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Strike Six: New Orleans Nurses Fight For First Contract

July 6, 2026 Lee Abbott, Labor Notes. , , , ,
Two years and six strikes into bargaining—after switching law firms, cancelling negotiation sessions, firing union leaders, and allegedly backing a decertification effort—perhaps it’s dawning on University Medical Center in New Orleans that nurses don’t tire out easily. On May 1 the nurses held their sixth strike—at five days, the longest yet—and their picket lines keep growing. There was dance music blasting, spontaneous line-dancing, boiled crawfish and jambalaya. “We have first-time strikers out here who are brand new nurses!” said endoscopy nurse Hailey Dupré, a member of the bargaining team. “You understand that you can take your job into your hands and shape the future of it.”

BDS Organizers Share Tactics Of Successful Campaign Against Chevron

May 27, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – A crowd of around 40 attended the NOLA Freedom Forum on May 15 to hear from local anti-war activists about their successful campaign to remove Chevron as a sponsor of French Quarter Fest. The activists, largely members of New Orleans Stop Helping Israel’s Ports (NOSHIP), presented “Stop Fueling Genocide: Chevron Out of French Quarter Fest Campaign” as a public summation of their efforts. The struggle, called the “Chevron Out of French Quarter Fest Coalition”, brought together anti-war activists, pro-Palestine organizers, local musicians, and a robust collection of organizations.

At Mardi Gras, New Orleanians Say ‘F*** ICE!’

February 19, 2026 Gregory E. Williams, Struggle La Lucha. , , ,
New Orleans, Feb.18 – “F*** ICE” might as well have been an unofficial motto of Mardi Gras 2026 — graffitied around the city (along with “ABOLISH ICE”), printed on signs, and even stitched into the costumes of carnival-goers. Some parading groups or krewes, like Krewe du Vieux, integrated anti-ICE messaging into their floats and walking contingents. The people of New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana have seen our communities terrorized by ICE’s gestapo tactics. And New Orleans has been under National Guard occupation since December.

Battle Over Facial Recognition In New Orleans

January 18, 2026 Ed Vogel, Truthout. , , ,
While New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago have all received significant attention when it comes to police use of surveillance technologies, the small city of New Orleans has for years been the laboratory for a sophisticated surveillance apparatus deployed by the city’s police department and other policing bodies. Just last year, New Orleans was in the news as the city considered setting a new surveillance precedent in the United States. First, a privately run camera network, Project N.O.L.A., was exposed for deploying facial recognition technology, including “live use” (meaning Project N.O.L.A. was identifying people in real time as they walked through the city).

New Orleans Protest Denounces ICE And National Guard Occupation

January 5, 2026 Gregory E. Williams, Struggle La Lucha. , , ,
New Orleans, Jan. 2 – In downtown, dozens marched against Trump’s National Guard and ICE occupation. The action started with a rally in front of Armstrong Park. The march went through busy parts of the French Quarter and Central Business District, briefly shutting down several blocks of Canal Street. Unlike Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry – who asks “how high?” before Trump even says jump – these protesters are not happy with the federal government rampaging through our communities with armed agents. This is happening as violent crime in the city continues to drop: 2025 saw one of the lowest violent crime rates since the 1960s.

After Appeal, Loyola University Students Kick TPUSA Off Campus

December 12, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On December 3, students at Loyola University New Orleans showed up to oppose the second attempt at chartering a Turning Point USA chapter on their campus. In October of this year, a small group of conservative students attended a student senate session to propose a TPUSA Charter at Loyola. At that meeting, over 100 students packed the room to show their opposition to a chapter on campus. When the senate denied the charter, the pro-TPUSA students appealed to have their proposal heard again.

New Orleans City Council Refuses To Hear Public Comment On ICE

December 7, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On Thursday December 4, a crowd of 30 people packed the city council chamber to demand that the city stand up against ICE and Border Patrol operations in the city. Operation “Swamp Sweep” began in New Orleans and surrounding areas this past Monday, December 1. A host of federal agents have descended on the city, including Gregory Bovino, chief of Border Patrol operations, who also made stops in Chicago and Charlotte earlier this year. During a rally before the meeting, speakers united on the need to challenge city leadership, including Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, not to collaborate with ICE. “Children are skipping school because they are afraid of ICE, parents are unable to go to the grocery store, workers are losing their jobs and losing their businesses.

New Orleans: Hundreds March Against Border Patrol Deployment

November 27, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On Saturday, November 22, hundreds of New Orleans residents from all walks of life gathered to protest against the new presence of U.S. Border Patrol agents in the city. The protest, led by the New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, gathered local activists to send a message to Trump and Jeff Landry that the city will not bow down to attacks on immigrants. “The time is now to follow suit with Los Angeles, with Chicago, to take these streets and fight back against this invasion,” said Emma Maxwell from the New Orleans Alliance.

Tulane Students Disrupt IDF Event, Resist Police Repression

November 5, 2025 Annabelle Jones, Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On the night of Monday, November 3, 60 Tulane students and community members gathered for a noise demonstration to protest the first stop of a national “Combat on Campus Tour” of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. The IDF event was hosted by Tulane Students Supporting Israel (SSI) at the Chabad Center of Louisiana near Tulane University’s campus. Protesters, called together by Together United Louisiana Students for a Democratic Society (TUL SDS), banged pots, pans and drums to disrupt the two IDF soldiers who came to share “their firsthand stories from October 7 and the war that followed.”

New Orleans: People’s Town Hall Demands Community Control Of Police

October 2, 2025 Toni Duplechain-Jones, Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On the evening of September 25, around 50 people attended a People's Townhall on Public Safety co-hosted by the New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Black Lives Matter Grassroots. The event featured four Black women directly impacted by police violence, neglect and misconduct who have been organizing campaigns to win justice for their murdered loved ones. Eight city council candidates attended for a Q&A on important questions surrounding public safety. Sabrina Foster, mother of Glenn Foster Jr. and founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, hosted the panel on families. Her own son Glenn Foster Jr. was killed in the custody of Pickens County, Alabama police.

Tracing The Rise And Fall Of New Orleans Working Class

August 31, 2025 Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
On October 24, 1892, nearly 3,000 New Orleans Teamsters, Scalesmen and Packers—known as the Triple Alliance or Triple A—walked off their jobs on the levees to demand overtime pay, a 10-hour-workday, and a closed shop. Representing merchants, railroad owners, and commodities exchanges, the Board of Trade announced that it would sign an agreement with the unions representing the white Scalesmen and Packers’ unions but under no circumstance would it enter into an agreement with “niggers,” as they referred to the Black Teamsters. The New Orleans Times-Democrat did its part to put its thumb on the scales by fabricating front-page stories with hysterical headlines such as “Negroes Attack White Man,” and “Assaulted by Negroes,” but nothing took.

One Of Hurricane Katrina’s Most Important Lessons Isn’t About Storm Preparations

August 23, 2025 Iris Garcia, Deirdre Davis and Walter Gillis Peacock, Counterpunch. , , , ,
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, the images still haunt us: entire neighborhoods underwater, families stranded on rooftops and a city brought to its knees. We study disaster planning at Texas A&M University and look for ways communities can improve storm safety for everyone, particularly low-income and minority neighborhoods. Katrina made clear what many disaster researchers have long found: Hazards such as hurricanes may be natural, but the death and destruction is largely human-made. New Orleans was born unequal. As the city grew as a trade hub in the 1700s, wealthy residents claimed the best real estate, often on higher ground formed by river sediment.

Organizers Demand Release Of Katrina Funds In New Orleans

August 23, 2025 People's Dispatch. , , ,
This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the southeastern United States, causing at least 1,392 deaths and an estimated USD 125 billion in damages, much of it concentrated in the Louisiana city of New Orleans. This year, Louisiana-based organizers are launching a grassroots campaign to demand that New Orleans utilize USD 600 million dollars in unused public funds for long-awaited repairs.  In 2015, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gave New Orleans nearly USD 2 billion for post-Katrina infrastructure repairs, but USD 600 million still hasn’t been used, according to organizers.  Organizers with the Party for Socialism and Liberation held a press conference on Friday, August 22, which was hit with a sudden rainfall.

New Orleans Rallies For Mahmoud Khalil Outside ICE Field Office

April 13, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , , , ,
New Orleans, LA – Around 60 people gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in New Orleans to protest the illegal detention of Mahmoud Khalil. Attendees rallied around speakers and chanted as a judge – hours away in rural Jena, Louisiana – would decide if Khalil could be deported for his activism for Palestine. Speaking for the Palestinian Youth Movement, Majdi Jaber said, “This ICE office that we’re outside right now directs operations in all of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. Every day for the last month, these people have chosen to do nothing about Mahmoud’s incarceration.”

New Orleans Marches To Defend Federal And Public Sector Workers

March 25, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On Saturday, March 22, over 100 New Orleanians gathered at Congo Square downtown for a march to fight against Trump’s attacks on federal workers. The demonstration brought together at least ten different unions across the city in coalition with community organizations, building a broad united front against Trump’s attacks on labor. “I’ve been a labor activist in this city for a few years and this is the fastest I’ve seen unions endorse anything. People are riled up and ready to fight,” said Abbey Lodwig, one of the march organizers and member of the Association of Flight Attendants union.
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