Pirate Podcasts – Episode 9: How to run for town meeting (November 19, 2016)
Town Meetings are a common form of town legislature in New England, and they’re also a working example of direct democracy. In this…
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Leslie James Pickering and the FBI: a Tale of COINTELPRO (November 15, 2016)
I spent the evening of Nov 12th at the Democracy Center in Cambridge, MA, listening to Leslie James Pickering talk about his activist…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 8: True Progress – an Aaron James Campaign Event (September 17, 2016)
This podcast was recorded at True Progress, an Aaron James campaign event. True Progress took place at the Somerville Armory on August 30th,…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 7: FOIA for Fun and Liberation (September 10, 2016)
Maya Shaffer is a reporter for the Bay State Examiner, and someone who’s used Massachusetts public records law enough to know it inside…
Aaron james campaign event (August 30, 2016)
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 6: Municipal Rights (August 14, 2016)
Terra Friedrichs talks about how communities can use municipal rights to protect their local interests, especially where the environment is concerned. The talk…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 5: Lightning Talks: Usernames, Persona, and Surveillance Cameras (August 7, 2016)
This episode contains three short talks from PirateCon 2016. (0:00) James O’Keefe on cctv.masspirates.org. Our project to map surveillance cameras via open street…
All Lives Matter, Really? (July 31, 2016)
For months, our fair city of Somerville has had a “Black Lives Matter” hanging across the front of city hall. This week, the…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 4: The Dark Web and DDoS (July 31, 2016)
In this panel discussion Paul Paradise and Kendra Moyer talk about the dark web, Tor, gamergate, internet trolls, and the use of distributed…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 3: Pirate Organizing (July 27, 2016)
This podcast was recorded during PirateCon 2016, on June 25th. James O’Keef, Noe Kamelamela, and Aaron James discuss the finer points of politics…