A Rural Carrier Associate write about their experience working for USPS and how Bernie Sanders's plan to save the Post Office ignores the most important part, the workers.
I’m a Postal Worker. Bernie’s Plan Won’t Save Us.
Alex Vitale, Fatema Ahmad, and Samantha Calero on the End of Policing
On Wednesday night, one hundred and fifty people gathered at the Cambridge Public Library to hear Alex Vitale, Fatema Ahmad, and Samantha Calero make a case for abolishing the police, an event organized by the Prison Abolition Working Group of Boston DSA.
Independent Power or Betrayal
Institutions are never neutral. Political parties, companies, churches, schools, media outlets - they are created out of the interests of certain classes or sections of classes and find their form and function based on the mode of production of production and the social relations that arise from it...So what kind of institution are we building with our participation in the DSA?
A Case for Safe Staffing Limits
Katie J. & Brad B. write about why the Boston DSA Healthcare Working Group has endorsed the Patient Safety Act Ballot question.
Their Dream and Ours: a Review of “The Dream is Lost” and a Path Forward for the Left
Mike B The following is a short book summary followed by an analysis. This piece is the opinion of the author only and does not represent the views of any organization to which they belong. This piece was originally published on Medium. SUMMARY Julian Hayter’s invaluable book, The Dream is Lost, provides the first monograph-length …
There Is No Mass Movement Without Prison Abolition
By Alexis, Drew D, Elizabeth K, Jesse W, and Zoey M, Boston Refoundation A socialist revolution cannot occur without prison abolition. As socialists, we must fully commit to abolition as a cornerstone of our movement. This commitment is not an issue of just a rhetorical choice to use the term “abolition.” That term has real-world …
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Two Sentences
by Jonathan K. Do things that work. Get shit done. These two sentences are my entire political philosophy. All of my political positions, how I engage with politics, and the effort I put into political activism on a day-to-day basis all come down to these two sentences. I want to share these sentences and explain …