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Pirate Party Supports Campaign Finance Reform
Chris Walsh will present the following statement to the Massachusetts General Court’s Joint Committee on Election Laws hearing today: The Massachusetts Pirate Party supports the Massachusetts Disclosure Act (S.304), the Massachusetts Corporate Accountability Act (S.305) and the Massachusetts Fair Elections … Continue reading
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Pirate Party to Support Occupy Boston
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIRATE PARTY TO SUPPORT OCCUPY BOSTON Protesters have been Occupying Wall Street for three weeks. Thousands are protesting and hundreds are camping out at Liberty Plaza in New York city. Police there have already arrested hundreds for … Continue reading
Two wins for privacy and transparency
Last week, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York Federal Court ruled that the government needs a warrant and to show probable cause in order to get mobile phone location info. Other court rulings have a ruled … Continue reading
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The Surveillance State Expands, Will You Help Stop It?
As AP and other news sources have written, the Democratic and Republican party leadership worked to extend the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act with as little debate as possible. They did this at a time when the Federal government … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Privacy, Transparency
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Patriot Act renewal up for a vote
… and this time it’s worse! The House Judiciary Committee approved renewing three awful provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act: Extend through Dec 31st, 2017 Section 215 powers which let the government secretly grab information about you without a court … Continue reading
Posted in Organizing, Out And About, Privacy, Transparency
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Now You Can Register as a Pirate Voter!
You can now register as a Pirate when you fill out your voter registration form. When choosing a party, simply enter Pirate in the space for Political Designation. You can pick up a voter registration form at your city elections … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Organizing, Privacy, Secrecy, Transparency
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Keating, Lynch and Tsongas vote to extend Patriot Act
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives had a fast-tracked vote on whether to renew several troubling provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The law has increased the government’s ability to spy on us without increasing oversight to make sure the … Continue reading
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Wikileaks’ Benefit to Democracy
With calls for the head of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, and Amazon.com’s government prompted censorship of Wikileaks, after the release of the latest State Department cables, it is worth reviewing some of the things Wikileaks has revealed that the US … Continue reading
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