Who We Are
Boston DSA is the Eastern MA chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
We are working against the oppressive capitalist system in its many forms. We see these oppressions — economic inequality, patriarchy, white supremacy, to name a few — as interlinked, intersecting, and inseparable.
Join us in building mass movements for the world we deserve and growing an openly socialist presence in communities and politics in the Greater Boston Area.
Get Involved
Join a Boston DSA Working Group
Boston DSA’s working groups carry out the external political work of the chapter. Working groups are centered strategies such as labor organizing (supporting striking workers and educators) or socialist electoral politics (challenging the legislative system). Learn about the working groups and find your organizing home within the chapter.
Working Group Spotlight: Palestine
Join the Palestine Working Group! We’re fighting Warren and Markey by building a mass base around three critical issues – a permanent ceasefire, ending weapons shipments to Israel, and delivering immediate relief for Gaza. For the first time in history, the American people are on the side of Palestine – help us organize them!
Recent Endorsements
Endorsement: #NoNewWomensPrison 2023 Campaign Kickoff
Boston DSA endorses the #NoNewWomensPrison 2023 Campaign Kickoff and State House rally. The campaign kickoff and rally are organized by Families for Justice as Health/The National Council and endorsed by Jane Doe Inc, Our Revolution MA, Mass Peace Action, BIJAN,...
Endorsement: Protect Fall River Pride Committee’s Drag Story Time
On Saturday, Jan 14th at 9AM, please join us in helping defend Fall River Pride Committee’s Drag Queen Story Time. This is a real opportunity to directly confront the hate groups that lurk in our community and a victory here will tell the whole world: Massachusetts...
Endorsement: Rally for Clean Energy — Boston Fee Party
Boston DSA endorses the Boston Fee Party - Rally for Clean Energy Prices of electricity are skyrocketing this winter because our region depends too much on fracked gas for our power. The current system is unsustainable, harmful, polluting, and unnecessary. We know...
Related News & Updates
Boston DSA official statement on the motion to expel Mike Connolly
BOSTON, MA: Last week more than a dozen members in good standing of Boston DSA submitted to us, the local Coordinating Committee, a motion to expel Mike Connolly from the organization. It is the right of members to bring forth motions for the local to vote on,...
Labor Call to Action opposing neo-Nazi groups in MA
Boston DSA has signed onto a resolution for cross-union/organization anti-Nazi organizing meetings and actions. The resolution reads as follows: Labor Call to Action Increasing Neo-Nazi Activity in Massachusetts is a Labor Issue! Three months after gaining power in...
An Update from the Community Safety Priority
Greetings from the Community Safety Priority Implementation Team. We are nearly halfway through the year, and we would like to send an update to the chapter about what we’ve been up to and what we have coming up. First of all, we are pleased to announce Digital...
Upcoming Events
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Coordinating Committee - Wednesday, October 23
October 23, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
OnlineThe Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.
We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter.Meetings are typically hybrid.
All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public.
On specific occasions where the CC is handling sensitive information, it may go into executive session for a portion of the meeting; this will be made known beforehand.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/coordinating-committee-wednesday-october-23
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PEWG Monthly Meeting
October 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
zoom, zoom, 02138October will be hybrid: we will be at Friends Meeting at Cambridge at 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA 02138 in the Parlor/Library. Social in Harvard Square after! One note from the meeting space is that we can't have any food there.
Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the fourth or last Thursday of every month at 7 pm, unless we have to move it for a holiday, which happens more often than you'd think.
PEWG's goal is to provide our members with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to organize effectively and strategically, and to educate the wider public on DSA's vision for a socialist future and the often-erased leftist movements of the past. PEWG hosts a number of ongoing projects, such as the chapter's political education blog (bostonpewg.org), our Socialist Night School series, and periodic New Member Reading Groups (abcsofsocialism@gmail.com).We also run one-time (or a-few-times) events such as reading groups, lectures, and panel discussions; and work with other working groups in the chapter to run political education events related to their areas of organization.
Working group meetings and events always have a zoom option if you cant make it in person. You can find our meeting's Zoom link or join the working group's mailing list at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-political-education-working-group?source=direct_link&
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at education@bostondsa.org.*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/pewg-monthly-meeting-17