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We are thousands of community members in the Acton Area supporting progressive policies through civic and electoral action at the national, state and local levels.

No Mercy Let us now recall a time when borders didn’t mean That persecuted, desperate people who were caught between The ravages of earthquakes and unending, deadly war Could hope to save themselves by coming HERE. That was before The Trump administration and the Court that it commands Shut down the welcome lately, hence the blood upon their hands. If ever there was any time for feeling rage and shame At what this country has become in Trump’s unholy name, The time is now. May God have mercy on those lately cursed With Trump’s mad hatred and the sick enabling of the worst.
When Magyar emerged from the building to address the assembled crowd, he offered his own lesson of his impossible victory. “Against a machine of power,” he said, “we don’t need another machine of power, but real people who — going from mailbox to mailbox, house to house, in the cold, the frost and the rain — are capable of anything for their homeland, their neighbors, their relatives and their community.”
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
Too often, employer misconduct, threats, or retaliation prevents workers injured on the job from: Reporting a workplace injury or illness Receiving medical care Filing a workers’ compensation claim An Act to Protect Injured Workers would: Clarify the types of employer misconduct & retaliation prohibited under workers’ comp law Clarify the standard of proof and remedies available for harm caused by employer retaliation Allow the Attorney General’s Office to investigate and enforce retaliation complaints Expand notice to employees of workers’ comp rights and prohibitions against retaliation Allow the calculation of workers’ comp benefits based on the minimum wages required by law, even where employers have paid workers illegally at sub-minimum levels Allow for investigation of problematic insurer claims-handling practices
BREAKING: Oracle laid off 20,000-30,000 employees this morning with a single 6 am email. Oracle is worth $400 billion. Its founder is the third richest man on the planet. Oracle reported a 22% revenue gain this quarter Still, they fired 30,000 employees over email to fund Al Data centers. You don't hate billionaires enough.
editorial cartoon by Bill Bramhall (2020) - man with head in the sand with GOP on the back, amid stacks of evidence saying "I've seen nothing to change my mind"
“Racism separates, but it never liberates. Hatred generates fear, and fear, once given a foothold, binds, consumes, and imprisons. Nothing is gained from prejudice. No one benefits from racism.” – Thurgood Marshall
The truth: They’re abandoning workers.
The truth: This is treasure of trans people. #StateOfOurCivilRights
Where is The 2025 Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform? You may be surprised to learn that the Platform, as passed by the September Democratic Party Convention, is not published on the Party's website. The version of the 2025 Platform published on the Party website lacks two of the passed amendments: Empowering Youth and Science and Research. Furthermore, the published version of the Platform lacks coherent formatting. For instance, the Table of Contents on page 1 is presented as a paragraph rather than an organized list Additionally, the Party Platform website misleadingly says, "At the Platform Convention in Springfield, on September 13th, a group of delegates, committed to the 2021 platform, offered a number of amendments and voted to retain much of the 2021 platform." This framing suggests that a small group of delegates managed to approve the 2021 platform, whereas the convention voted overwhelmingly to support the 2021 platform. If you wish, watch the official video of the convention. (The Platform is introduced at 3:43.) The needed website changes have been brought to the attention of Chair Steve Kerrigan on numerous occasions. Each time, he promised to correct the problems, but no corrections have been made. What has emerged is a rumor concerning the origin of the draft 2025 Platform. The idea is that Governor Healey would like to run for national office. Her campaign considered the 2021 Platform had too explicit in its support for single payer, abortion, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and economic benefits for people living from payroll check to payroll check. Therefore, they wrote and brought to the Platform Committee the tepid 2025 version and insisted on its adoption. This draft was rejected at the Convention. Regardless of the story behind the 2025 draft, all Democrats and Democratic Ward and Town Committees should write to Chairman (contact@massdems.org) and demand that the Party's website present the endorsed, real 2025 Platform.
Everyone is welcome here EXCEPT ICE. We have th right to deny ICE access to private areas without a judicial warrant. We assert our constitutional rights - which apply to everyone in this country, regardless of immigration status - in the establishment. Members of our community are safe here. Any form of harassment of guests or staff will not be tolerated.