Aaron was a casualty of the War on Sharing (January 14, 2013)
Aaron Swartz, a dedicated advocate for open knowledge and accomplished hacker, who was facing a potential 30+ year jail term and over a…
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Pirates join the crew of the Two Hotheads Show (January 14, 2013)
1st Officer Lauren Pespisa and I recently appeared on the Two Hotheads Show to talk about the Pirate Party, the sad and unexpected death of…
Captain’s Log – Mailing Party, 12/30, 2pm & Jan. Meeting, 1/27, 2pm (December 27, 2012)
Ahoy! Cap’n James here. We tend to do far more communicating on Twitter and Facebook and not nearly enough on this blog, so…
House GOP yanks copyright reform proposal, we put it up (November 18, 2012)
Recently the House GOP put forward a decent proposal to reform copyright laws. It didn’t go as far as we would, but it…
Looking forward to 2013: Next In-Person Meeting: Sun., Nov. 11th (November 6, 2012)
While in 2012 we got more accomplished than in 2011 what with our March conference, helping with the CryptoParty, being at Hope 9…
Meet Co-Chair of the Pirate Parties Intl. this Friday (October 1, 2012)
Gregory Engels, Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International, will be speaking on Friday, Oct. 5th at The Sprouts. The talk will start at 6pm…
Special Pirate Dinner THIS Sunday (September 29, 2012)
We will have dinner with some visiting German pirates this Sunday, Sept. 30th at 5pm. We will meet at Tavern In the Square,…
ACTA is Dead! (July 4, 2012)
In a 478-to-39 vote, the European Parliament rejected ACTA. For all intents ACTA is dead. Without EU support and with other countries rejecting…
Reminder: Liquid Feedback Hackathon, this Sunday, 3pm (June 29, 2012)
A reminder that we will be holding a Liquid Feedback Hackathon this Sunday, 7/1, starting at 3pm. Folks are welcome to come and…
Boston Pride Recap (June 18, 2012)
I want to thank everyone who helped with Pride: Jeanne, Lauren, Sevan, and a friend of Jeanne’s did a great job with the…