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.
Community College Faculty and Staff, Suffering Low Pay and Board Hostility, Fight for a Contract
[[{"value":" By: Jason M, Jake S WORCESTER – Teachers and staff organized under the Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) have been engaged in contract negotiations with the Massachusetts...
They Tried to Cut Off the Head: School Bus Workers in Central Mass Confront Private Equity
[[{"value":" Workers gather in Worcester for May Day (James N) By: Cayla Dodd MARLBOROUGH- A union contract campaign among school bus drivers and monitors has developed into something much larger...
This year’s ballot question is dead. Rent control should not be.
[[{"value":" Rent control rally (Matthew Schreiner) By: Timothy Scalona This was originally published in The Boston Globe on July 21, 2026. I had just finished middle school in 2012 when a sheriff...
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.
Community College Faculty and Staff, Suffering Low Pay and Board Hostility, Fight for a Contract
[[{"value":" By: Jason M, Jake S WORCESTER – Teachers and staff organized under the Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) have been engaged in contract negotiations with the Massachusetts...
They Tried to Cut Off the Head: School Bus Workers in Central Mass Confront Private Equity
[[{"value":" Workers gather in Worcester for May Day (James N) By: Cayla Dodd MARLBOROUGH- A union contract campaign among school bus drivers and monitors has developed into something much larger...
This year’s ballot question is dead. Rent control should not be.
[[{"value":" Rent control rally (Matthew Schreiner) By: Timothy Scalona This was originally published in The Boston Globe on July 21, 2026. I had just finished middle school in 2012 when a sheriff...
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...