One week to get RCV on the ballot! (June 10, 2020)
Volunteers from Voter Choice for Massachusetts, the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) campaign, made history last fall when they submitted 111,000 certified signatures to…
Year: 2020
Today, Boston facial recognition hearing (June 9, 2020)
Today at 3pm, Boston City Council’s Committee on Government Operations will discuss a proposed ordinance to ban face surveillance in Boston. The hearing…
Pirate News: Banned in Boston, Facial recognition edition (June 8, 2020)
Pirates Malt, Steve, James and Joe talk about the latest news of interest to pirates including: Latest in protests against police brutality and…
Tuesday, Boston facial recognition ban hearing (June 7, 2020)
The police repression and violence against Black Lives Matter protesters and innocent bystanders over the last two weeks is abhorrent. The people have…
Two weeks to get RCV on the ballot! (June 3, 2020)
We are in the last two weeks of the campaign to get Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) on the November 3rd, 2020 ballot. In…
Trump’s threat to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act (June 2, 2020)
We are reposting the US Pirate Party statement on Trump’s threat to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act: The United States Pirate Party opposes President…
Pirate News: George Floyd, Black Lives Matter and CDA 230 (June 2, 2020)
Pirates Joe, Malt and James talk about the police killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the police rioting and the crack…
Oppose the EARN It Act (May 28, 2020)
The EARN IT Act would gut Communications Decency Act Section 230, which protects free speech online. Section 230 requires you be held responsible…
Pirate News: Mail voting in Arlington, PATRIOT Act Renewal and COVID-19 reopening (May 27, 2020)
Pirates Joe, Steve and James talk about the latest current events including Arlington’s efforts to run its upcoming election by mail in ballot,…
Get Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot! (May 26, 2020)
Volunteers from Voter Choice for Massachusetts, the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) campaign, made history last fall when they submitted 111,000 certified signatures to…