Counting the days to Chelsea Manning’s freedom (January 17, 2017)
I learned recently from Susan McLucas, a long-time local activist for Chelsea Manning, that president Obama commuted Chelsea’s sentence. She will be released…
Category: Civil Liberties
You stopped BPD’s social media spying plans (January 17, 2017)
Thanks to everyone who joined us in opposing the the Boston Police Department’s plans to spend $1.4 million to spy on Bostonians’ social…
It took seven legislators (December 30, 2016)
Seven legislators is all it took to delay selling cannabis legally in Massachusetts. The voters agreed that one year is enough to figure…
Today, come out to celebrate Cannabis legalization (December 15, 2016)
Cannabis is legal today! Thank you to the 1.7 million voters who approved Question 4 to legalize Cannabis. Thank you and congratulations to…
Tell Boston to shut down the BPD’s social media spying program (December 14, 2016)
We join 20 civil rights, civil liberties, religious, and community organizations in calling on Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Police Commissioner William Evans…
TODAY: Boston PD wants $1.4m to spy on you online. Come oppose it! (December 5, 2016)
The Boston Police Department secretly tried to buy $1.4 million dollars of social media monitoring software to spy on Bostonians free speech. Since…
Wednesday, Digital Security 101 Workshop (November 28, 2016)
On Wednesday, the monthly Somerville Cryptoparty this November will offer a Digital Security 101 workshop that will focus on getting new folks up…
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…
Digital Security 101 Workshop, 11/30, Somerville (November 15, 2016)
The monthly Somerville Cryptoparty this November will offer a Digital Security 101 workshop that will focus on getting new folks up to speed…
Somerville Cryptoparty is Wednesday at The Sprouts (October 23, 2016)
The monthly Somerville Cryptoparty is this 6-9pm this Wednesday (always the last Wednesday of the month). It has moved to The Sprouts at…