Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp
The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance but in spite of that…
Battles for Democracy. Week 8
A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Towards a True Democracy Nothing this week. Citizens Abused… and Murdered EU political parties ignoring young people. In the most recent European elections in 2009, youth absenteeism was…
PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live
PPI’s first international conference, outside their annual meetings, has been named the “ThinkTwice” conference and will take place this weekend (21-22 February) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The motto of the conference is “Away from Keyboard” and the aim with…
Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship
A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces of repression!
Battles for Democracy. Week 7
A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Towards a True Democracy The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) steers hyperlinks clear from copyright protection (pdf): “The owner of a website may, without the…
Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections
The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate…
General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party
The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling…
Copyright Consultation: Cure for Political Apathy?
Copyright reform could be the keystone issue in rectifying public apathy and lack of support in the democratic process, says Sephy Hallow. Edit 17/02/14: The deadline was extended to 5 March 2014 Common sense tells us that when trying to…
Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56
Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money each month to content you would like to give support. It can be compared to a “Facebook super-like” with money attached. Users act like patrons of work or people they want to support and ”many small streams” adds up to something larger.
PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5%
This last Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the eleven candidates with 1.5% of the votes.
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