Some Pirates Have Come To Town - Understanding The Newest Party In Politics
Posted by Suzanne Pepmanson in Uncategorized, tags: democrats, government, laws, legal, political, politicians, politics, Privacy, republicans, rights, Uncategorized, United StatesThe Massachusetts Election Division has granted approval to the Massachusetts Pirate Party as a political designation. This gives the go signal for its members to finally take their place in the state. The long-awaited time for voters to register as a “Pirate” has come at last. Way back in 2006, the United States Pirate Party was founded. It has been a long time for it to be officially accepted by some states.
Having been given the official okay, the party is now legally eligible to execute its platform and programs. The party is known for being vocal about what it believes to be good for the people. Some of its objectives are to “increase government transparency, promote personal privacy, reinforce the spread of knowledge through copyright reform, and abolish patents.”
The party strives to make major reforms in the area of personal privacy. They said that the government should not use the 9/11 incident to amplify its surveillance and power over citizens. The PATRIOT ACT, wiretapping, surveillance cameras are only some of the government’s ways of curtailing privacy of people. Also, in order to get more work out of their employees, corporations have increased their spying activities.
Another area of worry is government transparency. The party strives to advocate citizens having control of their democratic fate. This can be accomplished if people know what the government is doing and which special interests are influencing public elected officials. There seems to be a decreasing openness by government in abiding by open meetings. There are closed door deals that favor mostly corporations. Public information is also sold to private interests; all of these are harmful to democracy and privacy.
Massachusetts Pirate Party has issued a statement emphasizing that the government no longer gives people the opportunity to live up to the old ideals. These are understood to be the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the present day, corporations have overpowered the people with the government escalating their clout. To the party, these ideals should be lived once more and be real for all.
The party’s organizer said that the party is in the course of training activists. After deployment, they will focus on organizing and building local chapters. It is in the process of killing the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA). Passage of this bill would authorize government to “take down any web domain found to host copyrighted material without permission”. It is also looking for legislation before the Massachusetts General Court to decide which ones they should and should not support. The party is secure and optimistic that they will find its way to success in Massachusetts.
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