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December 12, 2205 |
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Tonight at 7:00: Digital Security With Eyes on SurveillanceNews broke this week that government dumbasses are tracking New Orleanians’ online activity as part of their stupidly named Catahoula Crunch operation. Fuck you. Get a real job. The government has a metrowide blanket of real time surveillance cameras, supplemented by an illegal network of Project Nola cameras running live facial recognition in contravention of Municipal Code Sec. 147-2: Prohibited Surveillance Technology. Automatic license plate readers all over our region track your every movement, and GPS and cell phone triangulation track every meeting and protest you take your phone to. Jefferson Parish is routinely deploying drones to track movement in its streets. We live in a surveillance state, and there is no freedom in a surveillance state. Tonight at Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S Dupre St, we continue our Friday Night School series with a Digital Safety Training hosted by the tech and policy experts from Eye on Surveillance. Come link up with your neighbors and learn how to stay safe and secure in your data while we organize against fascism. Organizing is about trust. Courage is a muscle. We keep us safe. See you all tonight.
Demand No NOPD Collaboration with CBP & ICELast Friday, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick revealed that NOPD was finalizing policies that would allow NOPD to begin cooperating with ICE and Border Patrol. In response to a letter from Attorney General Murrill claiming that NOPD must change its immigration policy to comply with state law, Superintendent Kirkpatrick stated, "my goal is to finalize and approve this policy as quickly as possible…. As the Superintendent of Police, the most important thing I can do is that I will fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s Office to ensure NOPD is in full compliance with the law.” We fear that “as quickly as possible” means that a policy that keeps immigrant New Orleanians safe from the horrors we’ve seen during Catahoula Crunch will soon fall. The community has not been consulted, nor have they even seen the proposed policy. All efforts to discuss the new policy with NOPD have been unanswered. We get that state law has changed and the consent decree is unfortunately no more. But we see no reason why NOPD should be working hand and hand with Liz Murrill instead of the New Orleanians who will have to live under the new policy. Community groups have begun to sign on to a letter demanding that Kirkpatrick meet with us and not change any policy until the people of New Orleans have a meaningful role in the process. If your organization is interested in signing onto the letter and pushing NOPD, the city council, and the mayor’s office to hold off on any immediate changes, please fill out this form.
Brake Light Clinic & Winter Coat Drive TomorrowJoin us tomorrow, December 13th, 11am-2pm at 1800 AP Tureaud Park (across from Nora Navra Library) for our Brake Light Clinic and Coat Drive! In addition to checking and changing brake lights and sharing hot food, we'll be giving away free coats to those who need them. We can also take your blood pressure, connect you to community health resources, and chat about building a better society together. Come by and lend a hand! We can teach you how to change brake lights day-of and always have other little tasks available to make the event the best it can be. Be sure to bring or drop off a coat if you have any that you (or a loved one) are able to donate.
Red Rabbits Recommendation: Remember the Hippocratic Oath of Messaging
If you’re at a protest, and someone sticks a microphone in your face, before you open your mouth, you need to ask yourself one thing: Is what I’m about to say going to help my cause or harm it? You really, really need to think about it before telling yourself, “Of course it’s going to help! These people are on our side.” I hate to break it to you, but 1) it’s probably not going to help, and 2) they probably aren’t on your side. Effective communication is something that needs to be honed, just like any other skill. While there are some people who seem to be naturals in front of a camera, I assure you that they have done a ton of practicing and say NOTHING off the cuff. We applaud your excitement about getting the word out, but we urge you to get some practice first. Join the Comms committee and help them develop our social media. Write for this newsletter! Surely you grow weary of my ranting—why shouldn’t you be the one ranting? Even simpler: take a topic that you think you understand well and try to explain it to another person. You’d be surprised how easily that crystal clarity between your ears gets all tangled up when it has to pass between your lips. Then try it with something that you sort of understand and see how much it goes off the rails. At a recent rally, some conservative nutsack showed up to cause trouble and get some video for his socials. These grifters aren’t interested in issues, they want to generate online outrage, which translates into likes on their pages and money in their pockets. Don’t help them in any way—DO NO HARM. |
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Poli-Ed Reading SeriesThe Reading Group meets every third Sunday, from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, at the Healing Center #258. Our current reading series focuses on Palestine. See you at the next meeting! December 21 January 18 February 15
Protect the Leah Chase School from Charter ProfiteersThe future of our city’s only publicly run school, the Leah Chase School, is at risk. The business lobby and charter school profiteers have been contacting school board members incessantly about closing the school. They want to spread that lie that direct-run schools are doomed to fail. Direct-run schools are accountable to residents who live here, and not to out of town charter school networks. DSA elected Orleans Parish School Board member Gaby Biro is fighting hard for the students, families, and staff of Leah Chase. Let your school board member know you want them to stand up for the Leah Chase School. Defend and expand direct-run schooling in our city. Don't let them set the Leah Chase School up to fail. Invest in our children's and our city's future and protect public education!
Organize With Our Immigration Advocacy Working GroupDSA members have flocked to Ojos trainings and are flying around town every day, filming ICE, and scaring them away from schools, work sites, and neighborhoods. We’re forming coalitions with partner orgs and putting our mutual aid skills and infrastructure to work. We’re making our demands known to City Hall, and we’re keeping receipts on who steps up and who stays quiet. When the people come together, the people will win. Join our Discord channel to plan our workshops, steer our neighborhood groups, and build transformative campaigns to run Greg Bovino out of our town.
Join Your Neighborhood Circle TodayOrganizing is about trust, and trust gets built by showing up again and again and getting to know your neighbors. Neighborhood circles are how we connect with comrades where we live, where we work, or where we otherwise spend our time. We’re using them to host gatherings, plan events, and organize around issues in our neighborhoods. Click here to join yours today! Neighborhood circles follow the chapter's code of conduct and guidelines for respectful discussion.
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 from the link on Discord. |
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Community Calendar |
Friday, December 12Queer Soc Meeting Ojos Training Organizing Against CBP, ICE & the National Guard with Eye on Surveillance: Digital Security Workshop
Saturday, December 13Chevron Out Canvassing Brake Light Clinic & Winter Coat Drive Ojos Training
Sunday, December 14Ojos Training DSA Northshore Neighborhood Social DSA Comms Meeting
Monday, December 15New Orleans Community Organizing Fair Org Registration Deadline Ojos Training
Tuesday, December 16Ojos Training
Wednesday, December 17Broadmoor Neighborhood Social
Thursday, December 18🌹 🌹 🌹
Friday, December 19🌹 🌹 🌹
Saturday, December 20New Orleans DSA General Party
Sunday, December 21Municipal Action Committee Meeting
Down the RoadDecember 22 Local Council Meeting |
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