by masspirates June 10, 2015 Main Topic TPP Stop FastTrack This Week! (June 10, 2015) Already oppose Fast Track, TPP & TTIP? Help stop them! The House is likely to vote on Fast Track Trade Authority (FTTA) this…
by masspirates June 9, 2015 Civil Liberties Freedom of Speech Main Topic Out And About Friday, Pride Parade Sign Making Party (June 9, 2015) This Friday, we make signs to hold up as we march in the Boston LBGTQ Pride Parade. It will start at 6:30pm at 25 Moore…
by masspirates June 2, 2015 Main Topic Privacy Never thought something expired would taste this good (June 2, 2015) Yesterday, Section 215 of the Patriot Act expired. For the moment, the NSA’s bulk collection of phone metadata program is no more. A…
by masspirates May 31, 2015 Main Topic Privacy TODAY: Phonebank for #Sunset215 (May 31, 2015) Restore the 4th is organizing a phone bank to call people to urge their Senators to support sunseting Section 215. They are meeting…
by masspirates May 31, 2015 Main Topic Privacy Tell your Senator to #Sunset215 Today! (May 31, 2015) After the Senate rejected two Patriot Act Section 215 renewals, it will return today at 4pm to consider how to renew these provisions.…
by masspirates May 31, 2015 Main Topic Out And About Privacy TODAY: Pirates speaking at Left Forum (May 31, 2015) Today, Pirates from the Massachusetts and New York Pirate Parties will be speaking at Left Forum at the John Jay College of Criminal…
by Steve R May 24, 2015 Main Topic Privacy Jan 2014: a Month in MBTA Surveillance Video Requests (May 24, 2015) If you’ve a regular rider of the MBTA, you’ve undoubtedly noticed a proliferation of surveillance cameras during the last few years. Maybe you’ve…
by jokeefe May 23, 2015 Main Topic Privacy Senate blocks Section 215 renewal (May 23, 2015) The Senate rejected two Patriot Act Section 215 renewals. Both failed to reach the 60 votes needed for cloture. The first was the…
by masspirates May 22, 2015 Main Topic Patents Saturday, March Against Monsanto (May 22, 2015) We will again participate in the March Against Monsanto this Saturday, May 23rd. We will be there because of Monsanto’s excessive control over…
by masspirates May 22, 2015 Main Topic Privacy Time to #SunsetThePatriotAct, Call Senators Warren & Markey (May 22, 2015) Thanks to everyone who attended the vigil in front of the Federal Office building in Boston last night! Boston, Springfield and forty eight…