2013 May | PirateTimes
History In The Making: First Ever Pirate Unionist Elected In Athens
Athens teachers ballot “Pirates in Education” managed to get one out of nine seats, changing the “status quo” of the Greek Teachers Federation (DOE) and sending the first ever Pirate unionist to their body of representatives. By the time when this article was written it is not clear yet who of the three candidates (Thanasis Gounaris, Markos Papaioannou , or Electra Pagoni) would take the seat but this is the first election worldwide that sees a Pirate unionist elected to a top position running as a Pirate.
Introduction of the Pirate Party of South Korea
Back at the general assembly of the Pirate Party International in Kazan on 20/21 op april the PPI accepted new ordinary members. One of them is the Pirate Party of South Korea, which we will introduce to you. Therefore we interviewed their founder Gyung Chan Lee about their current situation.
Reminder: Call for hosts – PPI – General Assembly 2014
One of the first things that the new PPI board did was to send out a call for offers for the next PPI conference. This is already an improvement compared with the preparation of the last year’s conference when the call for offers went out later than they had planned. The board still recommends the hosting nation to hold the conference in “March/April or May” despite most European Pirate Parties being in the middle of their campaign work for the EU elections that will take place 22-25 May.
PIRATES OF DENMARK KEEPERS OF TRANSPARENCY
While Denmark is well known for the openness of its society, Danish government has revolutionized protests by intending to change the law of the Freedom of Information and to restrict access to government documents. Under the proposal that Minister of Justice has brought to the parliament a lot of documents characterized as ‘political advisory’ would not be available to the media.
P-REVIEW 20-26 MAY 2013 with Videos and Podcasts
A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English.
The Current State of the Pirate Movement in Japan – an Interview
During the recent General Assembly of the national German Pirate Party in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in April 2013 the Pirate Times met Maru Tom and Chiaki Atsumi (Minci) from the Pirate Movement in Japan. With the technical help of our German language sister publication the Flaschenpost and especially Holger Burbach we are able to bring you an audio interview with them.
France parliamentary elections: Low turnout may be good for French Pirate candidates
Are you a French citizen voting for 1st and 8th District outside France? Well if you are voting for the pirates there is a chance to give your support in the elections to candidates interested in more than getting a warm seat in the Assemblée Nationale.
PPI’s New Board Carries Hopes and a Big Weight
Despite some facts that burdened the atmosphere of the general assembly, data and numbers show that PPI continues to inspire and attract Pirates worldwide. PPI accepted 14 new members, increasing the number of Pirate Parties in PPI to 42 countries . They also accepted a further six observer members, elected a new board and voted on some statute changes.
International Projects in e-Government and Digital Cooperation
One of the areas that the Pirate Parties are trying to act on is the adjustment of politics to a new digital age. This can be achieved through adding more transparency to the governments, opening them up for more collaboration and use of data and turning the government into more of an eGovernment in order to both use more of the benefits brought by our digital age and protect us from its risks.
The first General Assembly of the Polish Pirate Party
On 18 May 2013 the new Polish Pirate Party had its first General Assembly. The party was founded last year after the previous one was dissolved by a court order in 2009, the new party was created by many of the people involved in the first one and it is considered a second incarnation of the same party.
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