No Justice For Faisal – Cambridge City Council Rejects Move For Police Accountability

In January, Cambridge police killed Arif Sayed Faisal, a 20-year-old UMass student experiencing a mental health crisis. Despite multiple protests and community outrage in the 5 months since the shooting, neither Cambridge Police (CPD) nor the established Police Review and Advisory Board (PRAB) have taken any concrete action to address the situation. On February 14th, …

60 Years of Failed Policy: Boston DSA Leads the Way in Ending the Embargo on Cuba

Sixty Years after the US Navy's Caribbean fleet first created a picket around the island of Cuba, the United States’ cruel and aimless embargo of Cuba continues. Despite decades of red scare tactics, designed to silence Socialists who believe the embargo is a moral and political failure, people of all political stripes have come out …