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…
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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…
Resist Hate This Sunday (January 28, 2017)
Quartermaster Steve and I will join other Pirates at the Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders. It is this Sunday, 1-3pm…
Counting the days to Chelsea Manning’s freedom (January 17, 2017)
I learned recently from Susan McLucas, a long-time local activist for Chelsea Manning, that president Obama commuted Chelsea’s sentence. She will be released…
Call 202-616-6070 to #FreeChelseaNOW (January 17, 2017)
With Trump about to become president and Obama considering pardoning Chelsea Manning in his last days as president, please call the Office of…
Tech Meeting This Saturday (January 17, 2017)
We have a tech meeting this Saturday, the 21st, 2-4pm. It will be in Arlington. Email Quartermaster Steve at srevilak@masspirates.org for the address…
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…
You stopped BPD’s social media spying plans (January 17, 2017)
Thanks to everyone who joined us in opposing the the Boston Police Department’s plans to spend $1.4 million to spy on Bostonians’ social…
Mass. lines Hollywood’s pockets with half a billion dollars (January 4, 2017)
The latest Massachusetts Department of Revenue report on the impact of film tax credits is out. Hollywood took us for $64.5 million in…
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…