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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.
Notes from Organizing a Union at Best Buy
[[{"value":" Best Buy from the exterior (Working Mass) By: Reid J DEDHAM – In September 2025, broke and desperate, I was running food deliveries for the richest neighborhoods in Waltham while trying...
From Mold to Force: How Tenants of a Dracut Textile Mill Organized An Association
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne DRACUT – In Beaver Brook Village, organizing began with mold. Beaver Brook Village is a restored textile mill named for the waterway that bisects the town, over which...
The Wilson Cuts: Somerville Mayor Lays Off Union Organizers, ‘Disappears’ Mental Health Counselors
[[{"value":" Above Gilman Square in Somerville (Working Mass) By: Chris Brady SOMERVILLE – On May 20, Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson joined the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) for their municipal...
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.
Notes from Organizing a Union at Best Buy
[[{"value":" Best Buy from the exterior (Working Mass) By: Reid J DEDHAM – In September 2025, broke and desperate, I was running food deliveries for the richest neighborhoods in Waltham while trying...
From Mold to Force: How Tenants of a Dracut Textile Mill Organized An Association
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne DRACUT – In Beaver Brook Village, organizing began with mold. Beaver Brook Village is a restored textile mill named for the waterway that bisects the town, over which...
The Wilson Cuts: Somerville Mayor Lays Off Union Organizers, ‘Disappears’ Mental Health Counselors
[[{"value":" Above Gilman Square in Somerville (Working Mass) By: Chris Brady SOMERVILLE – On May 20, Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson joined the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) for their municipal...
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...