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
Join Public Health workers in rallying for abortion rights
Join public health workers from around the country to stand up for reproductive justice! Public health advocates are holding a rally this Sunday, November 6th, outside of the American Public Health Association’s annual conference in Boston. We encourage members to...
Join the Free Her 5K to support a prison moratorium
Boston DSA members are invited to join Families for Justice as Healing and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls for the FreeHer 5k on Saturday, September 10, from South Bay Jail to the State House. This 3.1...
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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Phonebank For Parking Reform and Social Housing
July 27, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
OnlinePhonebank: Parking Reform Today, Social Housing Tomorrow
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time has come to organize for social housing in Boston proper! As a
first step to winning permanently affordable, publicly owned,
mixed-income social housing, the HWG is asking folks to support efforts
to eliminate parking mandates for new housing in Boston.Parking
mandates drive up the cost of building new housing, and nearly 30% of
parking that is built goes unused! As long as this restriction is in
place, it will be difficult to build social housing. The Boston City
Council is considering eliminating parking mandates after a hearing on
the matter last week. Join for the Housing Working Group to phonebank DSA members in Boston and encourage them to write to their city councilor in support of parking reform and social housing.*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-for-parking-reform-and-social-housing-2
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Labor Day Parade Planning Meeting
July 27, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Lamplighter Brewing - CX, 110 N First St, Cambridge MA, 02141Join us for the first meeting of planning the Boston DSA's contingent in the Greater Boston Labor Council's Labor Day Parade. We will be meeting at Lamplighter Brewing in Cambridge Crossing at 6 pm.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-day-parade-planning-meeting