News & Perspectives
Check out the latest updates from our Working Groups
Recent Chapter Updates & Endorsements
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.
The Church of Big Jim Larkin
[[{"value":" A St. Patrick’s Mass on Irish Republican Struggle and a Legendary Troublemaker By Andrew S. The typical Bostonian understands St. Patty’s Day as a flurry of green clovers, the smell of...
Clark Undergrads Launch Strike, Take Attacks On Student-Worker Rights Head On
[[{"value":" The strike, backed by the powerful Teamsters union, is an early bet that strike action can overcome Trump-administration backtracking on the rights of student-workers. Undergraduates,...
Massachusetts Teamsters Secure Tentative Agreement with Stop & Shop in Freetown
[[{"value":" By Reid Jackson Stop & Shop Threatens Freetown Distribution Center with Shutdown Over Healthcare Policy FREETOWN, MA – Jason Linhares, a leasing contractor working with 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.
The Church of Big Jim Larkin
[[{"value":" A St. Patrick’s Mass on Irish Republican Struggle and a Legendary Troublemaker By Andrew S. The typical Bostonian understands St. Patty’s Day as a flurry of green clovers, the smell of...
Clark Undergrads Launch Strike, Take Attacks On Student-Worker Rights Head On
[[{"value":" The strike, backed by the powerful Teamsters union, is an early bet that strike action can overcome Trump-administration backtracking on the rights of student-workers. Undergraduates,...
Massachusetts Teamsters Secure Tentative Agreement with Stop & Shop in Freetown
[[{"value":" By Reid Jackson Stop & Shop Threatens Freetown Distribution Center with Shutdown Over Healthcare Policy FREETOWN, MA – Jason Linhares, a leasing contractor working with 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.
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...
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY BOSTON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA IN SUPPORT OF RAIL UNION WORKERS
The rail freight carriers that employ approximately 125,000 unionized employees have spent years prioritizing shareholders and executives, making record profits for the railroad industry. At 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.
What’s in My Electricity Bill?
by Corey Donahue The cost of electricity is significantly increasing this year, with some ratepayers paying as much as double the normal price for the same amount of electricity. The rise in costs...
DPU 101
What is the Department of Public Utilities (DPU)? The stated mission of the DPU is “to ensure that consumer rights are protected, and that utility companies are providing the most reliable service...
Quarterly update: Fall 2022
This fall, the Ecosocialism Working Group (EWG) focused our attention on fighting for a Cambridge Green New Deal (GND) and organizing opposition to utility rate hikes across the Commonwealth. In...