2016 Campaign Planning Meeting, Sunday, 11/1 (October 29, 2015)
With all of the talk about presidential candidates, you wouldn’t know it, but in 2016 Massachusetts will elect 200 members of the General…
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Today: Urge Your Friends to Stop CISA (October 27, 2015)
Following on the cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the Senate is again considering amendments to it and a final vote.…
CISA passes Senate cloture vote, calls still needed (October 22, 2015)
Earlier today, the Senate’s cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, passed 83 to 14. It now advances to an up or…
Somerville Cryptoparty, Wed., 10/28, 6-9pm (October 22, 2015)
The September cryptoparty in Somerville had a good turn out and many people learned how to run a mesh network from their computer.…
Senate voting on CISA today. Tell them no! (October 21, 2015)
Yesterday, the Senate started debating CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The Senate reconvenes at 9:30am and it will likely vote on it…
No CISA: Call Senators Warren & Markey Now (October 20, 2015)
CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, is expected to come up this afternoon for a vote in the Senate. Please call Sen. Warren…
The Remote-Controlled Society Video Available (October 19, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…
Mass Pirate Party Rescinds Endorsement for We The People Act (H.3127) (October 18, 2015)
Back in March, the Massachusetts Pirate Party chose to endorse the “We the People Act” (currently H.3127). After a series of discussions internally,…
Drones Strike Western MA, Killing 2 and Wounding 13 (October 18, 2015)
Let me begin by setting the record straight. There was no drone strike in Western MA — no one was killed and no…
Call Your State Rep. Today: No on S.2015 (October 13, 2015)
We have been working with the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) to create a system to help people who have been foreclosed…