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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.
Opinion: Election 2024 – A Chess Move, Not A Valentine
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MAJORITY OF SOMERVILLE CITY COUNCIL STANDS WITH MAYOR/MANAGEMENT AGAINST UNION
SOMERVILLE, MA — The events of the week of June 16 sadly demonstrated how Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s indecision and poor communication continues to harm and de-prioritize public employees, the staff...
Somerville Community Members Rally to Support Union; City Council Votes to Protect Management
[[{"value":" This article republished with permission from SupportSMEA.org. It reflects events as of June 19th. By Daniel Wong Marianne Walles, a vice president of SEIU Local 509 and 2019 Somerville...
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.
Opinion: Election 2024 – A Chess Move, Not A Valentine
[[{"value":" The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. This article was originally published on Stansbury Forum. By Rand...
Somerville Community Members Rally to Support Union; City Council Votes to Protect Management
[[{"value":" This article republished with permission from SupportSMEA.org. It reflects events as of June 19th. By Daniel Wong Marianne Walles, a vice president of SEIU Local 509 and 2019 Somerville...
BTU Fights Statewide School Defunding; Rallies at District’s Doorstep
[[{"value":" By Nick Lavin BTU paraprofessionals hold a banner during their June 4th rally. Across the state, school districts are slashing teaching and support staff positions. Hundreds have...
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...
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.
Winter Utility Bills: No Good Choice for MA Residents
Image by user GT1976 on Wikimedia Commons If you need immediate assistance with utility bills, please check out the following resources: MA Cold Relief Brochure – includes local agency info Fuel...
Scientists Identify Anti-Environment Lobbying Groups in MA State Legislature
– Will W. “Public opinion is not the barrier to climate policies in Massachusetts.” So concludes Who’s Delaying Climate Action in Massachusetts? Twelve Findings, a policy briefing on the challenges...
Massachusetts’s Climate and Energy Strategy: An Ecosocialist Evaluation
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons – Lila S., Chris C., Chris K., Perri M. On December 30th, 2020, the Baker Administration’s Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs...