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In 2020, Walsh volunteered for Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign, before working for progressive Jordan Meehan’s state representative primary challenge against Kevin Honan in Allston–Brighton and U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s re‑election campaign that same year. According to The New York Times, Walsh helped drive the youth vote and manage digital outreach. In August 2020, the campaign of Joseph P. Kennedy III, Markey’s challenger in the Democratic primary, referred to Walsh directly as a contributor to a toxic online atmosphere surrounding Kennedy’s primary challenge against Markey.[5] The New York Times noted that Walsh was personally responsible for digging through old Twitter posts to find material to attack Democratic candidates she found insufficiently left-wing.[5]

From late 2020 to September 2021, Walsh served as regional organizer and strategist for Act on Mass, a watchdog and advocacy group. She spent time volunteering for Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu’s 2021 campaign, then briefly served as digital director for Boston City Council member Julia Mejia.[1]

In August 2021, Walsh was elected the youngest delegate at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national convention. That same month, Walsh wrote an article for Teen Vogue in which she advocated for the mobilisation of Gen Z within the DSA to build a socialist future, inspired by figures such as Bernie Sanders and Angela Davis, whose activism she claimed shaped her political outlook. Walsh argued that capitalism was the root cause of economic injustice and ecological collapse.[8]

However, by December 2021, Walsh had quit the DSA over their support for Jamaal Bowman, whom Walsh denounced as a “Zionist”.[9] That same month, Walsh wrote an article in Mondoweiss that criticized Markey’s response to the Sheikh Jarrah controversy, highlighting his framing of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a “both-sides” issue rather than as a settlers vs. natives issue. Walsh argued that the youth-driven “stan politics” supporting Markey during his 2020 campaign hindered accountability and limited pressure for policy changes.[10] She argued that Markey “owed” her for her support and pressured him to take a harder stance on Israel. In response, Markey issued a sterner statement on Israel, but Walsh was not pleased and declared she was giving up on electoral politics.[11]

Circa late 2022, Walsh was co-chair of the National Network on Cuba,[12] which she described as “a coalition of organizations across the United States described as fighting to end the U.S. war on Cuba”.[13]

She also joined the board of Massachusetts Peace Action and served as office manager and social media contributor in the group’s campaigns, particularly its international solidarity efforts.[14]