Monthly Archives: January 2013

Party update: Committees & Finances

Last Sunday we had our best in-person meeting, with ten Pirates, new folks and regulars, attending. The meeting was very productive.  With all of the projects we are working on, we decided that we needed to formed the committees to handle … Continue reading

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Keep the TSA out of the MBTA this Saturday

We are supporting the TSA out of the MBTA Day of Action on Saturday, Feb. 2nd. We will gather to demand an end to random, un-Warranted bag checks in subways by TSA, DHS, and Transit Police. Simultaneous marches will commence … Continue reading

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Honor Aaron this Friday

UPDATE:  If you haven’t signed on to petitions to remove prosecutors Carmen Ortiz and Steve Heymann, please do. We encourage you to attend the peaceful protest to honor Aaron Swartz this Friday. It will start at 3pm and will be in front of the John … Continue reading

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Aaron was a casualty of the War on Sharing

Aaron Swartz, a dedicated advocate for open knowledge and accomplished hacker, who was facing a potential 30+ year jail term and over a million dollars in fines for liberating JSTOR scientific research papers from behind a pay wall, took his … Continue reading

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Pirates join the crew of the Two Hotheads Show

1st Officer Lauren Pespisa and I recently appeared on the Two Hotheads Show to talk about the Pirate Party, the sad and unexpected death of Aaron Swartz and other Pirate topics. Tweet

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