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From Mold to Force: How Tenants of a Dracut Textile Mill Organized An Association
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne DRACUT – In Beaver Brook Village, organizing began with mold. Beaver Brook Village is a restored textile mill named for the waterway that bisects the town, over which...
The Wilson Cuts: Somerville Mayor Lays Off Union Organizers, ‘Disappears’ Mental Health Counselors
[[{"value":" Above Gilman Square in Somerville (Working Mass) By: Chris Brady SOMERVILLE – On May 20, Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson joined the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) for their municipal...
Militant Rank-and-File Stays in Leadership of Massachusetts’ Largest Labor Union
[[{"value":" Incoming President Matt Bach speaking to delegates after winning the election (Nicholas W) By: Nicholas W BOSTON – On May 8-9, 2026, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) held...
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.
From Mold to Force: How Tenants of a Dracut Textile Mill Organized An Association
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne DRACUT – In Beaver Brook Village, organizing began with mold. Beaver Brook Village is a restored textile mill named for the waterway that bisects the town, over which...
The Wilson Cuts: Somerville Mayor Lays Off Union Organizers, ‘Disappears’ Mental Health Counselors
[[{"value":" Above Gilman Square in Somerville (Working Mass) By: Chris Brady SOMERVILLE – On May 20, Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson joined the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) for their municipal...
Militant Rank-and-File Stays in Leadership of Massachusetts’ Largest Labor Union
[[{"value":" Incoming President Matt Bach speaking to delegates after winning the election (Nicholas W) By: Nicholas W BOSTON – On May 8-9, 2026, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) held...
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...