Workers Party of Massachusetts to Host Socialist Organizing Conference for 2026 Elections

The Workers Party of Massachusetts is hosting a fall organizing conference aimed at building support for independent socialist candidates in the 2026 election cycle. The event builds on the party’s earlier call for legislative candidates and seeks to bring together members and allied organizations to discuss the possibility of a future electoral alliance.

In an email this week to supporters, the Workers Party announced it will host a “Socialist Electoral Work in 2026 Organizing Conference” at the Workers World Party’s Boston office in Jamaica Plain on October 26, beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The event will be open to all party members and supporters, with the Workers Party asking for advance registration to help with planning and space considerations. Additional details are available on the party’s website.

The conference is being co-sponsored by the Boston branch of the separate Workers World Party and continues the Workers Party’s earlier call to action for independent socialist candidates.

In that initial August 25 statement, the party urged candidates to either run independently or under the Workers Party ballot designation in 2026, offering assistant with navigating ballot access, campaign finance, and voter outreach. While critical of elections as a primary vehicle for advancing socialism, it regarded them as an “important arena of struggle,” and one of the more direct ways to raise class consciousness and build socialist organizations.

“If you are interested in running as a Workers Party candidate, are part of a socialist organization that is considering running candidates, or are an unaffiliated individual who is interested in running as an independent socialist candidate, we ask you to get in touch to start discussing potential ways to collaborate,” it said then.

The party is also asking other socialist organizations and individuals who share its perspective on political action to attend the upcoming conference, inviting them to engage with Workers Party candidates, and explore how to place their own candidates on the 2026 state ballot.