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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…
Aaron James earns 2635 votes (November 9, 2016)
Thanks to Aaron James for running for 27th Middlesex State Representative. He earned 2635 votes, 13% of the vote, and ably took the…
Help Convince US Rep. Moulton to oppose the TPP (November 8, 2016)
With Kennedy coming out against the TPP, the only hold out amongst the Massachusetts congressional delegation is Rep. Moulton. It is expected that…