Restore the People's Platform

Support the Amendment of the 2025 MassDems State Convention Platform
At the MassDems Platform Convention, we are filing an amendment to restore the full 2021 Party Platform. This amendment brings back decades of hard-fought commitments on healthcare, labor, climate, racial justice, democracy reforms, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, and more.
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To get the amendment considered, we need at least 500 delegate signatures by 9:30am on the day of the convention, and our goal is 1,000 to show overwhelming support. Volunteers will help collect these signatures and build momentum for a winning floor vote.
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Join us at the White Lion on Friday night between 6:45 and 9:45pm to sign the petition or help collect signatures.
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Saturday morning from 8:00 to 9:15am, we’ll be at the ORMA table outside the convention entrance—stop by to sign or assist in gathering signatures from fellow delegates!
If You Want to Support the Amendment
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Vote YES on the amendment
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If it wins - vote YES on the 2025 platform
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If it loses - vote NO on the 2025 platform
Sign this commitment form so we know to collect your signature this weekend!
Who are we?
A broad coalition of progressive organizations and Democratic delegates — including Mass-Care: the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, Our Revolution MA, Progressive Mass, the Massachusetts Progressive Action Organizing Committee, MA Peace Action, Voter Choice MA, and Progressive Democrats of MA — has come together to defend and restore the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s platform as a strong, inclusive statement of values. In response to the 2025 draft platform, which strips away decades of work advancing policies on workers’ rights, racial justice, democracy reforms, reproductive freedom, and climate action, the group’s goal is to reassert a unifying vision rooted in economic and social justice. By pushing to reinstate the more comprehensive 2021 platform, delegates aim to ensure that the party stands firmly with working families and marginalized communities, and continues to lead with bold commitments that inspire voters and hold elected leaders accountable.


changes to platform
Topics and policies that are completely omitted from the 2025 platform:
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Single-Payer Healthcare
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Systemic racism (the phrase does not appear)
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Transgender (the word does not appear; though gender affirming care does)
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Green New Deal (no mention)
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Moratorium on prison construction (no mention)
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Subminimum wages (elimination not mentioned)
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Right to strike for public employees (not mentioned)
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Taxing overseas corporate profits (not mentioned)
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Limiting billionaire/corporate influence in primaries (not mentioned)
Topics that no longer have a dedicated section, but are only briefly or vaguely referenced:
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Children and Families
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Racial Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities
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Ethics and Transparency
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Immigration
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Labor and Workforce (merged into "Economic Opportunity")
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Public Safety and Criminal Legal Reform (collapsed into "Community Safety")
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Reproductive Health, Freedom, and Justice
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Veterans
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Voting and Democracy
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Tenant protections (housing as a human right is mentioned, but without specifics)
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LGBTQ+ Rights (references reduced, no standalone section)