Black Lives and the Dangers of Policing (July 17, 2016)
It’s been a rough two weeks. Alton Sterling was killed by a police officer in Baton Rouge, LA while hustling CDs outside a…
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Pirate Podcasts: Episode 2 – What you can do as a town meeting member (July 16, 2016)
Welcome to episode #2 of the Pirate Podcasts, which was recorded at PirateCon 2016. In this edition, Steve Revilak (Pirate Party Quartermaster and…
Pirate Podcasts: Vol 1 (July 10, 2016)
Aaron James is the Massachusetts Pirate Party’s candidate for state legislature in the 27th Middlesex district. Listen to Aaron give the keynote talk…
Aaron James Campaign Policy Kickoff (June 20, 2016)
On June 14th, the Aaron James Campaign held a policy kickoff event at the Somerville Armory. You can listen to the event below,…
Russian Hackers? You guessed it — classified (May 24, 2016)
In November 2015 the Center for Public Integrity published an article about two defense contractors who were subcontracting work to a group of…
US Customs & Border Protection Body Camera Feasibility Study (April 3, 2016)
Last fall, I came across an article titled “US border patrol staff reject body cameras, citing cost and terrain“. This article opens with…
Amusing Stuff that winds up in our Mailbox (April 2, 2016)
As the Pirate Quartermaster, one of my rituals is making a weekly trip to Davis Square to check our PO Box. Occassionally we…
Mass Political Finance Transparency vs Public Records Transparency (January 31, 2016)
After moving to Boston, one of the first places I visited was the Prudential Center Skywalk. There’s a great view up on the…
How to put a Pirate in Town Meeting (January 24, 2016)
It’s 2016, and it’s an election year. News outlets have been running stories about presidential candidates for months. Even if you’d rather not…
Juniper: A practical lesson in backdoors (December 27, 2015)
Our federal government recently got a lesson in backdoors. Hopefully, the lesson will not be lost on them. Juniper makes network equipment: firewalls,…