The Workers Party of Massachusetts, a statewide socialist party unaffiliated with any national group, will host its 2024 state convention in Worcester on April 20, 2024. The convention will take place at WorcLab, a co-working space in the city primarily used by entrepreneurs and start-ups.
An email shared with Independent Political Report by the Workers Party reads that the convention will “be an opportunity for all Workers Party members to get more involved in building and expanding an independent socialist working-class political party in Massachusetts.”
According to the email, the convention agenda will include the selection of new party leadership, amending the party constitution, and adopting potential member-submitted resolutions.
Party supporters will also have the chance to explore the creation of new working groups and retool active political programs to reflect the current state of the socialist movement and focus on international issues. Furthermore, there will be a discussion analyzing successes from the past year, assessing signature-gathering efforts for state legislative candidates, and preparing for the upcoming 2024 election cycle.
Notably, the Workers Party is fielding a candidate to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren this year, marking its highest-profile candidate since its creation.
The Workers Party of Massachusetts will release additional details about the convention at a later date. However, party leadership is requesting supporters to get involved with its Convention Organizing Committee, which will be meeting regularly until April.
It doesn’t show up well on their website, but it looks like they have a state senate and state house candidate running as well in the area of Bristol and Norfolk counties.