August 7th: Boston Sea Port Camera Mapping Outing (July 27, 2021)
We are going to map all of the surveillance cameras in the Boston Sea Port district. Join us! We will meet in front…
Category: Issues
Pirate News: Pegasus Revelations and Local Anti-Surveillance Events! (July 26, 2021)
In last Sunday’s Pirate News, Joe, Malt, Steve and James talked about what’s going on with the Pirate Party and give the Pirate…
Testify at the Mass. facial recognition commission on July 30th! (July 24, 2021)
The Massachusetts legislature’s Facial Recognition Commission will hear public testimony on Friday, July 30. The commission is tasked with studying police use of facial recognition technology and reporting…
Tell Baker to veto the Hollywood give away! (July 12, 2021)
The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a budget that makes the film tax credit permanent. In the past, we mentioned that we gave…
Monday: Tell Germany to support the COVID vaccine TRIPS waiver (July 11, 2021)
Free the Vaccine will host a protest this Monday, noon-1pm, to pressure Germany to drop its block of the COVID-19 vaccine TRIPS waiver.…
MA Legislature sells us out to Hollywood (July 10, 2021)
The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a budget that makes the film tax credit permanent. In the past, we mentioned that we gave…
Drug Policy Adopted (July 9, 2021)
We are updating our platform and have added our drug policy. If you want to help, join our Wednesday 9pm IRC meetings (see…
Secure Livelihood Plank Adopted (July 7, 2021)
We are updating our platform and have added our secure livelihood plank. If you want to help, join our Wednesday 9pm IRC meetings…
Boston Win Over Surveillance! (July 6, 2021)
Thanks to Boston-area Pirates for helping stop Boston’s plan to network all the regional surveillance cameras! The next step is to make sure…
Massachusetts Pirate Party Testimony on S.992 / H.1800 and S.940 / H.1761 (June 17, 2021)
We recently posted the following testimony on bills S.992 / H.1800 and S.940 / H.1761. Thanks to Desmond and Rikki for their efforts to…