Solidarity Means Action in the Comms Discord channel. |
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Community Calendar |
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Friday, August 22 Free Palestine! Abolish ICE! Weekly Lunch Hour Rally 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm (every Friday) Immigration Court, 365 Canal St
OPDEC Candidate Forum - Mayor, Sheriff, Clerk of Court 6:00 pm SUNO Millie M. Charles School of Social Work Auditorium, 6801 Press Dr
Saturday, August 23 Canvass for Jackson Kimbrell, District C 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
OPDEC Candidate Forum - Assessor, City Council 9:00 am SUNO Millie M. Charles School of Social Work Auditorium, 6801 Press Dr
Voter Guide Team - Weekly Meeting 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Saturdays through September 20) New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 258
New Orleans DSA General Meeting 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 204 - RSVP
Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, District E 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
QTCAP Rally: Defend Transgender Healthcare! 5:00 pm Louisiana Department of Health, 1300 Poydras St
Surveillance Ain’t Safety: Facial Recognition and Predictive Policing 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy
Sunday, August 24 Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, District E 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
DSA Comms Team Meeting 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 258
Monday, August 25 Jewish Voice for Peace General Body Meeting 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 258
Local Council Meeting 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Urban League By The People Debate Series: City Council District E 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 8282 I-10 Service Rd
Tuesday, August 26 Get Chevron Out of French Quarter Fest Meeting 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av, Room 258
Wednesday, August 27 Indivisible Wednesday ICE Protest 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (every Wednesday) ICE Field Office, 1250 Poydras St
Municipal Action Committee Meeting 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (fourth Wednesday)
Friday, August 29 Free Palestine! Abolish ICE! Weekly Lunch Hour Rally 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm (every Friday) Immigration Court, 365 Canal St
Saturday, August 30 Canvass for Jackson Kimbrell, District C 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Voter Guide Team - Weekly Meeting 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Saturdays through September 20) Coffee Science, 410 S Broad St
Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sunday, August 31 Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Chapter Orientation 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm (first and last Sunday)
Down the Road September 1 #SolidaritySeptember Labor Day Kickoff September 2 From Disaster to Solutions: A Mayoral Candidate Forum About Climate September 3 Health Justice & Direct Service Meeting September 3 Urban League By The People Debate Series: Council At-Large September 5 Urban League By The People Debate Series: Assessor September 9 Urban League By The People Debate Series: Mayor September 24 Poli-Ed Movie Night: The Act of Killing September 26 Voter Guide Release September 27 Early Voting Starts October 11 Election Day: Municipal Primary November 15 Election Day: Municipal Runoff |
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