Thursday, noon: EARN IT Act Call-a-thon (August 12, 2020)
The EARN It Act threatens our right to encrypt our communications without being spied on by the government. In addition to our email…
Category: Freedom of Speech
Pirate News: Send your mail voting form today! (August 11, 2020)
Pirates Malt, Steve and James chat about the latest news including: Steve’s fun with requesting an mail ballot. Reminder: August 26 is the…
Stop the EARN IT Act! (August 10, 2020)
The EARN IT Act would gut Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects free speech online. Section 230 requires speakers be…
Pirate News: Banned in Boston, Facial recognition edition (June 8, 2020)
Pirates Malt, Steve, James and Joe talk about the latest news of interest to pirates including: Latest in protests against police brutality and…
Trump’s threat to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act (June 2, 2020)
We are reposting the US Pirate Party statement on Trump’s threat to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act: The United States Pirate Party opposes President…
Pirate News: George Floyd, Black Lives Matter and CDA 230 (June 2, 2020)
Pirates Joe, Malt and James talk about the police killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the police rioting and the crack…
Tell Senators Warren and Markey to put a hold on the CASE Act! (August 12, 2019)
Thankfully, we haven’t seen any advance in the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE Act) since the Senate Judiciary Committee voted it out…
Say No to the CASE Act! (July 26, 2019)
On July 18th, the Senate Judiciary Committee marked up and voted out of committee the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE Act).…
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…
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…