Boston branch of the Party for Socialism & Liberation
@pslnational
, a revolutionary socialist party building a movement to end exploitation & oppression.
Cambridge Whole Foods workers forced to choose between removing Black Lives Matter masks or to get sent home.
Seven workers decided they would rather walk out, sacrificing pay and attendance points, than change masks.
To Whole Foods: Why punish workers who support Black lives?
📰👀 New FREE Liberation newspaper stand outside the Boston Liberation Center: 194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury
Liberation News, the newspaper of
@pslweb
is a monthly publication on pressing issues facing working people across the country. Online at
BREAKING: Cambridge activists shut down Cambridge City Council meeting to demand the release of the names of the police officers responsible for the murder of Arif Sayed Faisal!
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has 14 times as many people as Massachusetts - but the confirmed number of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts is 270 times more!
A superior, state-managed public health system is responsible for this achievement.
Read more in the replies:
In observance of Black August, we commemorate and call for the release of Jalil Muntaqim, a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.
He was arrested and sentenced in conjunction with the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO).
💥JOIN US IN THE STREETS TODAY! 💥
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade thus putting a final nail in the coffin of legal abortion rights on the national level.
End the US blockade of Cuba
Yes 🇻🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦🇻🇳🇨🇳🇧🇴🇮🇶🇦🇷🇰🇵🇨🇱🇷🇺🇬🇭🇨🇩🇨🇬🇨🇷🇧🇩🇦🇲🇷🇴🇲🇻🇲🇱🇸🇳🇬🇲🇩🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇧🇸🇦🇫🇩🇿🇦🇱🇳🇴🇦🇴🇦🇩🇦🇬🇦🇺🇦🇿🇦🇹🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇯🇧🇹🇧🇦🇧🇳🇧🇬🇧🇫🇨🇻🇰🇭🇫🇯🇪🇹🇪🇪🇪🇷🇬🇶🇸🇻🇪🇬🇩🇴🇩🇲🇩🇯🇩🇰🇨🇿🇭🇷🇨🇺🇨🇮🇰🇲🇹🇩🇨🇲🇫🇮🇬🇦🇬🇪🇬🇷🇬🇩🇬🇹🇬🇼🇵🇬🇬🇶🇬🇾🇭🇹🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇲🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇿🇰🇪🇰🇮🇳🇷🇳🇦🇲🇿🇲🇦🇲🇪🇲🇳🇲🇨🇫🇲🇲🇽🇲🇺🇲🇷🇲🇭🇲🇹🇲🇼🇲🇾🇲🇬🇱🇺🇱🇹🇱🇮🇱🇾🇱🇧🇱🇻🇱🇦🇰🇬🇰🇼🇳🇵🇳🇱+
No 🇺🇸🇮🇱
“We gotta stay organized, we gotta stay militant, and we got to fight for it.”
PSL organizer Joe Tache speaks out at last Sunday’s demonstration in Boston called by the ANSWER coalition, “Unite Against Racist Police Terror!”
“Healthcare is a human right, and that means it should be free and universal. Hormones are healthcare. Gender-affirming surgeries are healthcare. Abortions are healthcare!”
PSL organizer Mandy speaks on the connections between abortion rights and trans rights, (1/2)
At Saturday’s rally, Boston PSL organizer Nino Brown spoke to the foundation of capitalism in this country; one that is rooted in violence and that must be entirely uprooted if we truly want to rid our communities of the terror we continue to witness at the hands of the police.
Today, on the anniversary of great Haitian Revolutionary leader Jean Jacques Dessalines’ assassination, Haitians and community members in Boston stood out to say no to U.S. and military intervention in Haiti!
“The knees of capitalism and white supremacy have been on the neck of Black folk for over 400 years and dammit - We have had enough!”
PSL organizer JD speaks out at a demonstration in Boston called by the ANSWER coalition.
THE PEOPLE OF PERU SAY: NO TO THE RIGHT WING COUP!
Last night, organizers from
@BostonPSL
, the Boston Liberation Center, and
@answercoalition
rallied outside the General Consulate of Peru. (1/3)
JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS! Take to the streets to protest the horrific police killing of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis Police Department officers!
WHEN: Friday, January 27th, 7PM
WHERE: Park St Station Boston, MA
The Roxbury Love mural, a cherished Boston cultural landmark, was taken down today with no notice to surrounding residents. Local artist and organizer Rachel:
"...they took this down so they could build luxury condos for who? No one here…this art was for the people here.”
Join
@bostonpsl
and
@answercoalition
Boston this Weds. Dec 21st at 4PM to stand in solidarity with the tens of thousands of working-class Peruvians who reject the right-wing coup gov't led by Dina Boluarte aided & legitimized by the US gov't.
#peru
#Bospoli
#bostonprotest
PPE 4 the People has been manufacturing and distributing much needed PPE during the pandemic!
While the capitalist class uses these machines to accumulate more money, the working class uses them to meet people’s needs!
💥THE FIGHT BACK HAS BEGUN - STAY IN THE STREETS💥
Join us in the streets again this Saturday June 25th at 1PM in front of the MA Statehouse for a rally and march!
#abortionrights
#BostonProtest
BOSTON STANDS W MEMPHIS! Justice for Tyre Nichols and all victims of racist police terror! Join us in the streets again TODAY at 2pm at the MA statehouse.
The Boston Branch of the PSL joined hundreds for a Day of Rage march yesterday against Israeli Apartheid.
They also called for the end of the deadly exchange programs between the Israeli Military and MA police.
Starbucks workers at 874 Commonwealth Ave. in Brookline, MA struck for the second day yesterday! Approximately 50 individuals showed their solidarity with the striking workers, including many members of other Boston unions.
The U.S. government has claimed for 60 years it is acting for the Cuban people by maintaining the blockade. That is a lie the whole world rejects.
It’s up to us in the progressive movement to stand with Cuba and organize against these illegal, coercive measures.
#ElMundoDiceNo
End the US blockade of Cuba
Yes 🇻🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦🇻🇳🇨🇳🇧🇴🇮🇶🇦🇷🇰🇵🇨🇱🇷🇺🇬🇭🇨🇩🇨🇬🇨🇷🇧🇩🇦🇲🇷🇴🇲🇻🇲🇱🇸🇳🇬🇲🇩🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇧🇸🇦🇫🇩🇿🇦🇱🇳🇴🇦🇴🇦🇩🇦🇬🇦🇺🇦🇿🇦🇹🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇯🇧🇹🇧🇦🇧🇳🇧🇬🇧🇫🇨🇻🇰🇭🇫🇯🇪🇹🇪🇪🇪🇷🇬🇶🇸🇻🇪🇬🇩🇴🇩🇲🇩🇯🇩🇰🇨🇿🇭🇷🇨🇺🇨🇮🇰🇲🇹🇩🇨🇲🇫🇮🇬🇦🇬🇪🇬🇷🇬🇩🇬🇹🇬🇼🇵🇬🇬🇶🇬🇾🇭🇹🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇲🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇿🇰🇪🇰🇮🇳🇷🇳🇦🇲🇿🇲🇦🇲🇪🇲🇳🇲🇨🇫🇲🇲🇽🇲🇺🇲🇷🇲🇭🇲🇹🇲🇼🇲🇾🇲🇬🇱🇺🇱🇹🇱🇮🇱🇾🇱🇧🇱🇻🇱🇦🇰🇬🇰🇼🇳🇵🇳🇱+
No 🇺🇸🇮🇱
“Will you commit to releasing the names of the officers who murdered Sayed Faisal? Yes or no?” he asked.
At first, councilors attempted to continue, but they quickly voted to recess the meeting as the demands persisted.
The PSL in partnership with others is helping to organize protest actions in 22 cities around the country for this Sunday's International Day of Action in solidarity with the refugee caravan!
Here are some of the coalition's demands.
PSL organizer Naph speaks on solidarity, being Black and queer, and the past and future of the fight for abortion. "Our ancestors already won this fight. They will not take abortion from us! Abortion rights once and for all!" (1/2)
”CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla said of the release of his company’s vaccine, ‘Today is a great day for science and humanity.’
It was also a great day for Pfizer’s stock, which jumped nearly 8 percent in value, adding about $15 billion to the company’s market capitalization.”
60% of all coronavirus deaths in MA are in long-term care facilities. The capitalist system completely disregards elders.
Healthcare workers are fighting the pandemic absorbing the trauma of deaths all around. Listen to their stories, via Liberation News:
JUSTICE FOR TYRE! Over hundred people took to the streets of Boston alongside cities across the country to demand justice for Tyre Nichols after being murdered by the Memphis PD earlier this month.
JOIN US THE STREETS TODAY 2PM at the MA State House!
#JusticeForTyre
STAY IN THE STREETS TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS AND ALL VICTIMS OF RACIST POLICE TERROR! We know we ain’t getting any justice unless we fight for it! Join us in the streets again on Saturday, January 28th at 2PM at the MA Statehouse.
Vilsack’s time as head of the USDA under Obama was marked by his pro-corporate policies and poor regulation of both factories and the rights of Black farmers.
“His nomination points towards further deregulation of the agriculture industry during Biden’s presidency.”
Join us Friday for our first art show and open mic to celebrate Women’s History Month!
What does women’s Liberation mean to you?
Vaccination required, masks optional, food will be served.
📍Boston Liberation Center, 194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury MA
🗓Friday, March 25, 7-10 PM
WE KEEP US SAFE! Thank you to everyone for joining our panel on community violence in Boston. The panelists spoke about their experiences with violence in our neighborhoods and schools, as well as … (1/4)
HANDS OFF HAITI! Join us THIS Saturday, October 29th at 2pm at Mattapan Square for a rally and speak-out to stand with the masses of Haitian people in saying NO to colonial-style interventions, occupations and sanctions.
PPE for the People has manufactured and distributed nearly 600 masks to front-line workers and community members - this week to elders in Fort Hill, food service workers, and social workers!
Help us expand our manufacturing capacity by donating here:
This past weekend we hosted a launch party for the latest issue of
@breakchainsmag
, the only socialist-feminist magazine in the country! Titled the Woman Worker, this issue covers the history and present of women in the labor movement 🌹✨🚩
Packed house for our screening of “Palante, Siempre Palante!” We learned and discussed how the Young Lords came to be, what they fought for, the contributions of women leaders in the organization and the lessons we can draw for organizing in our communities today. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🇵🇷
On Saturday 7/24, over a hundred people gathered in Boston to stand in solidarity with the Cuban revolution and the people of Haiti. Organizers from
@pslboston
@answercoalition
@workersworld
and others demanded an end to the US blockade on Cuba and U.S. intervention in Haiti.
“Regardless of which of the two capitalist parties exerts the most influence over the Supreme Court at a given time, at its core it is a fundamentally anti-democratic institution.”
Workers at the 1304 Commonwealth Ave and Coolidge Corner Starbucks locations unanimously won their union elections yesterday, becoming the first unionized stores in Massachussetts and 17th and 18th in the nation!
@SBWorkersUnited
THE FIGHTBACK CONTINUES! On Saturday June 25, hundreds took to the street again in Boston to demand that abortion is a human right! Biden can use executive action to ensure abortion access in all 50 states! (1/6)
Thank you to all who stopped by and helped make the BLC's first holiday distribution a success.
In the new year and beyond, we'll continue to fight with our communities for a society that can provide all of us with what we need and deserve!
Stay in the streets! Nearly 2,000 people protested at Copley Square in Boston last night to defend Roe v. Wade.
Democrats control the Senate, House and White House — we demand they pass the Women's Health Protection Act and legalize abortion in all 50 states!
On July 23, members of the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Club 131 protested outside a drag queen story hour at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain. They chanted “PEDO SCUM OFF OUR STREETS,” and carried a large banner that read the same.
On July 2, a hundred white supremacists in the Patriot Front marched through downtown Boston. Members of the group assaulted Charles Murrell III, a Black man who confronted them.
“As a woman in the United States, seeing Venezuelan women taking their lives into their own hands and building their own society is such a critical lesson to bring back to the U.S.” — Rachel, PSL organizer reporting back from a recent solidarity trip to Venezuela
Through the snow + the rain,
@bostonpsl
_ community members alongside other orgs took to the streets for the Mass Action Against Police Brutality’s annual
#MLKDay
March to honor MLK’s true legacy- one of struggle against the three ills of society: racism, poverty and militarism.
Five immigrant families are being evicted from their Somerville homes, but the community has their backs! ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 On Sunday, PSL organizers joined a rally held by
@CAASomerville
to support the families.
Kicking off festivities at the Boston Liberation Center 1 year anniversary! Come through to the BLC now through 6pm for performances, speeches, free food, and more!
📍194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury
Save the Harriet Tubman House! No sale of the house! We don't need luxury condos!
Despite the rain, around one hundred people showed up to demand that the demolition of the Tubman House be stopped!
“When tens of millions of people came into the street in 2020, that was the biggest protest movement in this country. At first, Derek Chauvin wasn’t charged with any crime. But then we marched, and we marched some more. And he was convicted.”
Cambridge community members and local students disrupted Cambridge City Council meeting AGAIN to demand justice for Arif Sayed Faisal who was murdered by Cambridge police on Jan 4, 2023.
Today marks 55 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s name has become synonymous with the entire Civil Rights Movement, and that movement has been portrayed as just another chapter…
Maddie, writer for the socialist-feminist magazine
@breakchainsmag
, speaks about the decades of attacks on Roe v. Wade, the failure of the Democrats to pass the WHPA, and the necessity of bringing a mass movement into the streets in order to win abortion rights once and for all.
Meet our hosts! Kaleigh O’Keefe is a political organizer and writer in Dorchester, who has hosted open mics for over a decade. Rachel Domond is a political organizer and artist in Roxbury who is excited to help create an all ages open mic space for people in Roxbury and beyond.
“With this new contract, by early 2026 I will be making more than $30 an hour. It makes a huge difference in my life. It means having more money in my pocket, no longer having to live paycheck to paycheck.”
Join PSL Boston this Saturday, July 25th at 1 pm at Park St. State to demand an end to the US blockade & no intervention in Cuba, and no to US intervention in Haiti!
Happy birthday Assata Shakur, born
#OnThisDay
74 years ago! An anti-war activist and prominent member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, Assata became a target of the FBI’s campaign against left-wing liberation groups.
#AssataShakur
#BlackLiberation
#Cuba
The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns fascism and white supremacy in all their forms.
On July 23, members of the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Club 131 protested outside a drag queen story hour at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain.
This Black History month, join the Boston PSL in a three-part study and discussion series centered around “The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power” by author Jared Ball.
Register here: and see this thread for details ⬇️
105 educators fired in Malden, Mass. — students lead the fight back!
Students, teachers, parents and community members are demanding the reinstatement of 105 educators who were fired in Malden, Massachusetts.
the attacks on both, and the need for solidarity in the fight for women’s and trans liberation!
Join us tomorrow, 5/10 at 6pm at the Boston Liberation Center (194 Blue Hill Ave) for a study on the past and future fight for abortion rights. (2/2)
Thank you to everyone who came out last night for our “Marea Verde in Boston” event! We had a great time learning from the feminist struggles for reproductive rights across Latin America and joining this international movement by making our own green bandanas.
“We demand that CPD immediately release the names of the officers, fire them immediately, release the full, unredacted police reports, indict, and convict the killer cops,” Matthew Kennedy, of the
@bostonpsl
, one of the event’s organizers, told a crowd.
Black August: We call for the release of Rev. Joy Powell, an activist against police violence and advocate for youth struggling with mental illness.
She is currently serving life for a murder she did not commit. The trial was riddled with misconduct.
Today, our community painted this mural for the Harriet Tubman Freedom Park, the plot of land next to the Boston Liberation Center for which BLC organizers have submitted a bid to the city to secure ownership and use the land as organizing and community space!
All out to defend Haitian sovereignty from imperialist intervention!
Join PSL Boston and ANSWER Coalition Boston on Monday, 10/17 at 11am at the JFK Building for a rally & march being called by organizers of Movement of Love for Haiti.
#USOutOfHaiti
#HandsOffHaiti
Today is the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NY, where 146 women workers died in a preventable fire caused by their bosses’ greed.
We remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Workers & the Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union!
Last Saturday, Boston took to the streets for a
#sayhername
protest and march from Nubian Square to Boston Commons.
The people showed out in honor of Breonna Taylor and all Black women who have lost their lives to this racist, capitalist system!
“My favorite part of winning our union contract was asking my coworkers what they were going to do with their new benefits. Many said they would go home to visit their families for the first time in years.” — Bri, unionized airport food service worker with Unite Here Local 26
Recent Malden High School graduate Armani organized a student walkout in response to the non-renewal of 105 Malden educator contracts!
“Everyday people can be moved to action through conversation and a little bit of pushing,” he says.
PPE for the People has distributed over 500 masks to front-line workers and community members in Boston!
Help us expand production by donating here:
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Join us to celebrate a year of organizing, education, & struggle at the Boston Liberation Center! We’ll have performances from the Boston Dabke Troupe & Jorge Arce, presentations, discussions, food, & much more!
📍194 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury
🗓 Sunday, August 21
🕚 11am - 6pm