{"id":9979,"date":"2026-06-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:11:10","slug":"2026-national-conference-videos-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/10\/2026-national-conference-videos-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 National Conference Videos Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks from the Massachusetts conference organizing crew for everyone&#8217;s effort to make our 2026 national conference a success. We couldn&#8217;t have made it a success without everyone&#8217;s help especially Steve, Joe, Mitch, Rose, Eli and Christine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live streamed our 2026 National Party Conference and recorded videos of of the talks by Hunter Rand, Rose Klein and Mitch Davilo. We appreciate that they took the time to share their thoughts with us in person and you in recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Captain Mitch Davilo&#8217;s Opening Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WaS3WXqoyVc?si=GKPOKBrFJCcptBoa&#038;version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Party Chair Mitch Davilo discusses his experiences in the Pirate Party, what the party means to him and where will Pirates will be in 20 years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tn6M1hfC5SI?si=GKUnFbZsbrZTa-9Q&#038;version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hunter Rand, Pirate running for City Council in Sparks, Nevada shares what he has learned from his city council race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6hUX00SlL0?si=zfT0yO0-oR7_oM7i&#038;version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rose Klein discusses systems of pirate and anarchist organization and what we can learn from history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qkVYKbh7zs?si=0f53c32BZO2qcom8&#038;version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Officer Candidates Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eiE8t9pZUtM?si=bH5s_ChXtHK93WJ6&#038;version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are all contained in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaS3WXqoyVc&amp;list=PLJkln2YbNC6_UJ0wxDwoaX3mDA1IQMKNd\">2026 Party Conference Playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks from the Massachusetts conference organizing crew for everyone&#8217;s effort to make our 2026 national conference a success. 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