Jul 11, 2023 | Labor, Working Mass
By Tarang Saluja and Eli Gerzon Norwood, MA — On Saturday, July 8, between the early hours of 4am to 8 am, Massachusetts saw its first Amazon picket. Teamsters and roughly 200 supporters from other unions and socialist organizations stood in solidarity to block about...
Jul 11, 2023 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Tarang Saluja and Eli Gerzon Norwood, MA — On Saturday, July 8, between the early hours of 4 am to 8 am, Massachusetts saw its first Amazon picket. Teamsters and roughly 200 supporters from other unions and socialist organizations...
Jul 10, 2023 | Chapter Updates
STATEMENT: July 10, 2023 FROM: The 2023-2024 Coordinating Committee of Boston DSA (leadership@bostondsa.org) BOSTON, MA: This morning, Representative Mike Connolly announced his decision to resign his DSA membership on social media. As such, the motions to expel and...
Jul 4, 2023 | Chapter Updates
BOSTON, MA: Last week more than a dozen members in good standing of Boston DSA submitted to us, the local Coordinating Committee, a motion to expel Mike Connolly from the organization. It is the right of members to bring forth motions for the local to vote on,...
Jul 3, 2023 | Chapter Updates, Endorsements, Labor
Boston DSA has signed onto a resolution for cross-union/organization anti-Nazi organizing meetings and actions. The resolution reads as follows: Labor Call to Action Increasing Neo-Nazi Activity in Massachusetts is a Labor Issue! Three months after gaining power in...
Jun 29, 2023 | Labor, Working Mass
By Paul Garver and Eli Gerzon DISCLAIMER: The entire Working Mass board appreciates the research and reporting that went into this important article and of course the big wins for rail workers across the US. However, some members of the board strongly disagree with...
Jun 29, 2023 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Paul Garver and Eli Gerzon DISCLAIMER: The entire Working Mass board appreciates the research and reporting that went into this important article and of course the big wins for rail workers across the US. However, some members of the...
Jun 17, 2023 | Endorsements
On Juneteenth (Monday, June 19th 2 to 5 pm), there will be a celebration hosted out of Town Field park in Dorcheser. There will be food, live music, a liberation art table, and speakers. This year’s focus is housing Justice. All are welcome to join and celebrate...
Jun 2, 2023 | Cambridge, PEWG blog
In January, Cambridge police killed Arif Sayed Faisal, a 20-year-old UMass student experiencing a mental health crisis. Despite multiple protests and community outrage in the 5 months since the shooting, neither Cambridge Police (CPD) nor the established Police Review...
May 15, 2023 | Chapter Updates, Committees
Greetings from the Community Safety Priority Implementation Team. We are nearly halfway through the year, and we would like to send an update to the chapter about what we’ve been up to and what we have coming up. First of all, we are pleased to announce Digital...
