Anyone in New Orleans?

[El Pelón]

I am getting back to my leftist roots, and was wondering if anyone is in New Orleans, where I currently find myself exiled. I should say that I am an ex-Trotskyist (BAMN / RWL) with a long hiatus into lots of other things. I was originally active in the Bay Area, and got my degree from Berkeley. I am wondering what the left / radical politics scene is like in New Orleans, if it exists at all. Thank you.

[Landsharks eat metal]

I'm not in New Orleans (never even been there, actually), but I'm going to pop into this thread and welcome you anyway. :D

[RedTrackWorker]

I'm from Mississippi (in NYC now). I haven't been able to look into New Orleans stuff recently, but here's some stuff I found in the last couple of years:
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice
http://nolaps.blogspot.com/ NO Palestine Solidarity
http://www.nowcrj.org/ NO workers' center for racial justice
http://2-cent.com Black youth media collective
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/1298

There's a sizeable Palestinian community there and have been some solidarity demos.
The ISO I think has a branch email on their website--contacting them just to ask about demos and stuff could be useful. Do a facebook search (you can make a pseudonymous account) for stuff there--there's probably a couple of study groups, etc.

I'd be interested to hear about what's going on down there once you get involved.

[ellipsis]

Also common ground. lots of crust punks too.