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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.
May Day is Turning Mainstream Again
[[{"value":" By: Chris Brady, James N, Dan Albright, Mitch Gayns MASSACHUSETTS – Working people and unionists coalesced in May Day events throughout Massachusetts on May 1, 2026, which is likely to...
OPINION: Cambridge Can and Must Take Action To Oppose the Cuba Blockade on May 11
[[{"value":" DSA delegation in Cuba (DSA International Committee) By: Siobhan McDonough The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working...
Harvard Faces Grad Workers’ Strike as Discontent with the University Rises From Below
[[{"value":" A banner unfurled near Harvard Square on the first day of the strike (Working Mass) By: Frederick Reiber CAMBRIDGE — Harvard students are in their reading period in advance of finals as...
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.
May Day is Turning Mainstream Again
[[{"value":" By: Chris Brady, James N, Dan Albright, Mitch Gayns MASSACHUSETTS – Working people and unionists coalesced in May Day events throughout Massachusetts on May 1, 2026, which is likely to...
OPINION: Cambridge Can and Must Take Action To Oppose the Cuba Blockade on May 11
[[{"value":" DSA delegation in Cuba (DSA International Committee) By: Siobhan McDonough The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working...
Harvard Faces Grad Workers’ Strike as Discontent with the University Rises From Below
[[{"value":" A banner unfurled near Harvard Square on the first day of the strike (Working Mass) By: Frederick Reiber CAMBRIDGE — Harvard students are in their reading period in advance of finals as...
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.
60 Years of Failed Policy: Boston DSA Leads the Way in Ending the Embargo on Cuba
Sixty Years after the US Navy’s Caribbean fleet first created a picket around the island of Cuba, the United States’ cruel and aimless embargo of Cuba continues. Despite decades of red scare...
Fund, Fix, and Free the T! Boston DSA statement on T closure
Painting credit: @Lizzie Rutberg Today, in an unprecedented and historic move, Governor Charlie Baker’s MBTA will shut down the entire Orange Line for thirty days of emergency maintenance. This, the...
Standing where I am now: Five years since the streets of Charlottesville
Chalked messages of love and courage on the pavement Where we left off Five years ago I was at the counterprotests to Unite the Right, the fascist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, that...