Who We Are
Boston DSA is the Eastern MA chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
We are working against the oppressive capitalist system in its many forms. We see these oppressions — economic inequality, patriarchy, white supremacy, to name a few — as interlinked, intersecting, and inseparable.
Join us in building mass movements for the world we deserve and growing an openly socialist presence in communities and politics in the Greater Boston Area.
Get Involved
Join a Boston DSA Working Group
Boston DSA’s working groups carry out the external political work of the chapter. Working groups are centered strategies such as labor organizing (supporting striking workers and educators) or socialist electoral politics (challenging the legislative system). Learn about the working groups and find your organizing home within the chapter.
Working Group Spotlight: Palestine
Join the Palestine Working Group! We’re fighting Warren and Markey by building a mass base around three critical issues – a permanent ceasefire, ending weapons shipments to Israel, and delivering immediate relief for Gaza. For the first time in history, the American people are on the side of Palestine – help us organize them!
Recent Endorsements
Socialists in Office Denounce Violent Suppression of Student Protesters at Universities
Democratic socialist State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven (27th Middlesex); Cambridge City Council Member Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler; Somerville City Council Members Willie Burnley, Jr. and JT Scott; and Medford City Council President Zac Bears, who represent almost a...
Boston DSA Endorses Democratic Socialist Evan MacKay
Cambridge, MA — The Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has endorsed its member Evan MacKay for Cambridge’s 25th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts State House. Boston DSA and its Cambridge Working Group have previously run successful candidates Quinton...
Medicare for All testimony
Boston DSA endorses the Massachusetts Medicare for All bills H.1239 & S.744, and submitted the following written testimony of the bill: Dear Chair Friedman, Chair Lawn, and members of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, We are the Boston chapter of the...
Related News & Updates
Boston DSA Raises Over $5,000 For Gaza Relief And Trans Safety Following Trump Election
Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is proud to announce that we have raised $3,239 to donate to Pink Haven Coalition and $2,274 to donate to Operation Olive Branch. Operation Olive Branch is a grassroots organization supporting Palestinians’ critical needs,...
Boston DSA’s statement on the re-election of Donald Trump
A second Trump presidency will be disastrous for all working, marginalized, and oppressed peoples. The right wing agenda laid out in Project 2025 and supported by Trump and his allies seeks to strip away human rights from millions of Americans by banning abortion,...
Statement from the Massachusetts Uncommitted Coalition
Re-posted from votenopreferencema.org — We are Uncommitted Massachusetts. We will not vote for genocide and we are not alone. With less than a week left before the U.S. elections, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have reached new depths of cruelty. The UN’s top humanitarian...
Upcoming Events
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Boston DSA December General Meeting
December 14, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Foundry, 101 Rogers St, Cambridge MA, 02142Picking up where we ended last month, we will be analyzing the critical political questions of our current moment and charting a path forward for our outward-facing work (our campaigns) in our Working and Neighborhood Groups.
We will also debate several member-submitted resolutions and bylaw changes that will be up for a vote by members — member democracy in action!
Childwatch will be available, and masks are required (and will be provided).
RSVP for Zoom link.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-general-meeting
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Socialism 101 Reading Group Session #3
December 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
OnlineEveryone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a three session intro reading group on the basics of socialism and DSA.
The group starts on Monday, December 2nd and runs for three weeks (12/2, 12/9, and 12/16). All sessions are 7:00-8:30 PM.
In our first session, we'll cover What is Socialism with a presentation and a discussion based on excerpts of Vivek Chibber's ABCs of Capitalism, Ellen Meiksins Wood's Why Class Struggle is Central, and Neal Meyer's What is Democratic Socialism.
Our second session will cover What is Organizing. For this session, our discussion will be based on the Introduction of Jane McAlevey's No Shortcuts, Peter Camejo's Liberalism, Ultraleftism, or Mass Action, and A Hierarchy of Socialist Political Objectives by Greta Smith and Robert Levertis Bell.
And our last session will cover What is DSA, where we will discuss DSA's national platform Workers Deserve More and The Rank and File Strategy pamphlet from DSA's National Labor Commission.
If you have any questions, please reach out to education@bostondsa.org
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialism-101-reading-group-session-3