Come to City Council THURSDAY 8/8 (& Other Upcoming Events)

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Hey comrades!

Hope y’all are doing well and staying cool in this August heat! At our July General Meeting, we approved interim stewards for the Make Entergy Pay Campaign and Worker Power Louisiana — Congratulations to Sarah B and Aspen W! We also discussed and passed consistent expectations for our endorsed candidates. 

  • Next GM will be August 31st, 12-2pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church at 5851 Canal Blvd in Lakeview.

THURSDAY, August 8th, 9:15am-til — City Council Meeting: ALL HANDS ON DECK for the People’s Ceasefire Resolution!
This Thursday, the City Council is introducing a “Statement of Peace” Resolution organized by the local Zionist Jewish Federation and signed by all of the New Orleans City Council Members. 

We demand the City Council not move forward with their so-called “Statement of Peace” and to work with all affected communities to craft a true ceasefire resolution. Show your support for these efforts:

  1. ❗Join us 9:15am until noon at City Hall for the next City Council meeting to tell them that we REJECT their insidious “Statement for Peace” and that WE DESERVE TO BE HEARD!
  2. ✅ Sign on to the People’s Resolution NOW at this link!
  3. 📞 Spread the word about signing onto the People’s Ceasefire Resolution, particularly to business owners, faith or community leaders, and other notable people that could influence the Council.
  4. ✍️ Send an email to your council members to ditch the “statement of peace” and put the People’s Resolution on the agenda.
  5. 📢 Tell everyone you know about what’s happening! Repost this infographic to correct the record about this so-called “Statement of Peace”.

This resolution:

  • Actively excluded the NOLA Ceasefire Coalition, the local Palestinian community, and all Muslim organizations in the drafting process;
  • Doesn’t say the word Palestine or acknowledges our local connections to illegal violence against Palestinians in the West Bank;
  • Mischaracterizes the genocide of the Palestinian people as a “conflict” where both sides are equally situated, instead of a genocide of people resisting their colonizers;
  • Endorses the actions of our complicit federal government without demanding anything of them;
  • Dangerously insinuates that our democratic protest is a form of violent extremism; and
  • Undemocratically prioritizes the will of monied interest groups over their constituents who have been showing up meeting after meeting.

This must be our biggest turnout yet, so come support us in packing the council chambers this Thursday! Come at 9:15am, or show up whenever you can. We need to show that New Orleans does not stand with the US government’s support for Israel, as the city council’s statement falsely asserts. 

  • Wear your cool Liberation pelican t-shirt if you got one at the Local Convention, your keffiyehs, and any pro-Palestine accessories you have. Other groups will be wearing red, so DSA shirts are welcome too!
  • Online comments will be available Wednesday but Council has been consolidating online comments if they are repetitive at the discretion of one employee at the moment. So, if you send a comment, make it short & personal about why this matters to you so we can fit as many in the time allotted.
Graphic which reads: "Show up 4 ceasefire. All hands on deck - mobilize! On Thursday's Council Meeting -- a Statement written by zionist organizations will be voted on by our council (see our post from august 1). We need to pack the Council Chambers to speak out against this statement -- and demand a ceasefire resolution, now!" Has the logos of the following endorsing organizations: Voters Organizing To Educate, Jewish Voice for Peace New Orleans, Masjid Omar, VOTE, NOSHIP, and New Orleans DSA.

SATURDAY, August 10th, 11AM-2PM — Brake Light Clinic and Health Fair: 
Join us at A.L. Davis Park (2600 Lasalle St) this Saturday! We can check and change your brake light, take your blood pressure, connect you to community health resources, share food and cold drinks, and chat about achieving socialist revolution together. If you want to volunteer, sign up here: https://forms.gle/cAMSMxnffhF5CefJ8 (or show up day of).

Graphic including the text "Brake Light Clinic and Health Fair. Saturday August 10th, 11am-2pm. A.L. Davis Park, 2600 Lasalle Street." In the center, it has a photo of four DSA members posing with a wooden sign which reads "Free Brake Light Change" as well as a minimalistic graphic of a car with one red brake light.

TUESDAY, August 13th @ 6-7PM — Comms Convos: Restructuring DSA Communications: 
Join us in brainstorming the future of comms in the chapter to make it more sustainable and structured. Members of all skills and interests are welcomed — communications includes A LOT, so there’s tons of different ways to get involved! Come share your ideas and let’s work together to make DSA New Orleans comms the very best it can be.

  • Will meet at HI-BALLZ (4901 Canal St) — if you want to come but can only do so remotely, reach out to Wash (or comment in the #comms channel) on Slack so we can set up a Zoom option! 

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Reminders: 

  • Reach out to Charlie and Max on Slack if interested in campaigning for Devin Davis. Visit devin4la.com/events to sign up. 
  • Interested in helping develop a working group for unhoused solidarity work? Reach out to Wash on Slack!
  • Keep up to date with New Orleans DSA actions by following us on Instagram, joining the members-only Slack (email us for access), and checking out DSA’s event calendar at dsaneworleans.org/events. 

Solidarity forever, 
DSA New Orleans Local Council 🌹