Special General Assembly of the German Pirate Party
On the weekend of the 28-29 June 2014 the German Pirate Party held their second general assembly in 2014. It was a extraordinary general assembly which became necessary after three members of the previous board stepped down three months earlier….
Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer Award
Every year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awards three or four Pioneer Awards to people or organisations who have “contributed substantially to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications.” The nominations for this year’s awards close on midnight 2nd July…
German Federal General Assembly: A new board must be found
This weekend 27-29 June 2014 the Pirates of Germany are being called to gather in the city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt for a general assembly. Halle is situated near the old border between East and West Germany and this serves…
Jumping Ship: Pirates Cooperating with other Parties
In the recent EU elections we saw many Pirate Parties forming alliances with other parties in order to share resources and reach a larger demographic. The parties that were allied with were from varying political directions including libertarian, green and…
Being a Pirate in your Local Community
You are a Pirate, and you’ve time on your hands. You would like to get more involved but there are no active Pirate groups near your location. There are two ways to get active. Start a local chapter of the…
Battles for democracy. Week 25
Social media mass surveillance is permitted by law, says top UK official. The NSA is more active in Germany and Denmark than anywhere else in Europe. Facebook said they will never use your browsing and app history to show you…
EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere?
A Guest Post by Amelia Andersdotter EuroDIG is as always a vibrant place with many different nationalities coming together to discuss important topics for the future of internet governance. Unfortunately, many of the discussions coming up are displaced: the accountability…
Is Sweden Helping Turkey to Suppress Digital Freedoms?
Is the Gothenborg-based NetClean software as innocent as it is presented or is it used for silencing political dissent? Are Turkey’s notorious attempts to limit freedom of expression on the Internet adopting yet another powerful tool? This is the question…
Pirate Policies on Drugs – Discuss
Pirates tend to be for the decriminalization or legalisation of various recreational drugs that are currently illegal in most countries. The principle target of these policies is marijuana but some want to see most soft drugs made available in accordance…
A POST-ELECTION DISCUSSION ABOUT THE “PLUS” AND “MINUS” OF A COALITION
Was it worth it? That’s the question we asked Spyros Chrysanthopoulos, member of the Board of PP-GR, about the coalition with Ecologists Greens for the European elections. Well actually, as everything in life, a coalition has positive and negative points…
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