Fast Track Dead in the Senate (for now) (May 12, 2015)
In a 52 to 45 vote, the Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to move to debate the Fast Track Trade…
Category: Issues
May will be busy (April 29, 2015)
May is going to be very busy. Besides helping the Free Software Foundation with International Day Against DRM, we are helping with three…
Stop CISA! (April 23, 2015)
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 307-116 to pass the Protecting Cyber Networks Act. This bill is CISPA all over again, except that…
Stop Fast Track in Congress! (April 18, 2015)
Already oppose Fast Track, TPP & TTIP? Help stop them! Thursday Congressional leaders put forward a bill to “Fast Track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership…
Rick Falkvinge will speak at PirateCon (April 8, 2015)
Rick Falkvinge, founder and first leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, will speak at our party conference on April 25th. Registration is open.…
Tell Senators Warren & Markey to Oppose CISA (April 6, 2015)
Yet again, Congress is trying to ram through a new network security bill that is long on surveillance and light on privacy protection.…
At the flick of a … what? (March 22, 2015)
A friend recently showed me a press release from the House Judiciary Committee, titled “at the flick of a switch“. The press release…
The Internal Panetta Review: Still a secret (March 16, 2015)
One of last year’s prominent stories was a Senate subcommittee investigation into allegations of CIA torture. A Guardian article mentioned a document called…
Your Voice: Boston Olympics (March 11, 2015)
We have had some interesting discussions on IRC about Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Some of us point to the…
Mass Pirates Endorse “We the People Act” (March 7, 2015)
(Updated (Oct 18th 2015): we have since withdrawn support for the We The People Act.) Dollars are not votes. Last fall, the Massachusetts…