Pirate News: Warrantless ICE (February 16, 2026)
In the first Pirate News of 2026, Steve, Joe and James discuss the MBTA ending its redevelopment plans in Alewife, Trump’s Greenland fantasy…
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Yes on All Ballot Questions (October 21, 2024)
Based on our recent member poll, we endorsed all five ballot questions: For voters in the 17th Middlesex district, vote for Pirate Joseph…
Pirate News: San Francisco set to ban rent price-fixing software (August 7, 2024)
Joe, Steve and James discuss San Francisco’s attempt to ban use of automated rent price-fixing software, where Massachusetts’ Officer Disciplinary Records database identified…
Cory Doctorow Enshittification discussion at Harvard, Thursday, 6pm (April 9, 2024)
This Thursday, 6-7pm, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center will host Enshittification, Disenshittification and The Bezzle: Cory Doctorow in conversation with Randall Munroe. Unfortunately, it…
Pirate News: Napoleon* (December 10, 2023)
* Not that one. The one from 1927 that joined the public domain this year. Steve and James discuss the latest news that…
New Plank: Cash is the first P2P service (July 14, 2023)
We continue to update our platform and have added our Cash is the First P2P Service plank. If you want to help, join…
Promoting Competition Plank Adopted (June 22, 2022)
We continue to update our platform and have added our Promoting Competition plank. If you want to help, join our Wednesday 9pm IRC…
Learning from the Afghan War (September 2, 2021)
The US military has finally left Afghanistan after 20 years. Good. The Afghan invasion and occupation was the wrong reaction to the attack…
Pirate News: After the Inauguration (January 23, 2021)
Sunday we will live stream the next Pirate News at 7:30pm Eastern: Biden is now president. Where will we go from here on…
Call Your State Legislators TODAY to Pass the Housing Stability Act! (July 28, 2020)
We support the Housing Stability Act (S.2831/H.4878) and urge you to call your legislators and tell them to vote for it. It will…