9/1: Bread and Roses Festival

Join the Socialist Party of Boston at the 24th Annual Bread and Roses Festival, Labor Day in Lawrence. The Bread and Roses Festival celebrates the labor movement, particularly the 1912 "Bread and Roses" strike of Lawrence millworkers by the anticapitalist Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

From noon to 7 pm, the Lawrence town common will host music, entertainment, historical tours, and a host of radicals, including the Socialist Party. Stop by our table (look for our banners and flags) to chat and learn more about the Socialist Party, our past, present, future, and plans for the Lawrence area and the rest of Massachusetts.

Admission to the festival is free. Visit BreadAndRoses.net for more information, including a schedule and directions.

8/31: Boston local meeting

The Socialist Party of Boston will meet on Sunday, 31 August, at noon in the Lucy Parsons Center. We are approaching several critical deadlines related to electoral campaigns, so much of the meeting may focus on those issues. Also approaching are the upcoming antiwar demonstration on 11 October, and the Bread and Roses festival in Lawrence the next day! For more information, check out the preliminary agenda.

The Lucy Parsons Center is located at 549 Columbus Ave. in the South End, near the Mass Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus line. For more information, visit www.lucyparsons.org.

Minutes from our previous local meeting can be found here.

8/23: Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration

On Saturday, 23 August, we will join in marking the 81st anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants and committed anarchists whose trial is widely regarded as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American history.

To call attention to the continued repression of immigrants and radicals, we will join the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society (SVCS) in its third annual march and rally. The day's events begin with a 1 pm gathering in Copley Square, followed by a march to the North End at 3 pm, and concluding with a 5 pm rally at the Paul Revere Mall (416 Hanover St.), featuring a number of speakers, including Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner.

For more information, visit www.saccoandvanzetti.org.

8/23: October 11 Organizing Meeting

Planning for the October 11 antiwar action in Boston will continue with a meeting of the October 11 Mobilizing Committee this Saturday, 23 August, at 3 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, Chinatown). The meeting will focus on reportbacks from logistics and program committees, and organize plans for public and organizational outreach.

For more information, visit visit Oct11.org and Oct11Boston.org.

7/27: Boston local meeting

The Socialist Party of Boston will meet on Sunday, 27 July, at noon in the Lucy Parsons Center. We are approaching several critical deadlines related to electoral campaigns, so much of the meeting may focus on those issues. Also approaching are antiwar demonstrations on 2 August, 4 August, and 11 October, as well as the Bread and Roses festival in Lawrence on Labor Day. For more information, check out the preliminary agenda.

The Lucy Parsons Center is located at 549 Columbus Ave. in the South End, near the Mass Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus line. For more information, visit www.lucyparsons.org.

Minutes from our previous local meeting can be found here.