The Massachusetts legislature has failed us, bowing to pressure from landlords and choosing not to extend the statewide moratorium on evictions. The moratorium expired October 17th, and massive numbers of tenants statewide have already received notices to quit (the first step in the eviction process). Join Boston DSA's Housing Working group in Cambridge at 12PM as we let tenants know about their rights and what resources are available, and connect with tenants to prepare to fight back.

We will be taking social distancing precautions, and may not have access to enough transportation for everyone. Having access to a car or a bicycle is highly recommended. Masks are mandatory.

Please fill out this form to RSVP and receive the meeting location: https://forms.gle/T73ES9MiGBqCMSHw7

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Join us this Monday for the Prison Abolition Working Group meeting. This group works to end the corrupt carceral system and the suppression of thousands by the justice system. This meeting will be held via Zoom.

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpc-2qpjgvGtOrjK4AIqnb2b5HKIrcSCGt

For more information email prisonabolition@bostondsa.org

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A reading group that meets every Monday, studying various theoretical works that cover socialist organizing, Marxist economics, building in a pre-revolutionary moment, the historical meaning of the Russian Revolution and the effects of Stalinism.

For more information about the current readings and the Zoom link, contact bostonmarxist@gmail.com.

You can also fill out this Google form to register interest: https://forms.gle/4158uVY7mvWoDqot6

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Join us for the monthly meeting of the Mental Health Working Group. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have moved all our meetings remotely to Zoom. If you have any questions, check out our DSA slack channel, or feel free to email us at mentalhealth@bostondsa.org

To register in advance for this meeting click on the link below:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We hope to see you there!

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Come to one, come to both!
Lets fight for socialism at every level! Join us to get involved in our most local politics, and support everyone's needs.

For Wednesdays Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwude6pqDsjHdM3uDCNfY27NjjLOv3CrBOb

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The Boston DSA Labor Working Group meets *twice* each month - on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. New, old, and potential DSA members are all welcome! Come for a discussion on local labor updates and a wide variety of projects, including new worker organizing, labor solidarity campaigns, events and panels, as well as our blog, Working Mass (working-mass.com).

Please email us at labor@bostondsa.org for the Zoom link, and to get on the mailing list.

If you're interested in getting involved, you can also fill out our interest form (bit.ly/BDSAlabor), and follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/BDSA_Labor).

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This is the monthly meeting of the Boston DSA Ecosocialism working group. We will discuss updates to our campaigns and work with other groups, and a political reading discussion.

This will be a Zoom-only event. We will use the recurring number from past meetings, and will send out an agenda with details prior to the meeting, so if you're not already on our mailing list but would like to attend, please contact ecosocialism@bostondsa.org for meeting details.

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"It’s in making decisions that we learn to decide." - Paolo Friere, Pedagogy of Freedom

Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the 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 Fundamentals and Socialist Book Report lecture series, and periodic New Member Reading Groups. 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.

Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, working group meetings and events will be held over Zoom only until it is safe to meet in person. You can request to join the working group mailing list, where we send out meeting agendas and Zoom links, at https://groups.google.com/g/boston-dsa-education-wg. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at education@bostondsa.org.

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COME TOGETHER TO OUTNUMBER AND UNITE AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT!

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Building today to protest the completely unfounded claims of a rigged election.

Over the summer the National Guard in Minneapolis shot rubber bullets at people for standing on their own front porch, but today Trump supporters storming the Congressional Chambers met hardly any resistance.

The election results won’t be overturned and Trump is almost out of the White House, but if it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: the far right is not going away!

No matter who is in the White House, our best defense against the far right is a millions-strong mass movement. We need unity of all working people, progressives, community groups, labor unions, and socialists to send the far right packing. Tell everybody you know!
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**Co-Sponsoring Organizations:**

Boston Socialist Alternative
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Strike Boston
Never Again Action Boston
COS New England
WholeTone Music Academy
Refuse Fascism

Message us if your organization would like to endorse!
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*Wear a mask and maintain social distance. If you have been exposed to COVID, please stay home and support by telling your friends to go in your place!*

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New to Boston DSA? Not sure how to get started? Not a member yet, but looking to dip your toe in? Or maybe you're a not-so-new member, but haven't been active in a while? Then please join us via Zoom for a New Member Orientation call on the second Saturday of every month at 2 pm!

Comrades from our Membership Committee will walk you through the chapter's structure, answer questions, facilitate discussion about socialist organizing in Boston, and discuss how the chapter is responding to the COVID-19 state of emergency and the associated crises of capitalism it has accelerated.

Due to the aforementioned pandemic, this meeting, as well as most of our other meetings and events for the foreseeable future, will be held over Zoom. Sign up at: bit.ly/BDSANewMember

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The Anti-Harassment & Inclusivity priority presents a follow-up workshop from musician, activist, educator, and author of “Making Spaces Safer: A Guide to Giving Harassment the Boot, Wherever You Work, Play, and Gather," Shawna Potter. This workshop will look at skills we can cultivate and build to make the BDSA a safer space for more marginalized people.

Please register beforehand at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf--prTIjHtL8ppt_tGX-009Z_TUVvqpK

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We will be meeting exclusively on Zoom for the foreseeable future. To register please visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vJQsd-CgqTIpy5SPGYSl_YiyRKVqcRCj_Q

The Immigration Working Group works in solidarity with (im)migrant-led groups in Boston to help build a broad cultural and legislative campaign in the name of dignity, respect, and political protection for the (im)migrant working class.

If you have any questions or would like to be added to the working group mailing list, please email immigration@bostondsa.org.

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A reading group that meets every Monday, studying various theoretical works that cover socialist organizing, Marxist economics, building in a pre-revolutionary moment, the historical meaning of the Russian Revolution and the effects of Stalinism.

For more information about the current readings and the Zoom link, contact bostonmarxist@gmail.com.

You can also fill out this Google form to register interest: https://forms.gle/4158uVY7mvWoDqot6

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COVID-19 is exacerbating the housing crisis. Rents continue to rise, the landlord class prospers, and the working class continues to get squeezed. But our chapter is part of the growing movement to change all of this. We are putting principles into action and loudly saying: housing is a human right!

Boston DSA has formed a Rent Control Campaign to coordinate housing justice issues in the current moment. We will organize to fight for the immediate demand of today-- an emergency cancellation of rent and mortgages -- and pave the way for further mobilizations to win state-wide rent control.

Each monthly meeting will be held over Zoom. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvce6trjMiGdOTAMMCFhrWenx5CuE6t3mp

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Hey Comrade,

Living under capitalism is hard. We want a better world, but for the mean time, those of us with burdens are really struggling. This is a safe space to decompress, and share struggles and successes so we keep going. Self-care is important, and sometimes it works better together.

Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. We will be meeting online only for the foreseeable future.

We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the CC at boston-dsa-coordinating-committee at googlegroups dot com.

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.

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Do you love socialism and posting? Do you have skills in email-writing, newsletter-laying-out, social media, and other officey stuff from your corporate job that you'd like to use to smash capitalism instead? Do you hate canvassing and would prefer to just draft emails for the revolution? Are you good at graphic design (because I'm not and could really use some help on that front)? Then the Boston DSA Communications Committee wants YOU! *World War II recruitment poster pointing*

This Committee is open to all members in good standing, but is only open to DSA members. If you are not a member but are Comms-Committee-curious, you are still welcome to call in, or you can DM us and someone from the Comms Committee will be happy to chat with you about what kind of stuff we do.

Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoc-2vrDsjH9yZ5X8zTM9Q9iWKduzsgK4T

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This is the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's electoral working group. This meeting is open to all DSA members, non-members, allies, and coalition partners.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are holding this meeting online. The Zoom link will be emailed to the electoral working google group list before the 14th. If you are not on that google group, please register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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The Massachusetts legislature has failed us, bowing to pressure from landlords and choosing not to extend the statewide moratorium on evictions. The moratorium expired October 17th, and massive numbers of tenants statewide have already received notices to quit (the first step in the eviction process). Join Boston DSA's Housing Working group at 12PM as we let tenants know about their rights and what resources are available, and connect with tenants to prepare to fight back.

Please be aware, we will be driving to various parts of Boston from our meeting place. We will be taking social distancing precautions, and may not have access to enough transportation for everyone. Having access to a car or a bicycle is highly recommended. Masks are mandatory.

Please fill out this form to RSVP and receive the meeting location: https://forms.gle/DguLqDZC86JxBjDR8

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Join us for the January General Meeting on Saturday January 16th, from 2 to 4 pm, as we reflect on the year gone by, and take stock of what must be done in the year to come. Chapter Priorities are the topic of the January General Meeting, where we'll reflect on the work we've done for last year's priorities, and outline the candidates for priorities for the coming year. Along with the presentation on priorities, we'll also be featuring a friendly debate on how DSA as an organization should proceed going forward, the issue: Should we focus our organizing around base building, or electoral campaigns?

After the meeting, feel free to hang out on the line for some socializing with socialists!

All of Boston DSA’s general meetings are open to the public, so if you are not yet a member but are curious about our organizing work (or about socialism more generally), you are most welcome to attend!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this meeting will be held over Zoom. The call-in info will be emailed out to the chapter shortly before the meeting, or you can RSVP at bit.ly/BDSA_GM_Jan2021. If you have any accessibility-related questions or concerns, please email our Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility@bostondsa.org.

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Come to one, come to both!
Lets fight for socialism at every level! Join us to get involved in our most local politics, and support everyone's needs.

For Wednesdays Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwude6pqDsjHdM3uDCNfY27NjjLOv3CrBOb

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Frederick Douglass once said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. The struggle may be a moral one or it may be a physical one, or it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.”

It is through mass movements that all progress in this country has been won, from the 8-hour day to Civil Rights. How to build, grow, maintain, organize, and lead mass movements is a topic of critical importance to socialists as we continue to fight against the fascist far-right and push for radical change under the new Biden administration. Calling and organizing mass demonstrations is one tactic among many in building such mass movements.

Please join Boston DSA for a discussion on the strategy, tactics, and logistics of mass demonstrations and activism. We will discuss the theory and practice of organizing mass demonstrations and discuss ways the Boston DSA chapter can expand its demonstration organizing capacity.

Some topics we will discuss include: What is the theory and strategy for calling mass demonstrations? What has Boston DSA’s organizing around demonstrations been like in the past and how can we improve upon it? How are mass demonstrations organized? What differentiates a mass demo from other kinds of actions? What are the sort of logistical needs and activist roles needed for pulling off successful demonstrations? And, what are the next steps to putting these ideas into action?

Register on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mass-demonstrations-and-boston-dsa

Please note that this is an event for members of Boston DSA. Sign up with your DSA-affiliated email address as we will be cross-referencing with membership records. With any questions, contact follo.tim@gmail.com

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A reading group that meets every Monday, studying various theoretical works that cover socialist organizing, Marxist economics, building in a pre-revolutionary moment, the historical meaning of the Russian Revolution and the effects of Stalinism.

For more information about the current readings and the Zoom link, contact bostonmarxist@gmail.com.

You can also fill out this Google form to register interest: https://forms.gle/4158uVY7mvWoDqot6

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This is the monthly meeting of the Membership Committee, which meets via Zoom on the third Tuesday of every month. Meetings are open to all Boston DSA members in good standing. To obtain the Zoom information, please email the Membership Committee at coordinators at bostondsa dot org.

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Join the Immigration Working Group for an hour of action in support of ongoing immigration justice and related campaigns--for more info on how to support these campaigns, check out https://bit.ly/dsa-immigration-solidarity

Registration required, sign up here:
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With any questions, please reach out to immigration@bostondsa.org

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Inaugurating an Agenda for Working People—
Defending ourselves against right wing attacks.

Join us on Wednesday, January 20, on the Boston Common, Parkman Bandstand. 4:00 PM Rally, 5:30 March
Participants are asked to wear a face covering and stay 6 feet apart.

The No Honeymoon - Unite Against Fascism action is asking for folks to volunteer as Security Monitors. Monitors are asked to assemble at the Boston Common, Parkman Bandstand at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, J20 to hear a report and get assignments. If possible, please contact Matt at PeopleUnite@protonmail.com if you plan to volunteer or c. 617-633-1857

Current cosponsors:
Boston May Day Coalition
Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
Refuse Fascism
Boston Independent Socialist Group
Extinction Rebellion Boston
Boston Socialist Alternative
United American Indians of New England (UAINE)
North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB )
New Democracy Coalition
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Boston Labor Solidarity Committee
Freedom Fighters Coalition
Chelsea Uniendose en Contra de la Guerra
CPUSA - MA
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The pandemic has affected everyone, but it has hit essential workers, the working class, and the disadvantaged the hardest. Profits are up for the wealthy, workers are forced to risk their lives, and the far right has attempted a coup. The police treated those who invaded the capitol far more gently than those who protested police brutality. It is clear where the sympathies of the police are.

Trump was voted out. However, this is not a mandate for Biden and Harris. While Trump would have been a catastrophic failure, Biden is a manageable failure. Many who voted for Biden were really voting for “Not Trump”. We can and must do better than this. Biden is tied to the 1994 crime bill, concentration camps on the border, and drone killings. Harris has gone out her way as a prosecutor to put oppressed people behind bars. This is class war.

Don’t look to Biden and Harris for salvation. You won’t get it from them. The well off only understand power, and our power, as the people, is mass organization. It is our only way forwards. We need to organize and fight for what we need. No more police brutality. No more unchecked pandemic. No more families torn apart. No more bailouts for the wealthy that leave the rest of us behind. No more white nationalism. Enough!

1. We demand an immediate bailout of working people and the oppressed, not the wealthy elites: cash payments & unemployment benefits, end evictions & foreclosures, free education for all.
2. We demand immediate hazard pay for all workers outside the home. Sick pay when you are quarantined. No protection for employers who endanger the health of workers. Workers should not have to work if they feel their health and safety are endangered.
3. We demand an end to police brutality. Jail Killer Cops! Reopen all past cases of police murder and brutality! We demand the immediate restoration of affirmative action and other programs providing reparations. Black Lives Matter!
4. We demand Indigenous sovereignty! Restore Native lands! #NoKXL and stop the pipelines! No development without full Indigenous consent. Increase federal funding for IHS and Native American nations to fight COVID.
5. We demand equal rights for women, with immediate free government funded childcare, gender pay equity, full reproductive rights , and that perpetrators of domestic violence be held accountable.
6. We demand initiatives to address the problems faced by transgender people. End attacks against transgender folks now.
7. We demand universal free healthcare for all who reside in the US, regardless of immigration status. Opioid, other addictions, and mental health must be treated as healthcare crises NOT law enforcement issues.
8. We demand that all undocumented residents have immediate access to driver’s licenses and permanent legal resident status. Immediate citizenship for all youth in the DACA & for all those with TPS. Halt deportations and release detainees. Close the camps. Reunite the families!
9. We demand the cancellation of all student, medical, and credit card debt.
10. We demand a massive public works program at union wages to construct universal guaranteed housing, hospitals, daycare, and other services for all residing in the US.
11. We demand the closing of military bases all over the world. End all the wars! & blockades. Use the war budget to provide for our needs. We demand an end to the blockades of Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and N. Korea.
12. We demand action on Climate change. It is a threat to human existence. We demand federally funded massive programs to address the climate change crisis, mass transportation, energy conservation, ecologically sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy sources that drastically reduce the production of greenhouse gases. We demand climate justice.
For more info: call 617-230-9382

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Join us for the monthly Tech & Infrastructure Committee meeting where we discuss ongoing projects and opportunities for direct action.

Join the #cmt-tech-infra channel on Slack or send an email to boston-dsa-tech-infra@googlegroups.com for more information on how to get involved.

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Monthly meeting of the Take Back the Grid campaign, in which we’ll discuss campaign strategy and updates with people new to energy democracy and experienced campaigners alike. For zoom information, if you are not on our mailing list, please email takebackthegrid.boston@gmail.com.

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The Boston DSA Internationalism Working Group meets the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Mission: The Internationalism Working Group aims to build global solidarity for global liberation. We oppose globalized capitalism, imperialism, militarism, settler colonialism, and all forms of oppression wherever they occur. Capitalism is global — to defeat it, we must be too.
We will have Zoom call available. Details are at the bottom.
Send a DM or email internationalism@bostondsa.com if you would like to put something on the agenda.
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In part one of this two-part webinar series, we will discuss how private utility corporations profit while harming Massachusetts residents, and how public utilities are the solution. Join us to learn how you can help democratize, decarbonize, decommodify, and decolonize our energy system. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: bit.ly/publicpowerma

Utility debt has ballooned over the past year. Thousands of families across Massachusetts struggle under the weight of this debt, compounded by evictions, unemployment, and the coronavirus. But debt and shutoffs, caused by a market-based system, have plagued MA residents long before the pandemic. The current situation further exposes the failure of investor-owned utilities. As the deadline looms for the April 1 utility shutoff moratorium, we demand utility debt relief in the short term and energy democracy in the long term.

Join us for part 2 "Utility Debt Relief and the Pandemic" on Thursday 1/28, 7-8:30 pm: Utility Debt Relief and the Pandemic
This session will explore the pandemic’s impact on utility debt and existing programs for debt relief. With a guest presentation from incoming state representative Erika Uyterhoeven (Somerville, 27th Middlesex), we will present just energy solutions that prioritize the needs of MA residents. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: bit.ly/debtreliefma

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