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This Earth Day, we remember the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 10 years ago while oil futures trading went 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 organizers across the country are doing. As energy companies collapse we can push for nationalizing the energy grid 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. You can also watch the meeting, call in info here.
Email [email protected] to learn more about this campaign!
MAY DAY Service Industry Worker Meeting Register Here
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:
Worker Power Louisiana Meeting, Thursday 4/23 at 6:30pm. Register via zoom here 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.
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
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. 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
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.
We’re sending everyone our solidarity at this time, that’s the only way we’ll get through this,
New Orleans DSA