by jokeefe July 22, 2013 Fun and Games Main Topic Organizing General Meeting Sunday, Pirate Picnic August 3rd (July 22, 2013) Art Beat was a lot of fun last Saturday, even if it was far too hot. Here are a few more events we…
by Steve R July 19, 2013 Civil Liberties Main Topic Privacy July 20th: All Eyes on Artbeat (July 19, 2013) (Image courtesy of the World Disaster Report) Each time I go into the city of Boston, I find myself playing a little game,…
by Steve R July 17, 2013 Civil Liberties Main Topic Privacy How Likely is the TSA to Catch a Subway Bomber? Not very. (July 17, 2013) (PHOTO: REUTERS/Jason Reed. A TSA agent dons rubber gloves at Washington Reagan National Airport. Courtesy of Boing boing.) On July 4th, there were…
by masspirates July 3, 2013 Main Topic Out And About Privacy Restore the 4th! (July 3, 2013) On this July 4th, the Massachusetts Pirate Party joins with the Restore the 4th coalition to protest our government’s continuing efforts to subvert…
by masspirates July 3, 2013 Main Topic Organizing Out And About PirateCon 2013 a success! (July 3, 2013) A huge thanks to everyone who made PirateCon 2013 a success! It would not have been possible without the work of Lucia, Steve,…
by ljfiero June 30, 2013 Censorship Civil Liberties Freedom of Speech Main Topic Organizing Privacy Get to know the Swarm (June 30, 2013) Screw Democracy. We’re On a Mission From God!” How can you resist a title like that? Welcome to chapter 6 of Swarmwise by…
by masspirates June 28, 2013 Fun and Games Out And About PirateCon is Tomorrow! (June 28, 2013) PirateCon 2013 is this Saturday. We have a great lineup with talks on open government, government surveillance and crowdfunding. We hope you can make…
by masspirates June 28, 2013 Freedom of Speech Cameron D’Ambrosio Is Finally Free (June 28, 2013) Yesterday, the Essex County District Attorney dropped all charges against Cameron D’Ambrosio. We are extremely happy that he is finally free. A big…
by Steve R June 21, 2013 Privacy Secrecy Transparency Why the US needs a Party of Open (June 21, 2013) In December 2005, the New York Times published an eye-opening story: the National Security Agency (NSA) was given authorization to tap into the…
by masspirates June 19, 2013 Main Topic Privacy Support the #MassWiretap Campaign! (June 19, 2013) At our June 16th General Meeting, we signed on to #MassWiretap campaign: We, the undersigned, call on the Massachusetts legislature to reject proposals…