Mass GMO labeling bill passes committee! We still need your help. (March 9, 2016)
From our friends at MA Right to Know GMOs: The Mass. GMO labeling bill was passed out of the Natural Resources/Ag. Committee recently.…
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Tonight’s Cryptoparty is canceled (November 25, 2015)
The Somerville cryptoparty scheduled for tonight has been canceled due to illness. Keep an eye out here or at cryptoparty.in/boston for when the next one will…
Voting on Military Weapons for Local Cops Bill at Monday’s IRC Meeting (November 11, 2015)
Besides our usual administrative status reports, at Monday’s IRC meeting we will be discussing and voting on whether to endorse H.2169 – An Act…
Vote on Body Cams Bills At Tonight’s IRC (November 9, 2015)
Besides our usual administrative status reports, at tonight’s IRC meeting we will be discussing and voting on whether to endorse three legislative proposals:…
Full video of The Remote-Controlled Society available (October 29, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…
2016 Campaign Planning Meeting, Sunday, 11/1 (October 29, 2015)
With all of the talk about presidential candidates, you wouldn’t know it, but in 2016 Massachusetts will elect 200 members of the General…
Today: Urge Your Friends to Stop CISA (October 27, 2015)
Following on the cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the Senate is again considering amendments to it and a final vote.…
No CISA: Call Senators Warren & Markey Now (October 20, 2015)
CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, is expected to come up this afternoon for a vote in the Senate. Please call Sen. Warren…
Call Your State Rep. Today: No on S.2015 (October 13, 2015)
We have been working with the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) to create a system to help people who have been foreclosed…
Tonight, Cory Doctorow Roundtable on the Corporate Lockdown of Computers (October 13, 2015)
On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, Co-Editor of Boing Boing and someone who has great ideas on the intersection of culture, technology and…