Madeleine Pelzel, Houston DSA organizer & spokesperson discusses policy demands and the #FightForOurLives event to talk about them.
DSA Houston’s spokesperson Madeleine Pelzel
After listening to Houston DSA organizer Madeleine Pelzel, a certain peace and calm came over me. You see, as an older person who pulls out hairs I don’t have because of the failures of my generation and others, listening to her made it clear that her generation is ready to take and must take the reins of our political and economic systems.
Ms. Pelzel visited with Politics Done Right to promote a big DSA local & national event on Saturday, December 12th, 2020. Check out the press release for “A Green New Deal for Workers, Not Corporations.”
Houston, TX – On December 12, the Houston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will join over 24 DSA chapters nationwide to demand that our elected officials join the Fight For Our Lives. Houston DSA and Sunrise Movement Houston members will deliver demands to Democratic US Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) that she endorse the Green New Deal and support a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, safeguarding workers in polluting industries like oil and gas so that no one suffers as we take necessary action to prevent climate devastation.
At 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 12, Houston DSA and Sunrise Movement Houston will lead a walk through downtown, stopping at the offices of some of Fletcher’s oil and gas donors to shed light on her record, demand that she prioritize workers over corporations, and sponsor a Green New Deal. Supporters can sign the letter of notice to Lizzie Fletcher at houstondsa.org/d12.
A Green New Deal imagines a better future for all through public investment. The climate crisis is an opportunity to rebuild our economy in the interest of everyday people, replacing polluting industries with meaningful and fulfilling green union jobs. One key tenet, the idea of a Just Transition, centers workers with income support, job training, and job placement—in addition to repairing harm in frontline communities that bear the brunt of pollution and climate change.
I have interviewed many other activists of her generation here in Houston who has given me the same feelings. Yes. We will be in good hands.