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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.
Boston DSA Big 3 Strike Ready Resolution
PASSED by the Boston DSA Coordinating Committee September 13, 2023Whereas, the collective bargaining agreement between the UAW and Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (collectively known as the Big...
Reflections on 2023 DSA and YDSA Convention
CHICAGO — From August 3 to 6, roughly 1,000 elected delegates and alternates, as well as observers, from across the country gathered in Chicago for the 2023 National Convention of the Democratic...
UFCW 2023 Convention: My Experience Fighting for a More Democratic Union
by Iris Scott The 9th UFCW International Convention was both infuriating and inspiring – that was my experience as a rank-and-file member serving as a delegate and pushing for reform within UFCW...
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.
Reflections on 2023 DSA and YDSA Convention
CHICAGO — From August 3 to 6, roughly 1,000 elected delegates and alternates, as well as observers, from across the country gathered in Chicago for the 2023 National Convention of the Democratic...
UFCW 2023 Convention: My Experience Fighting for a More Democratic Union
by Iris Scott The 9th UFCW International Convention was both infuriating and inspiring – that was my experience as a rank-and-file member serving as a delegate and pushing for reform within UFCW...
Workers Unite at First Amazon Picket in Massachusetts
By Tarang Saluja and Eli Gerzon Norwood, MA — On Saturday, July 8, between the early hours of 4am to 8 am, Massachusetts saw its first Amazon picket. Teamsters and roughly 200 supporters from other...
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.
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...
Why Mayor Wu’s Rent Control Proposal is Lacking
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...
Step right up, come one come all, to defend Fall River
The first thing I want to say about our December 10 defense of the Fall River Pride Committee’s drag story time is that we succeeded. I wanted to start out that way because between all the various...
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...