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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.
Victory for BDS as Elbit Systems Loses Lucrative MIT-ILP Contract
[[{"value":" By Travis Wayne Cambridge, MA – On April 24, 2025, the MIT Coalition for Palestine and BDS Boston held a press conference outside campaign target MIT Museum announcing that the...
Sean O’Brien – A Labor Leader Turns Right
[[{"value":" By Reid Jackson Boston, MA – On April 23, 2025, IBT International President Sean O’Brien tweeted a New York Post article attacking democratic socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria...
Boston University YDSA Chapter Suspended in Crackdown on Sanctuary Campus Movement
[[{"value":" By Travis Wayne BOSTON, MA – On April 16, 2025, approximately forty autonomous organizers wrapped in keffiyehs, masks, and sunglasses appeared in the whipping wind on the steps outside...
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.
Victory for BDS as Elbit Systems Loses Lucrative MIT-ILP Contract
[[{"value":" By Travis Wayne Cambridge, MA – On April 24, 2025, the MIT Coalition for Palestine and BDS Boston held a press conference outside campaign target MIT Museum announcing that the...
Sean O’Brien – A Labor Leader Turns Right
[[{"value":" By Reid Jackson Boston, MA – On April 23, 2025, IBT International President Sean O’Brien tweeted a New York Post article attacking democratic socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria...
Boston University YDSA Chapter Suspended in Crackdown on Sanctuary Campus Movement
[[{"value":" By Travis Wayne BOSTON, MA – On April 16, 2025, approximately forty autonomous organizers wrapped in keffiyehs, masks, and sunglasses appeared in the whipping wind on the steps outside...
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...