Apr 28, 2023 | Committees, Endorsements
On May 1st, the City of Boston is set to begin forcibly removing the unhoused community in an encampment on Atkinson Street. We are amplifying the following call to action from Stop the Sweeps Boston (stopthesweepsboston@proton.me), and encourage those who are able to...
Apr 21, 2023 | Working Mass
By Oriana R. Cambridge, MA – On April 14, MIT graduate student workers showed they aren’t afraid to fight for bold demands against a union-busting administration. Negotiations for their first union contract are heating up, as workers circled and chanted during...
Apr 19, 2023 | Take Back The Grid blog
photo credit: Marilyn Humphries Winter Rate Hikes In early March, the Ecosocialism Working Group co-hosted the Boston Fee Party rally with the Fix the Grid campaign – delivering the message that our overreliance on fossil fuels directly led to skyrocketing utility...
Apr 1, 2023 | Chapter Updates, Electoral, Labor
Thank you to everyone who participated in the discussion and voting process for the three policy resolutions presented at the March General Meeting. All three resolutions passed; see below for the full results and next steps for all three resolutions. As a reminder,...
Mar 20, 2023 | Chapter Updates, Healthcare
Boston is hosting a movie night! Join the BDSA Healthcare Working Group, along with our friends from the Massachusetts Nurses Association and Mass-Care, for a film screening of American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System followed by a panel discussion with...
Mar 1, 2023 | Ecosocialism, Take Back The Grid blog
As we close out February, ecosocialists in the Boston area are keeping busy by supporting area campaigns and planning social events so we have something to look forward to as we slog through the snow! Read on to learn more about some of our February activities. Winter...
Feb 22, 2023 | Electoral, Housing, PEWG blog
Boston City Hall Photo by Naquib Hossain on Flickr On Feb. 21st Boston DSA emailed out the following call to action to Boston residents encouraging them to give public testimony on how the Mayor’s rent control proposal is in need of serious changes Tomorrow,...
Feb 10, 2023 | Endorsements, Healthcare
Boston DSA signs onto the Mass-Care 2023 Medicare for All (M4A) cosponsorship letter that will be sent to legislators in the state house. This letter will ask legislators in both the state House and Senate to co-sponsor An Act Establishing Medicare for All in...
Jan 30, 2023 | Working Mass
By Maine DSA Communications Committee Originally published in Pine & Roses, a project of the Maine DSA. On the weekend of January 21-22, Maine DSA held its first of two semi-annual conventions for 2023. Over the course of a chapter convention weekend, members...
Jan 22, 2023 | Working Mass
By Paul Garver Metrowest Worker Center Recovers Wages for 3 Hotel Workers Wakefield, MA — On December 20th, workers and supporters demanded managers pay back wages when they made a surprise visit at the Five Points Marriott Hotel in Wakefield. The action got results:...
