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A People's Mic: New OrleansDaniel Denvir & Thea Riofrancos at Octavia BooksTwo of DSA's most prominent members and leading voices in the democratic socialist movement visit New Orleans for a dual book tour stop at Octavia Books. Daniel Denvir, host of The Dig, discusses his new book All-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It and Thea Riofrancos, member of DSA's Ecosocialist Steering Committee, discusses her co-authored book A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal. Nikki Thanos from the New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice moderates.2020-03-1258 min
A People's Mic: New OrleansThe Sunrise Movement: On the Road to a Green New DealIn 2018, the world’s top scientists warned we have only 12 years to transform our economy to “avoid catastrophic environmental breakdown” within our lifetimes. Together with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Sunrise Movement brought a plan to Congress that matches the urgency and scale of the crisis. Now, the Road to the Green New Deal is their biggest project yet. Tens of thousands of people are gathering in nearly every state to hear how the Green New Deal would improve their community and get the tools and resources to pressure their policymakers to get behind it.
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, the Nationa...2019-05-0358 min
A People's Mic: New Orleans#NoGasPlant (aka Entergy New Orleans is Corrupt AF)Local environmental activists and residents have been fighting against Entergy and the company's plan to build a natural gas-powered power plant in New Orleans East for the past three years. Shortly after the City Council approved the plant in March 2017, just weeks before the current Council was inaugurated, investigators revealed that Entergy had been paying actors to fill seats at public meetings and voice fake support for the plant -- an illegal practice known as "astroturfing".
On Wednesday, January 23, the new City Council will consider a resolution to "rescind and repeal" the previous Council's...2019-01-1846 min
A People's Mic: New OrleansShort-Term Rentals, Gentrification & the Displacement of the Working ClassShort-term rentals are corroding the city's affordable housing stock. The Residents for Ethical and Sustainable Tourism (REST) ordinance would help combat short-term rentals and preserve an adequate supply of affordable housing for the city's long-term residents.
The New Orleans City Council is moving to vote on new regulations for short-term rentals this Thursday, January 10 @ 10AM. We’ve heard that some Council members, despite campaign promises, are withdrawing support for two of the most important components of the Residents for Ethical and Sustainable Tourism (REST) ordinance: the affordable housing and homestead exemption requirements.
2018-12-2040 min
A People's Mic: New Orleans"Give Me a Brake (Light)!" w/ New Orleans DSABroken taillights are one of the most common reasons police pull drivers over. These minor traffic offenses not only come with hefty fines that effectively criminalize poverty, but -- particularly for drivers of color -- they can lead to search, seizure, arrest, and even death at the hands of a police officer (as we saw with Philando Castille in 2016).
After a member was pulled over twice in one night for a broken brake light in 2017, the New Orleans chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held their first “Gimme a Brake (Light)!” clinic, wher...2018-11-3043 min
A People's Mic: New OrleansThe Debt Collective: How to Organize a Debt Strike "If you owe the bank $100,000, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100 million, you own the bank." Together, we own the bank.
Thomas Gokey and Dawn Lueck of The Debt Collective talk to Sophie about how, through collective financial disobedience, we have the power to renegotiate and resist unjust debts.
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@strikedebt2018-11-0755 min
A People's Mic: New OrleansMedicare for All and Nothing Less! w/ Michael LightyNew Orleans DSA hosts Michael Lighty, long-time single-payer champion and Sanders Institute Fellow, as he travels the country rallying support for Medicare for All. Speakers include Frances Gill (New Orleans DSA Healthcare for All Committee Co-Chair), Jamila Webb (Birthmark Doula Collective), and a representative from 504HealthNet and Luke's House.
Healthcare is a basic need. Basic needs should be human rights. Human rights should not be commodified. Join the fight for #M4A at dsausa.org. 2018-10-2459 min
A People's Mic: New OrleansRise for Cancer Alley & Gordan Plaza (w/ Angela Kinlaw & Renate Heurich)Racism, poverty, and environmental pollution are inextricably linked along Louisiana's so-called "Petrochemical Corridor". Known to locals as "Cancer Alley", this 90-mile stretch along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is home to more than 100 petrochemical plants -- but it's also home to a brewing climate justice movement. From Gordon Plaza, a housing development built on top of a toxic landfill in the Upper 9th Ward, to St. James Parish, home to the terminal end of the yet-to-be-completed Bayou Bridge Pipeline, hear how residents are fighting back with Angela Kinlaw from The New Orleans People's Assembly and...2018-09-0743 min