Inauguration day protests in New Orleans
Louisiana recorded 1,178,638 million votes for the Golden Pisser (boo). Only 24,292 came from New Orleans, where Hillary Clinton had nearly 134,000 votes (YAY!). One voting precinct didn't receive any Cheeto votes (this cracked me up!).
So it's no surprise the reaction against his incoming administration has inspired action across the city. In the days following the election, the state's civil rights, health, criminal justice and human rights groups warned of potentially drastic scenarios under an Orange Anus regime, while hundreds of people — mostly young people of color and students — organized protests in New Orleans over several nights. The protests were borne of a growing movement in New Orleans questioning the power structures of the city, state and country as well as who benefits from them. Protesters weren't mourning a loss but participating in a call to action.
The Next Right Thing, 10:30 a.m., Congo Square — a march of "satire and dissent" — meets at Congo Square in Armstrong Park at 9 a.m., assembles at 10:30 a.m., marches at 11 a.m. toward the Mississippi River Moonwalk and marches toward Frenchmen Street at 1 p.m. There, an "inaugural ball" will be held at clubs along Frenchmen Street. A children's parade starts at 3 p.m. The event ends at Check Point Charlie at 6 p.m. The children's parade encourages costumes, signs, decorated wagons and floats. Families can meet at Washington Square Park for a picnic before the children's parade.
J20 NOLA: Anti-Cheeto Inauguration Rally and March, 3 p.m., City Hall — On Jan. 20, Take 'Em Down NOLA and the New Orleans Workers Group lead a "counter-inauguration of the High Pisser regime" to instead "inaugurate unity, and start the resistance." The rally and march begins at Duncan Plaza outside City Hall at 3 p.m. and proceeds down Loyola Avenue to Canal Street, to Magazine Street toward Poydras Street, and returns to City Hall.
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/we-are-on-the-move-inauguration-day-protests-in-new-orleans/Content?oid=3092229
I'm taking the afternoon off to join in the J20 march. Since this is NO, there will undoubtedly be costumes and alcohol involved, so who knows, I may even join the Congo Square crowd after. I used to live on Frenchmen Street. By the time the march gets to the Marigny, it will be a full-fledged second line in my old stomping grounds. Can't miss that!
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