Features
The Invisible Hand of Corporate Fascism
News broke last week about an ICE raid on a firefighting crew working on the Bear Gulch fire in Washington state. The crew of 44 was detained for three hours, resulting in the arrest of two men. The other 42 were sent home, their contracts terminated by the management company that deployed them into an ICE ambush. At the time, the fire was less than 9,000 acres in size and was 13% contained. A week later, the fire had grown to over 10,000 acres and was only 9% contained.
Also last week, ICE agents raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia and arrested 475 people. The plant is under construction, and 300 of the detained people are South Korean nationals, here because they have the technical expertise needed to build such an advanced facility. As it turns out, the Georgia education system isn’t producing the kind of graduates that Hyundai needed. Thus, when not enough of the Hyundai investment makes its way into American hands, in come the ICE running dogs.
We’re already seeing the metastasization of ICE. Instead of their initial BS about “protecting the US from the worst of the worst,” ICE is increasingly revealing itself as the goon squad for corporate America, kneecapping public services and industrial development in the service of American capital.
This is the dark side of Adam Smith’s invisible hand of the market. Capital has to use every tool at its disposal in its never-ending quest for profit. Side effects and collateral damage aren’t unfortunate accidents, they actually increase profit by weakening the workers and society in general, making them easier to exploit.
The way out of this mess is to dismantle the tools of capitalist oppression. Abolish ICE.
Bulletins
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 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.
Fork & Knife Club Distribution Tomorrow
Help contribute to our Direct Service Committee as we begin a new campaign to distribute food around local community fridges. We’ll be preparing, packaging, and distributing meals starting at the Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av Room 258, at 12:00 pm. If you are interested, please sign up here. We would love volunteers to help with any stage of the process!
Introducing Neighborhood Circles
We’re making neighborhood circles to connect people where they live, work, and anywhere else they spend time. Use your circle to host gatherings, plan events, and organize around issues in your neighborhood. If you’re interested in joining our newly formed neighborhood circles, opt in here. Neighborhood circles will follow the chapter’s code of conduct and guidelines for respectful discussion.
2025 DSA Membership Survey
Members in good standing are encouraged to fill out our quick 2025 Membership Survey for us to get a better sense of who our membership is overall and to guide our actions as a chapter.
Join DSA Movie Night at the Broad
Please join our first ever movie night at the Broad Theatre, in conjunction with Gap Tooth Media! On September 24th, we’ll screen the critically acclaimed The Act of Killing, which recounts the US-backed mass killings of 1-2 million of communists, leftists, and others in 1965-66 Indonesia. We expect tickets to sell out, so get yours soon.
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.
Do It Jewett for US Congress District 1
Union teacher and New Orleans DSA member Lauren Jewett is running for US Congress, LA-01. Lauren has been a public school special education teacher for 17 years, standing up for the things that working people in Louisiana deserve: dignity, a life we can afford, thriving opportunity, and actual protection and recovery from major storms and disasters. She knows that workers are the hands, hearts, soul, and backbone of our state and our country. We deserve a representative who believes that and acts like it. Stay tuned for more campaign updates for Lauren, and help us kick off her candidacy with your financial support.
No Contract, No Coffee! Support a Starbucks Worker Strike
Starbucks workers are demanding a fair union contract with the staffing, hours, take-home pay, and on-the-job protections they need to do their jobs. They are part of our community and part of the fabric of our daily lives. They are neighbors. They are workers. They deserve a fair wage. When they fight, we will support them. And when they strike, we will not cross the picket line. Show your support and sign the pledge. We will not patronize any Starbucks store when baristas are on strike.
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.
Community Calendar
Friday, September 12
Free Palestine! Abolish ICE! Weekly Lunch Hour Rally
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm (every Friday) – Immigration Court, 365 Canal St
QueerSoc Interest Meeting
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Discord
Saturday, September 13
Canvass for Jackson Kimbrell, Council District C
9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Get involved
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
Fork and Knife Club Distribution
12:00 pm – New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av Room 258 – Sign Up
Canvass for Bob Murrell, Council District A
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Get involved
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, Council District E
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get Involved
Packed With Love! A Safer-Injection Kit Making Fundraiser for Trystereo
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Siberia, 2227 St Claude Av
Sunday, September 14
Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Get involved
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, Council District E
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get Involved
Monday, September 15
Canvass for Pastor Gregory Manning, Council At-Large Division 2
5:30 pm & 6:30 pm (Monday-Thursday) – Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S Dupre St – Get Involved
Tuesday, September 16
Health Justice & Direct Service Meeting
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Meet
Canvass for Pastor Gregory Manning, Council At-Large Division 2
5:30 pm & 6:30 pm (Monday-Thursday) – Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S Dupre St – Get Involved
National Convention Debrief & Discussion
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
PSL No National Guard in New Orleans Rally
6:00 pm – Racist President Sq, 701 Decatur St
Wednesday, September 17
Indivisible Wednesday ICE Protest
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (every Wednesday) – ICE Field Office, 1250 Poydras St
Canvass for Pastor Gregory Manning, Council At-Large Division 2
5:30 pm & 6:30 pm (Monday-Thursday) – Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S Dupre St – Get Involved
Safety Coalition Training
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursday, September 18
Canvass for Pastor Gregory Manning, Council At-Large Division 2
5:30 pm & 6:30 pm (Monday-Thursday) – Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S Dupre St – Get Involved
Friday, September 19
Free Palestine! Abolish ICE! Weekly Lunch Hour Rally
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm (every Friday) – Immigration Court, 365 Canal St
Saturday, September 20
Canvass for Jackson Kimbrell, Council District C
9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Get involved
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, Council District A
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Get involved
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, Council District E
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get Involved
Sunday, September 21
Canvass for Bob Murrell, District A
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Get involved
Canvass for Danyelle Christmas, Council District E
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get Involved
Vote Virgo! A Birthday Pool Party Celebrating Gabriela Biro & Danyelle Christmas
4:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The Railyard, 710 Poland Av – Admission 21+, $25
Poli-Ed Reading Group: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine & #StopFuelingGenocide: Boycott Chevron!
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (third Sunday) – New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av Room 258 – Reading List
Down the Road
September 22 Port NOLA Alabo Street Wharf Project Community Information Meeting (Stop the Grain Train)
September 24 Together New Orleans Mayoral and City Council Forum
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