Today, Standout for Whistle-Blower Reality Winner (October 18, 2018)
Veterans for Peace is organizing a stand out today to call for the pardon of imprisoned whistle-blower Reality Winner. It will be in…
Category: Transparency
Testify Tuesday on Police Militarization Oversight Bills (October 9, 2017)
This Tuesday at 10am in Room B-2 of the State House will be a hearing on police militarization bills. The Legislature’s Joint Committee…
Pick the date for the next Pirate outing (July 14, 2017)
Every year we have a Pirate Picnic in August on Georges Island. This year we decided to move the picnic to a more…
Challenge NAFTA in RI on Friday (July 13, 2017)
On Friday, governors from the United States, Mexico, and Canada will meet in Rhode Island to talk trade – and undoubtedly, the future…
Wednesday: Chelsea Manning Getting Out Party (May 15, 2017)
What: Pot-luck celebration and fund-raiser for Chelsea Manning on the day of her release from prison When: Wednesday, May 17, 7:00pm Where: 14…
Chelsea Manning Getting Out Party, Wed., May 17, 7:00pm, Somerville (May 13, 2017)
What: Pot-luck celebration and fund-raiser for Chelsea Manning on the day of her release from prison When: Wednesday, May 17, 7:00pm Where: 14…
FOIA Files: the NSA’s intranet home page (April 30, 2017)
Back in 2014, I wrote a blog post about my FOIA request for the CIA’s intranet home page Intranet home pages are a…
Tonight: Speak for Cambridge surveillance oversight (April 24, 2017)
We have been working with Restore the 4th and the ACLU to get the City of Cambridge to adopt an ordinance placing city…
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: FBI Informant? (April 11, 2017)
Michele McPhee has an article in Boston Magazine about Tamerlan Tsarnaev based on new research she has done and documents released via the Freedom…
This Friday: Learn how to annoy legislators for freedom (March 20, 2017)
The Massachusetts Legislature has thousands of bills to consider. Quite a few are of interest to Pirates including whether to give millions of dollars in subsidies…