Pirate News: Europe, Arlington and everywhere in between
Channel: Massachusetts Pirate Party
Date: 2019-02-10

Captain James, Quartermaster Joseph, Activism Director Sam (Malt) and Arlington Pirate Town Meeting member Steve talk about the latest news of interest to Pirates:

* Petition to Implement a Moratorium on Arrests of Boston Sex Workers = https://www.change.org/p/boston-police-commissioner-william-g-gross-implement-a-moratorium-on-arrests-of-boston-sex-workers
* Kashmir Hill's article: I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell - https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194
* Pirate MEP Julia Reda: Council ready to continue negotiations on the worst version of Article 13 yet - https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/council-worst-article-13/
* Monthly Pirate Meetups Coming to You - https://masspirates.org/blog/2019/02/06/monthly-pirate-meetups-coming-to-you/
* Upcoming Officer/Pirate Council election. Ballots will be due April 23rd. We will post the full schedule for nominations and the election in the next week. If you are interested in running, send us an email at info@masspirates.org.
* Steve talks about what is going in Arlington town government especially on how decisions in the 1970s changed the composition of the town and make it more expensive and exclusive. We also talk about the lack of democratic accountability in Massachusetts government at all levels.