Aaron Foster
Aaron Foster
For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board
In May 2023 Aaron Foster signed a resolution "For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board" as one of the MUG and R&R's Joint Resolutions for the 2023 DSA National Convention in August in Chicago.
Toward Radical Democracy
Toward Radical Democracy was a 2018 "Proposal for Internal Voting Reform in Boston DSA".
- If you would like to sign on in support of this proposal, please click here. To date, over 100 members of Boston DSA have endorsed it. We also welcome support from DSA comrades in other chapters.
Signatories included Aaron Foster.
Founders
Roommates Seamus Malekafzali and Aaron Foster share both a 2 Boylston Place triple and a dedication to leftist politics. The two freshmen started a new group, Young Democratic Socialists of Emerson, as a way to support left-wing socialist ideals and engage in activism in campus and around Boston.
“People at Emerson oftentimes will support universal healthcare, or they’ll support major police reform, or they’ll support any sort of policy that would be associated with socialist movements or Democratic Socialist movements, [but] just not in name,” Malekafzali said.
Freshmen Foster and Malekafzali hope to show these students that there is a political party for them, so they started holding meetings for the group every Thursday at 7 starting on Jan. 25, 2018.
Foster said he hopes to bring about change not just by generating support from civilians and reaching out to elected officials.
Foster said he saw the walkout organized by Protesting Oppression With Educational Reform in Oct. 2017 as very effective and wanted to organize a similar event for his group’s core issues.
As a member of the group, freshman Fintan Grafe said he wants to make sure action is the primary focus.
“Many leftist groups are accused of meeting and not doing anything. We’re trying to break that cycle,” Grafe said.
Malekafzali grew up with two leftist parents, his dad being a Democratic Marxist. Eventually Malekafzali decided he could no longer remain passive about leftism.
Though attendance is low at the moment, Malekafzali does not find this concerning.
“I used to serve on the board of my University of Oregon Young Democratic Socialist Association, and even though they were going strong for about two years, they only get about 15 per meeting, so the fact they we have 5 or 6 people at this stage I would say is pretty good,” Malekafzali said.
Interest has generated online—the group managed to build a 26-person email list, but only a few have made it to meetings.[1]
Emerson YDSA facebook group
Emerson YDSA closed Facebook group, early 2018.
Members included Aaron Foster.