Dismiss all drug convictions made with tainted evidence (March 1, 2017)
On Monday, we joined with a coalition of 40 Massachusetts-based community, religious, advocacy, and civil rights organizations to demand that prosecutors immediately dismiss…
Category: Out And About
Cryptoparties and other upcoming events (February 20, 2017)
There are a number of cryptoparties and other events are coming up over the next few months: 2/22, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts,…
Digital Security 101 Workshop, This Sunday, 1-3:30pm (February 4, 2017)
Concerned about your privacy on-line or the security of your computer or phone? Not sure where to start? Come to a Digital Security…
Somerville Sanctuary City Rally and Cryptoparty This Weekend (February 3, 2017)
Two events this weekend that Pirates will be at or are organizing: Somerville Sanctuary City Rally on Saturday from 10am to noon at…
PirateCon 2017 will be April 29th (February 1, 2017)
Our PirateCon 2017 survey is done. Thanks to everyone who participated. Based on the 22 responses, we chose April 29th as the date…
Share your ideas for PirateCon (January 17, 2017)
We are planning PirateCon 2017 for April and looked at holidays, school dates and other events to narrow down a few choices: weekends…
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…
Saturday, 1pm, Manning Birthday Standout (December 15, 2016)
This Saturday, the 17th, we will join Chelsea Manning supporters for a stand out on her birthday. It will be from 1-2pm in…
Tech Meeting Today, Manning Standout the 17th (December 10, 2016)
November was a busy month. We helped Aaron James earn 2635 votes, the most of any Pirate in Massachusetts. Our first campaign training was…
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…