We Need a Just Green Stimulus for Massachusetts Our state faces three converging crises: the COVID19 pandemic and the inevitable economic recession; the climate emergency; and extreme inequality backstopped by white supremacy and racist policing. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed systemic inequities and the deep web of interconnections between the climate crisis and our economic …
April 24, 2020 PRESS RELEASE: BERKSHIRES DSA CONDEMNS BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ATTEMPT TO DISESTABLISH MASHPEE WAMPANOAG NATION, CALLS ON FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS TO ACT Pittsfield, MA — The Berkshires chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America strongly condemns the actions taken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs against the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation and …
The Berkshires Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter protests, in the strongest terms, the indictment of Julian Assange by the U.S. Justice Department under President Trump. This indictment poses grave threats to freedom of the press, not only in the U.S. but around the world. The charging document would potentially criminalize numerous activities at the …
For Immediate Release Pittsfield, MA — The National Political Committee (NPC) of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has approved the new Berkshire County Chapter. At the DSA New England Conference, held in Boston on March 23, the Berkshires DSA Chapter’s approximately 70 members learned that their Chapter was officially recognized by the NPC as …
The following was written by Berkshires DSA members and published in the Berkshire Eagle: Our Congressman, Richie Neal, is one of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives. We encourage all of his constituents to ask him tough questions on how he’ll use that power during his visit to the Berkshires this weekend. …