Party Conference is September 29th

Publiced at August 21, 2018

Our annual party conference will be Saturday, September 29th at the Community Church of Boston.  The conference will focus on planning, expanding our platform and organizing how-tos. We will have time for lightning talks and possibly a small number of panels. Formal sessions will start at 10am and e... Read more →

Join us at Freedom Rally 2018

Publiced at August 14, 2018

We will be at Freedom Rally, September 14-16, and we want your help. This year our space will be used as an outdoor cryptoparty, live streaming site and hopefully a mesh network (with our friends as massmesh.org). We are looking for volunteers, particularly for pirates willing to show people how ... Read more →

No IRC meetings until the 10th

Publiced at June 26, 2018

The next Mass. Pirate Party weekly planning meeting will be Tuesday July 10th at 9pm, Eastern time. Our agendas are posted before the meeting. To join: Go to https://webchat.pirateirc.net/ Fill out the web form with the Nickname of your choice and enter #masspirates in the Channel box next t... Read more →

Help Stop the EU’s Link Tax and Internet Censorship Bill!

Publiced at June 26, 2018

Julia Reda, Pirate Party MEP for Germany, has sounded the alarm about Articles 11 and 13 of the EU’s Copyright Directive that passed a committee vote.  The vote in the EU parliament is expected in early July. If it passes, the EU will take a big step toward censoring the Internet on behalf of the... Read more →

Stop the EU’s Link Tax and Internet Censorship Bill!

Publiced at June 13, 2018

Julia Reda, Pirate Party MEP for Germany, drew our attention to the upcoming European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee vote on June 20th on Article 13 of the EU’s Copyright Directive. If passed, it will impose a link tax and setup a copyright censorship system. By adopting such a system, the EU wi... Read more →

Net Neutrality is dead. Long live Net Neutrality

Publiced at June 12, 2018

The FCC's rules change eliminating Net Neutrality went into effect yesterday.  Captain James, Quartermaster Joseph and Activism Director Sam discuss the fight for Net Neutrality in our latest Pirate News. The Senate voted to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to have Congress to overrule ... Read more →

Party conference survey closes June 13th

Publiced at June 7, 2018

We are preparing for our yearly party conference and want your input on how we should structure the next conference, when and where it should be, etc. Please fill out our survey by Wednesday, June 13th. Thanks! Read more →

Happy Pride!

Publiced at June 7, 2018

This week is Boston Pride Week. We want to congratulate everyone organizing, participating in and attending it! Due to other activities our activists are involved with, we will not be marching in the Boston Pride Parade on Saturday. We wish everyone who is marching in it wonderful weather, exuberant... Read more →

Somerville Cryptoparty Today

Publiced at May 30, 2018

The Somerville Cryptoparty is today, May 30th from 6pm to 9pm. It will be at the Sprouts, 339R Summer St. an easy walk from Davis Sq., Somerville and is in the garage in the back. The Somerville Cryptoparty is always the last Wednesday of every month. If you want to help with future cryptoparties... Read more →

Senate kills wiretap expansion budget amendments bills

Publiced at May 25, 2018

Thanks to your calls and emails and those of many others, the Massachusetts Senate killed all three wiretap expansion bills some senators were trying to sneak in the budget.  We'll be on the look out for a similar measure in the House, but for now we can rejoice. Read more →

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