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Below you’ll find the latest updates from across Boston DSA, including local events and actions that we are supporting, campaigns our Working Groups are focusing on, and local political news.
Federal Workers, Unions Rally In Boston Against Cuts and Illegal Firings
[[{"value":"Higher education workers joined federal employees at the Tip O’Neil Federal Building during the back-to-back rallies. Photo by Vanessa B/Working Mass. By Chris Brady WEST END – More than...
Cambridge Socialists, Students Shoot Down Unelected City Manager’s Police Surveillance Drone Proposal
[[{"value":" Other Surveillance Technology Proposals Pass Council, Despite Community Opposition By Siobhan M. CAMBRIDGE — Community members flooded a meeting of the Cambridge City Council on Monday...
What The ‘Bread and Roses’ Strike Can Teach Us About Organizing Today
[[{"value":" Remembering the 8-week Strike on its 113th Anniversary By Ben Cabral LAWRENCE – On January 11, 1912, women textile workers walked off their jobs in protest of a cut to their pay. The...
Working Mass
Working Mass is a collaborative project of many Massachusetts DSA chapters and working groups, including Boston DSA’s Labor Working Group, Cape Cod DSA, and Worcester DSA. Read more on their website.
Federal Workers, Unions Rally In Boston Against Cuts and Illegal Firings
[[{"value":"Higher education workers joined federal employees at the Tip O’Neil Federal Building during the back-to-back rallies. Photo by Vanessa B/Working Mass. By Chris Brady WEST END – More than...
Cambridge Socialists, Students Shoot Down Unelected City Manager’s Police Surveillance Drone Proposal
[[{"value":" Other Surveillance Technology Proposals Pass Council, Despite Community Opposition By Siobhan M. CAMBRIDGE — Community members flooded a meeting of the Cambridge City Council on Monday...
What The ‘Bread and Roses’ Strike Can Teach Us About Organizing Today
[[{"value":" Remembering the 8-week Strike on its 113th Anniversary By Ben Cabral LAWRENCE – On January 11, 1912, women textile workers walked off their jobs in protest of a cut to their pay. The...
Political Education Working Group (PEWG) blog
Political education is the shared learning process needed to inform, mobilize, and advance our work. The PEWG blog is maintained by Boston DSA’s Political Education Working Group and focuses on providing different insights and perspectives on socialism. Read more on their website.
“Inbuilt”: Zionism, Gaza, and Genocide
But transfer was inevitable and inbuilt into Zionism – because it soughtto transform a land which was ‘Arab’ into a ‘Jewish’ state and a Jewishstate could not have arisen without a major...
Same old fascists can’t co-opt our pro-Palestine movement
Don’t be fooled: failed politicians and Proud Boys tried to spread antisemitic bile at Harvard. DSA anti-fascists won’t let them On November 11, 2023, several members of Boston DSA, a mix of...
No Justice For Faisal – Cambridge City Council Rejects Move For Police Accountability
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...
Take Back the Grid blog
Take Back the Grid is the action arm of Boston DSA’s EcoSocialism Working Group. Its goal is to democratize, decarbonize, decommodify, and decolonize energy utilities here in Massachusetts. You can read more on their website.
April Roundup
This Earth Month, some of our campaigns heated up, while we took time to plan our future priorities. Strategic Planning We held our annual Strategy Meeting at the Beacon Hill Friends House with some...
March Roundup
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...
February Roundup
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...