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Labor Working Group
Labor Working Group
February 1, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Zoom
The Boston DSA Labor Working Group meets on the first Wednesday 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). We also often have guest speakers, including different workers in struggle and labor leaders!
***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).
https://www.facebook.com/976780626595303
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Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group
Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group
February 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Democracy Center
This is the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's Eco-Socialism working group. We will discuss updates to our campaigns and work with other groups, and we will have in a political reading discussion.
Please register or join our mailing list at bdsa.us/Eco.
You'll receive the agenda and zoom/in person details if you are on the mailing list. We will use the recurring Zoom number from past meetings, and will send out an agenda with details prior to the meeting if you RSVPed above or if you're on our mailing list. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact ecosocialism@bostondsa.org
https://www.facebook.com/464626649128885
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Ecosocialism Working Group
Ecosocialism Working Group
February 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston, MA
This is the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's Eco-Socialism working group. We will discuss updates to our campaigns and work with other groups, and we will have in a political reading discussion.
Please register or join our mailing list at bdsa.us/Eco.
You'll receive the agenda and zoom details after RSVPing. 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 if you RSVPed above or if you're on our mailing list. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact ecosocialism@bostondsa.org.
https://www.facebook.com/865842604426584
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Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
February 5, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
https://actionnetwork.org/events/introduction-to-internationalism-reading-group?source=direct_link&
Understanding how internationalist socialism works can be a hard thing to figure out (believe us, we've all been there). Luckily, you don't have to do it alone. Nervous about where to start reading? Look no further than our introduction to internationalism reading group. Join us to discuss how we achieve global solidarity!
https://www.facebook.com/673278807834641
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Electoral Working Group Organizing Committee Meeting
Electoral Working Group Organizing Committee Meeting
February 7, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Meeting of the Electoral Working Group Organizing Committee.
We use these meetings to plan and execute the activities of the working group between working group meetings, which take place monthly. More info can be found in the #wg-electoral-oc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the OC at electoral at bostondsa dot org
https://www.facebook.com/587430809400103
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Mental Health Working Group Monthly Meeting
Mental Health Working Group Monthly Meeting
February 7, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
700 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116-2813, United States
The Mental Health Working Group aims to investigate, discuss, and confront the deleterious effects of capitalism on mental health. We address the material and emotional needs and respect and support the autonomy of neurodivergent individuals and those who struggle with substance use disorders.
The Mental Health Working Group's current projects include:
* The Comrade Rosie Project, comrade-rosie.org, a creative, collaborative, mental health support network, by and for the working class of Greater Boston.
* Monthly Peer Support Sessions, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, a space where leftists can help each other process life under COVID and under capitalism
* Red Roses Writing Workshop, bit.ly/RedRosesWriting, a low-key creative workshop on the fourth Friday of every month. Comrades are encouraged to bring 1 poem or 2 pages of prose writing to share.
* Chill With Comrades, a social hangout on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Though hangin' on Zoom is not the same as socializing with socialists in person, this provides some unstructured time to get to know your comrades and remember that we are all just people, not organizing machines.
* The MHWG Google site, https://sites.google.com/view/wg-mentalhealth, to facilitate long-form writing, in homage to the historical "committees of correspondence"
* The Epoch of Incredulity, https://anchor.fm/epoch-of-incredulity, the working group's least safe for work side project. Since we cannot go to cheap dive bars after meetings anymore, the MHWG has attempted to recreate the experience via podcast.
We serve as a resource for other Boston DSA members as much as we serve the larger community. Thus, people need not be reserved about their struggles or hesitant to ask for help.
The Mental Health Working Group meets monthly on the first Tuesday of every month from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. If you have any questions or for a copy of the agenda, check out the #wg-mentalhealth channel on the BDSA Slack, or email us at mentalhealth@bostondsa.org.
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdOivrDgiEtXNW5YkZGkpjyAFaCmjYi0-
https://www.facebook.com/916469116026539
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
February 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The 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. 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.
https://www.facebook.com/698064954844248
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
February 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The 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. 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.
https://www.facebook.com/698064954844248
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Communications Committee
Communications Committee
February 9, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Boston, MA
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? 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.
Register for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84184872257?pwd=mQISSQG9TV6Y2uNPqX3Hl3cRgweyIC.1
https://www.facebook.com/472715405013556
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Boston DSA Chapter Orientation
Boston DSA Chapter Orientation
February 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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? Welcome! Join us via Zoom for a Chapter Orientation.
Comrades from our Membership Committee will walk you through the chapter's structure, answer questions, facilitate discussion about socialist organizing in Boston, discuss our Chapter's current priorities and projects, and help you get plugged in and involved in fighting back locally against capitalism.
Register for this month's orientation at BDSA.us/GetEngaged
https://www.facebook.com/5688910007855065
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Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
February 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu-oqD8iE9x30ksdMokQKnuGIa1ak1Ds
Join us for the monthly meeting of the Electoral Working Group.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu-oqD8iE9x30ksdMokQKnuGIa1ak1Ds
Email electoral@bostondsa.org with any questions.
https://www.facebook.com/1339256596889309
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Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
February 12, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
https://actionnetwork.org/events/introduction-to-internationalism-reading-group?source=direct_link&
Understanding how internationalist socialism works can be a hard thing to figure out (believe us, we've all been there). Luckily, you don't have to do it alone. Nervous about where to start reading? Look no further than our introduction to internationalism reading group. Join us to discuss how we achieve global solidarity!
https://www.facebook.com/673278794501309
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Care Work Reading Group
Care Work Reading Group
February 13, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join the Accessibility Committee for a biweekly reading group. We will be reading Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- Samarasinha. In this collection of essays, “longtime disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centres the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all.”
Our fourth meeting will be on February 13th at 6:30pm. Please read through Part 4 before this meeting. If you need help accessing the book please email mookocho@gmail.com
Meeting link can be found at https://actionnetwork.org/events/care-work-reading-group-session-5
https://www.facebook.com/1502596763598087
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Peer Support session (by Mental Health Working Group)
Peer Support session (by Mental Health Working Group)
February 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
To be determined
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:
bdsa.us/PeerSupport
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/1546714879141022
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Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
Intro to Internationalism Reading Group
February 19, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
https://actionnetwork.org/events/introduction-to-internationalism-reading-group?source=direct_link&
Understanding how internationalist socialism works can be a hard thing to figure out (believe us, we've all been there). Luckily, you don't have to do it alone. Nervous about where to start reading? Look no further than our introduction to internationalism reading group. Join us to discuss how we achieve global solidarity!
https://www.facebook.com/673278797834642
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Housing Working Group
Housing Working Group
February 20, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Democracy Center 45 Mount Auburn St Cambridge MA United States 02138
Join the Housing Working Group for our monthly meeting!
Global real estate is valued at $217 trillion and makes up more than 60% of the world’s capital, 75% of which is in housing. As exploitable natural resources dwindle, curtailing commodity production, the ruling class has re-oriented towards rentier capitalism.
In this context, Boston DSA Housing working group organizes to build and support tenant unions, to build the power of working class people to confront the landlord and developer class, and to take control of our own homes and cities. In 2020, we contributed to the formation of the Greater Boston Tenants Union (GBTU) in 2020, a tenant-run, independent institution that is part of the national Autonomous Tenants Union Network.
We are currently working on supporting GBTU eviction defense canvasses and ongoing organizing projects. In addition we use our meetings for political education, particularly tenant organizer trainings, to develop our skill set, political analysis, and to help bring new organizers into the tenant unionist movement.
If you're not on the DSA mailing list, email housing@bostondsa.org for Zoom call-in info.
https://www.facebook.com/928080228378877
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New Member Reading Group
New Member Reading Group
February 20, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston, MA
Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.
The group starts on Monday, February 20 and runs for four weeks (February 20th & 27th, and March 6th & 13th). All sessions are 7:00-8:30 PM.
To Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-yoqzspGdVU-YGHGwwBjmEwv1Vg10Ra
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Each session will discuss a few questions raised in “ABCs” that you may encounter when discussing socialism with workmates, family members or fellow activists.
Topics will include: “Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”, “Doesn’t socialism always end in dictatorship?”, and “Don’t the rich deserve to keep most of their money?”
The goal of this reading group is to provide a basic knowledge of socialist goals and analysis through a brief, accessible text and to help motivate new DSA members get more deeply involved in the work of our chapter.
"The ABCs of Socialism" can be downloaded here:
https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf.
For more info: education@bostondsa.org
https://www.facebook.com/6113795382017565
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Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
February 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for our monthly Membership Committee meeting, where we'll discuss ways to mobilize and engage our Chapter's membership.
This meeting will happen on Zoom. Register here to attend here and receive the meeting link: https://bdsa.us/MemComm
https://www.facebook.com/487696456502347
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Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
February 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for our monthly Membership Committee meeting, where we'll discuss ways to mobilize and engage our Chapter's membership.
This meeting will happen on Zoom. Register here to attend here and receive the meeting link: https://bdsa.us/MemComm
https://www.facebook.com/482290503845240
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Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
Membership Committee Monthly Meeting
February 21, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for our monthly Membership Committee meeting, where we'll discuss ways to mobilize and engage our Chapter's membership.
This meeting will happen on Zoom. Register here to attend here and receive the meeting link: https://bdsa.us/MemComm
https://www.facebook.com/620120636593261
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
February 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The 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. 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.
https://www.facebook.com/698064958177581
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Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
February 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston, MA
The 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. 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.
https://www.facebook.com/698064958177581
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PEWG Monthly Meeting
PEWG Monthly Meeting
February 23, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston, MA
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 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 are held over Zoom. 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.
https://www.facebook.com/455727303429881
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Healthcare Working Group Meeting
Healthcare Working Group Meeting
February 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Attend a monthly meeting of the BDSA Healthcare Working Group. We'll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All.
Register to attend via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsc-qgrT8vHtdXl8ADFBJyYNo9jFYZicsC?fbclid=IwAR3sCvHCunQgXvSDvAi4EFiALyvGeZ-naouK9bDC-4YsoOXWhdvpRdpVS2c
https://www.facebook.com/452343793665801
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New Member Reading Group
New Member Reading Group
February 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston, MA
Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.
The group starts on Monday, February 20 and runs for four weeks (February 20th & 27th, and March 6th & 13th). All sessions are 7:00-8:30 PM.
To Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-yoqzspGdVU-YGHGwwBjmEwv1Vg10Ra
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Each session will discuss a few questions raised in “ABCs” that you may encounter when discussing socialism with workmates, family members or fellow activists.
Topics will include: “Why do socialists talk so much about workers?”, “Doesn’t socialism always end in dictatorship?”, and “Don’t the rich deserve to keep most of their money?”
The goal of this reading group is to provide a basic knowledge of socialist goals and analysis through a brief, accessible text and to help motivate new DSA members get more deeply involved in the work of our chapter.
"The ABCs of Socialism" can be downloaded here:
https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf.
For more info: education@bostondsa.org
https://www.facebook.com/6113795372017566
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Chill With Comrades
Chill With Comrades
February 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
American Flatbread Somerville 45 Day St Somerville MA United States 02144
Let's put the social back in Socialism! Everyone knows that nothing compares to hanging out and socializing with comrades in-person, but since that's not possible due to Covid, this is the next best thing! Take the opportunity to socialize with members of the chapter, as well as cope with the social isolation imposed by the pandemic. There's no meeting agenda for this event, no readings to do in advance, just show up and have a good time! If you have any questions at all, feel free to email us at, mentalhealth@bostondsa.org. We hope to see you there!
Register in advance for this event:
http://bdsa.us/chillwithcomrades
https://www.facebook.com/1301070100478202
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