Somerville Bans Facial Recognition Tech (June 28, 2019)
Yesterday, in an 11-0 vote, the Somerville City Council voted to ban the city from using facial recognition technology. It is the second…
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Pirate News: State of Surveillance (June 26, 2019)
Captain James and Quartermaster talk about surveillance in the USA and two bills (S.1385 and H.1538) that we support which would ban facial…
Wednesday, learn to use 2FA token devices (June 25, 2019)
This Wednesday, June 26, the Somerville Crytoparty will talk about how to setup and use a 2FA token device, such as Yubikey. It…
Pirate News: Trump Talk & Local Government (June 24, 2019)
Quartermaster Joe talks with First Officer Steve and Activism Director Malt about what the Trump administration has been doing including: defying House subpoenas;…
House votes for unconstitutional and warrantless surveillance (June 20, 2019)
The US House of Representatives voted against prohibiting the unconstitutional and warrantless surveillance of Americans as authorized by Section 702 of the FISA…
Holyoke Meetup Postponed (June 17, 2019)
Due to factors outside of our control, we have postponed the Holyoke Pirate Meetup we scheduled for June 22nd at the Holyoke Public…
Rally for Whistleblowers Today (June 11, 2019)
The Smedley Butler Brigade, Veterans for Peace, Boston and its allies are standing out on June 11 from 5 to 6 PM in…
Standout for Reality Winner This Tuesday (June 2, 2019)
On Tuesday, June 4th, please join us for the standout for Reality Leigh Winner on the second anniversary of her imprisonment. From 4:30…
Holyoke Meetup Four Weeks Away (May 30, 2019)
The Holyoke Pirate Meetup will be June 22nd at the Holyoke Public Library, 250 Chestnut Street. It will be in the Board Room.…
Protect Whistleblowers, Protect Free Speech (May 29, 2019)
Chelsea Manning, released when the grand jury that had demanded her testimony was closed, was called before another grand jury and jailed for…