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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.
Labor Day 2025: From Lawrence’s Bread and Roses Festival to Boston’s Historic First Labor Day Parade
[[{"value":" Labor Day Parade in Boston (Samuel L) By: Andrew S LAWRENCE, MA– Unionists and socialists gathered together at the Heritage State Park for the 41st Annual Bread and Roses Heritage...
Inside UMass Lowell: How to Create a University Pipeline to War Profiteering
[[{"value":" By: Nate Foster LOWELL, MA – UMass Lowell (UML) has always had deep ties to American industry. Located in a city that was founded to manufacture textiles during the Industrial...
OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention – Build the Branch, Build the Party
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Build the branch to build the party. “The party”...
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.
Inside UMass Lowell: How to Create a University Pipeline to War Profiteering
[[{"value":" By: Nate Foster LOWELL, MA – UMass Lowell (UML) has always had deep ties to American industry. Located in a city that was founded to manufacture textiles during the Industrial...
OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention – Build the Branch, Build the Party
[[{"value":" By: Travis Wayne The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Build the branch to build the party. “The party”...
OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention – Socialists Set Sights On May Day 2028 and Left-Labor Power
[[{"value":" By: Chris Brady The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Around 1500 DSA members gathered in Chicago for the...
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.
Vaccine Apartheid
by Christopher R. The Covid pandemic is a global crisis that has driven home the importance of vaccination in combating illness. The rapid development of vaccines against Covid is an incredible feat...
10 Antifascist Books to Help You Prepare for What’s Next
Comrades, Following the events of January 6th, we’ve been hearing a lot of folks talk about wanting to get involved in doing antifascist work. Solidarity Against Hate – Boston has a long history of...
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.
Geothermal Microdistricts & the FUTURE: A renewable alternative to gas heating
– JT H. & Steve S. In September of 2018, workers replacing low pressure gas mains neglected to move a pressure sensor to the newly installed pipe. This critical step was not included in the work...