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Capital Reading Group
Capital Reading Group
October 1, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Come read Capital with comrades! Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group is hosting a Capital Reading Group, open to all DSA members. We will be meeting monthly on Zoom and reading Ben Fowkes' translation (please reach out for an e-copy!).
If you are interested in attending, please reach out to education@bostondsa.org
The dates for the reading group are:
5/21/23 - 1-3pm
6/11/23 - 1-3pm
7/16/23 - 1-3pm
8/13/23 - 1-3pm
9/17/23 - 1-3pm
10/1/23 - 1-3pm
11/5/23 - 1-3pm
12/10/23 - 1-3pm
1/14/24 - 1-3pm
2/11/24 - 1-3pm
3/17/24 - 1-3pm
4/14/24 - 1-3pm
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New Member Reading Group
New Member Reading Group
October 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.
The group starts on Monday, September 18 and runs for four weeks 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, and 10/9). All sessions are 7:00-8:30 PM.
To Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tc-yprjooEtX5iBqAclD0J_-TcX7T9K5m
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Each session will discuss a few questions raised in “ABCs” that you may encounter when discussing socialism with workmates, family members or fellow activists.
Topics will include: “Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”, “Doesn’t socialism always end in dictatorship?”, and “Don’t the rich deserve to keep most of their money?”
The goal of this reading group is to provide a basic knowledge of socialist goals and analysis through a brief, accessible text and to help motivate new DSA members get more deeply involved in the work of our chapter.
"The ABCs of Socialism" can be downloaded here:
https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf.
For more info: education@bostondsa.org
Reading schedule for each session:
September 18
“Isn’t America already kind of socialist?”
“But at least capitalism is free and democratic, right?”
September 25
“Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”
“Don’t the rich deserve to keep all of their money?”
October 2
“What about racism? Don’t socialists only care about class?
“Doesn’t socialism always end up in dictatorship?
“Wouldn’t a more democratic world just mean a bigger environmental crisis?
“Is socialism a western concept?”
October 9
“Aren’t socialism and feminism sometimes in conflict?”
“Will socialists take my Kenny Loggins records?”
“Will socialism be boring?”
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Jakarta Method Reading Group
Jakarta Method Reading Group
October 3, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the Internationalism Working Group and Political Education Working Group for a two-session reading group for Vincent Bevins’ The Jakarta Method in anticipation of the release of his new book later this year!
Bevins’ first book, The Jakarta Method, details the history of the US government’s active participation in and support for violent anticommunism around the world during the Cold War and how this history continues to shape the world we live in today.
If you are interested in joining, please sign up using the link below! Zoom links will be shared to those who sign up.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/jakarta-method-reading-group?source=direct_link&
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Cambridge WG Monthly Meeting
Cambridge WG Monthly Meeting
October 4, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join your local DSA comrades in Cambridge at our monthly neighborhood meeting to talk about what's happening at the municipal level.
To get zoom information, select the next upcoming meeting at https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/cambridge-dsa-monthly-meeting/ and RSVP!
Can't make the call? Sign-up to stay in the loop on neighborhood group activities: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/stay-in-the-loop-with-cambridge-dsa
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Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group
Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group
October 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Democracy Center
This is the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's Eco-Socialism working group. We will discuss updates to our campaigns and work with other groups, and we will have in a political reading discussion.
Please register or join our mailing list at bdsa.us/Eco.
You'll receive the agenda and zoom/in person details if you are on the mailing list. We will use the recurring Zoom number from past meetings, and will send out an agenda with details prior to the meeting if you RSVPed above or if you're on our mailing list. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact ecosocialism@bostondsa.org
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Transformative Justice Committee
Transformative Justice Committee
October 8, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Boston, MA
The regular meeting of the BDSA Transformative Justice Committee. Open to all members.
Please join the cmt-transformativejustice channel on Slack or sign up for the email list here to get more info and access to the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tjc-signup
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Boston Socialist in Office Committee
Boston Socialist in Office Committee
October 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964639117?pwd=ZU0yckZkTWI0emlOTk9jSTBWdlRHQT09
Monthly meeting for Boston Socialist in Office Committee
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New Member Reading Group
New Member Reading Group
October 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.
The group starts on Monday, September 18 and runs for four weeks 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, and 10/9). All sessions are 7:00-8:30 PM.
To Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tc-yprjooEtX5iBqAclD0J_-TcX7T9K5m
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Each session will discuss a few questions raised in “ABCs” that you may encounter when discussing socialism with workmates, family members or fellow activists.
Topics will include: “Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”, “Doesn’t socialism always end in dictatorship?”, and “Don’t the rich deserve to keep most of their money?”
The goal of this reading group is to provide a basic knowledge of socialist goals and analysis through a brief, accessible text and to help motivate new DSA members get more deeply involved in the work of our chapter.
"The ABCs of Socialism" can be downloaded here:
https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf.
For more info: education@bostondsa.org
Reading schedule for each session:
September 18
“Isn’t America already kind of socialist?”
“But at least capitalism is free and democratic, right?”
September 25
“Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”
“Don’t the rich deserve to keep all of their money?”
October 2
“What about racism? Don’t socialists only care about class?
“Doesn’t socialism always end up in dictatorship?
“Wouldn’t a more democratic world just mean a bigger environmental crisis?
“Is socialism a western concept?”
October 9
“Aren’t socialism and feminism sometimes in conflict?”
“Will socialists take my Kenny Loggins records?”
“Will socialism be boring?”
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
October 11, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.
We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the CC at boston-dsa-coordinating-committee at googlegroups dot com.
Meetings may occasionally be hybrid; the in person location will be announced on Slack ahead of the meeting.
All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public. On specific occasions where the CC is handling sensitive information, it may go into executive session for a portion of the meeting; this will be made known beforehand.
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Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
October 12, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for the monthly meeting of the Electoral Working Group.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYpdu...
Email electoral@bostondsa.org with any questions.
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Housing Working Group
Housing Working Group
October 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Democracy Center 45 Mount Auburn St Cambridge MA United States 02138
Join the Housing Working Group for our monthly meeting!
Global real estate is valued at $217 trillion and makes up more than 60% of the world’s capital, 75% of which is in housing. As exploitable natural resources dwindle, curtailing commodity production, the ruling class has re-oriented towards rentier capitalism.
In this context, Boston DSA Housing working group organizes to build and support tenant unions, to build the power of working class people to confront the landlord and developer class, and to take control of our own homes and cities. In 2020, we contributed to the formation of the Greater Boston Tenants Union (GBTU) in 2020, a tenant-run, independent institution that is part of the national Autonomous Tenants Union Network.
We are currently working on supporting GBTU eviction defense canvasses and ongoing organizing projects. In addition we use our meetings for political education, particularly tenant organizer trainings, to develop our skill set, political analysis, and to help bring new organizers into the tenant unionist movement.
If you're not on the DSA mailing list, email housing@bostondsa.org for Zoom call-in info.
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Administrative Committee
Administrative Committee
October 17, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Boston, MA
The Administrative Committee is responsible for handling our chapter’s routine administrative functions such as chapter communications, technology infrastructure, membership data maintenance, and new member onboarding. The Administrative Committee is chaired by the Communications Coordinator and the Membership Coordinators of the Coordinating Committee.
Want to do socialism from a computer while in your pajamas? Register to attend an upcoming meeting and chip in: https://bdsa.us/AdComm
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Socialist Feminism Working Group Meeting
Socialist Feminism Working Group Meeting
October 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join a monthly meeting for the BDSA Socialist Feminism working group. We'll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around fake abortion clinics ('crisis pregnancy centers') in Boston and upcoming street theater abortion rally on May 27th, 2023.
Register to attend via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc--hpzwpG9U-_NNJEgQS7RBUH31GyEmu
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Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting
Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting
October 19, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82402976188?pwd=QlJFTlFwU0dkWW45OXRjMjBES2VPUT09
The Internationalism Working Group aims to build global solidarity for global liberation. We oppose globalized capitalism, imperialism, militarism, settler colonialism, and all forms of oppression wherever they occur.
Meeting Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82402976188?pwd=QlJFTlFwU0dkWW45OXRjMjBES2VPUT09
Email internationalism@bostondsa.org with questions.
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
October 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.
We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the CC at boston-dsa-coordinating-committee at googlegroups dot com.
Meetings may occasionally be hybrid; the in person location will be announced on Slack ahead of the meeting.
All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public. On specific occasions where the CC is handling sensitive information, it may go into executive session for a portion of the meeting; this will be made known beforehand.
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PEWG Monthly Meeting
PEWG Monthly Meeting
October 26, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston, MA
It’s in making decisions that we learn to decide." - Paolo Friere, Pedagogy of Freedom
Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the last Thursday of every month at 7 pm, unless we have to move it for a holiday, which happens more often than you'd think.
PEWG's goal is to provide our members with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to organize effectively and strategically, and to educate the wider public on DSA's vision for a socialist future and the often-erased leftist movements of the past. PEWG hosts a number of ongoing projects, such as the chapter's political education blog (bostonpewg.org), our Socialist Night School series, and periodic New Member Reading Groups (abcsofsocialism@gmail.com). We also run one-time (or a-few-times) events such as reading groups, lectures, and panel discussions; and work with other working groups in the chapter to run political education events related to their areas of organization.
Working group meetings and events are held over Zoom. You can find our meeting's Zoom link or join the working group's mailing list at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-political-education-working-group?source=direct_link&
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at education@bostondsa.org.
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