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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.
Boston DSA Endorses Willie Burnley For Mayor
Boston DSA is proud to endorse Willie Burnley Jr. for Mayor of Somerville! Willie has been a voice for working people, tenants, and marginalized communities — and we're ready to fight alongside him...
1000 Fenway Park Concessions Workers To Strike For First Time in 113 Years
[[{"value":"Fenway Park on the week of workers’ strike authorization. (Working Mass) By: Andrew S FENWAY PARK, MA – Concessions workers at the world’s oldest baseball stadium have decided...
How A Mass. Special Commission Became a Trojan Horse to Crush A Powerful Statewide Educators Union
[[{"value":" Sen. Velis and Rep. Cataldo, chairmen of the Mass. Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, attempt to grill Jessica Antoline and Max Page of the MTA, February 10, 2025. Image...
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.
1000 Fenway Park Concessions Workers To Strike For First Time in 113 Years
[[{"value":"Fenway Park on the week of workers’ strike authorization. (Working Mass) By: Andrew S FENWAY PARK, MA – Concessions workers at the world’s oldest baseball stadium have decided...
How A Mass. Special Commission Became a Trojan Horse to Crush A Powerful Statewide Educators Union
[[{"value":" Sen. Velis and Rep. Cataldo, chairmen of the Mass. Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, attempt to grill Jessica Antoline and Max Page of the MTA, February 10, 2025. Image...
Somerville Fights for Palestine
[[{"value":" By Nick Lavin SOMERVILLE, MA — Just outside the Somerville Farmers Market, two Somerville for Palestine organizers – Lauren and Hala – lead a training for a dozen canvassers prepared...
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.
On the Ground in Oak Grove: statement from a long-time Boston antifascist
On July 2nd 2022, a large force from Patriot Front, the largest Neo-Nazi group in America, marched through downtown Boston. They assaulted an onlooker, but the situation was deescalated by FBI...
Things We’re Reading: May Edition
Hello Comrades, The Political Education Working Group (PEWG) is re-committing itself to its mission of continued political education, both for the members of the working group and for the chapter as...
Boston DSA Statement on new BDS resolutions and dissent from the NPC
Following our December 19th General Meeting, the members of Boston Democratic Socialists of America voted to pass four resolutions that chart a path toward more consistent solidarity with 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.
Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group confronts John Kerry to demand COVID relief for the working class
– Becca M., Perri M. Members of the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America gathered on the Boston Common and peacefully marched to the home of John Kerry on Saturday 12/12/2020 to...
Eversource Capitalizes on 2018 Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions
– Perri M., Chris K., James H. The Merrimack Valley has been the site of uncertainty and turbulence since gas explosions rocked the region on September 13, 2018. Numerous explosions displaced...
Breathing Room For Weymouth: Compressor Station Air Permit Vacated by Federal Court
– Chris K, Karry M, Perri M. TakeBacktheGrid was thrilled to learn that on June 3, 2020, the First Circuit of the US Court of Appeals vacated the air quality permit for the fracked gas compressor...