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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.
Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot
[[{"value":" The moment the Elections Commission ruled against the objection to Somerville 4 Palestine’s ballot initiative (Working Mass) SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville...
Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later
[[{"value":" The Davis Square location of Starbucks one week after its closure, with every sign of the store’s existence purged. (Working Mass) By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks...
On for Young and Old: How Boston University’s Resident Assistants Pulled Off a Double Strike
[[{"value":" Otganizers at the Boston University Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre on Commonwealth Avenue in Winter 2025 (Working Mass) By: Stacey Yuen and Alana Edwards, with contributions from Thomas...
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.
Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot
[[{"value":" The moment the Elections Commission ruled against the objection to Somerville 4 Palestine’s ballot initiative (Working Mass) SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville...
Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later
[[{"value":" The Davis Square location of Starbucks one week after its closure, with every sign of the store’s existence purged. (Working Mass) By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks...
On for Young and Old: How Boston University’s Resident Assistants Pulled Off a Double Strike
[[{"value":" Otganizers at the Boston University Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre on Commonwealth Avenue in Winter 2025 (Working Mass) By: Stacey Yuen and Alana Edwards, with contributions from Thomas...
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...