Hello!

This Earth Day, we remember the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill 10 years ago while oil futures trading
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negative. With prices negative, it won't be long before there are calls
from capital to bail out oil, or we risk the glut of supply to be unsafely
unloaded to bring prices down.

Now is the time to push for a Green New Deal, and with so many out of work
and in need of relief while the companies that put us in the most
environmental harm reach out their hand this push needs to be deeply
connected to the fights of frontline essential workers, just as Earth Day
to May Day
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across the country are doing. As energy companies collapse we can push
for nationalizing
the energy grid
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as a first step toward putting people in control of our economy, not
extraction industries.

EXHIBIT HALL AUTHORITY OFFERS CRUMBS

As part of our work with the GNO Coalition for a Fair Fund for Hospitality
Workers, The pressure we've been putting on the Exhibit Hall Authority to
provide $100 million was met with a weak offer to donate only $1 million in
the form of $500k to United Way and $500k to GNOF to support relief
efforts. For the roughly 100,000 workers in the tourism and service
industries, that’s about $10 per worker and only .05% of their funds!

We need to demand $100 million! The Exhibit Hall Authority is meeting
Tonight, April 22, at 4 pm

DSA New Orleans is calling on members in the service and tourism industry
to email public comments to [email protected] and Bcc:
[email protected] [email protected] Sample email here
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You can also watch the meeting, call in info here
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Email [email protected] to learn more about this campaign!

MAY DAY Service Industry Worker Meeting Register Here
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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:

Worker Power Louisiana Meeting, Thursday 4/23 at 6:30pm. Register via zoom
here
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pw: 743796. A place for workers to come together to make changes both in
our workplaces and in our society.

Mutual Aid Block Captain Meeting, Friday 4/24 at 6:30pm. register via zoom
here
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This is a weekly check in call for organizers involved in this project and
anyone who wants to join. no special skills or experience necessary.

DSA: How We're Fighting!, Saturday 4/25 at 4pm. Register via zoom here
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If you're not sure where to start, new to DSA, or just curious about
organizing, join us on this call. We'll have updates from our various
campaigns and political discussion to sharpen our analysis.

UPCOMING LOCAL COALITION AND NATIONAL DSA EVENTS

Sunrise Movement New Orleans. Night School: Ongoing Local Fights During
Crisis. Thursday 4/23 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Register here
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We will provide updates on organizing by the Coalition Against Death Alley
and Rise St. James, as well as the Residents of Gordon Plaza fighting for a
fully-funded relocation off of the toxic landfill they are living on. This
Night School also falls between Earth Day and May Day.

DSA Ecosocialists: A Planet to Win, Saturday 4/26 at 7pm. Register here
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Join us to talk about organizing in the midst of a global emergency
heightened by a trio of ongoing crises – ecological breakdown under global
warming, social breakdown under massive racial and economic inequality, and
public health breakdown under threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. If you’d
like to get involved and join the national Ecosocialist Working Group
slack, please fill out this form
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We’re sending everyone our solidarity at this time, that’s the only way
we’ll get through this,

New Orleans DSA