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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.
Worcester Medical Residents Persevere Through Fifth Month of Negotiations with UMass
[[{"value":" Industrial medical facility in Massachusetts. (Working Mass) By: James Niedzinski WORCESTER, MA — About 700 medical residents, represented by CIR-SEIU, are in their fifth month of...
Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot
[[{"value":" The moment the Elections Commission ruled against the objection to Somerville 4 Palestine’s ballot initiative (Working Mass) SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville...
Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later
[[{"value":" The Davis Square location of Starbucks one week after its closure, with every sign of the store’s existence purged. (Working Mass) By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks...
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.
Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot
[[{"value":" The moment the Elections Commission ruled against the objection to Somerville 4 Palestine’s ballot initiative (Working Mass) SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville...
Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later
[[{"value":" The Davis Square location of Starbucks one week after its closure, with every sign of the store’s existence purged. (Working Mass) By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks...
On for Young and Old: How Boston University’s Resident Assistants Pulled Off a Double Strike
[[{"value":" Otganizers at the Boston University Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre on Commonwealth Avenue in Winter 2025 (Working Mass) By: Stacey Yuen and Alana Edwards, with contributions from Thomas...
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...