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…
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Tell Boston to shut down the BPD’s social media spying program (December 14, 2016)
We join 20 civil rights, civil liberties, religious, and community organizations in calling on Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Police Commissioner William Evans…
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…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 10: Your Community Needs You (to run for office) (December 4, 2016)
James O’Keefe is the Captain of the Massachusetts Pirate Party, and a former Green Party candidate for Massachusetts Treasurer. In this podcast, James…
Wednesday, Digital Security 101 Workshop (November 28, 2016)
On Wednesday, the monthly Somerville Cryptoparty this November will offer a Digital Security 101 workshop that will focus on getting new folks up…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 9: How to run for town meeting (November 19, 2016)
Town Meetings are a common form of town legislature in New England, and they’re also a working example of direct democracy. In this…
Leslie James Pickering and the FBI: a Tale of COINTELPRO (November 15, 2016)
I spent the evening of Nov 12th at the Democracy Center in Cambridge, MA, listening to Leslie James Pickering talk about his activist…
Digital Security 101 Workshop, 11/30, Somerville (November 15, 2016)
The monthly Somerville Cryptoparty this November will offer a Digital Security 101 workshop that will focus on getting new folks up to speed…
How to Run Workshop Today, Now with Slides (November 12, 2016)
As part of the Massachusetts Pirate Party’s “run local” initiative, today we are organizing a series of workshops on how to run in…