2014 September | PirateTimes
Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating)
Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent…
Freedom not Fear International Action Days
Freedom not Fear is an organization that coordinates over 150 NGOs, political parties, trade unions and other organisations that share common aims. Namely: To have freedom of speech in a digitized world and a free and uncensored internet to express…
Court Rules Blocking TPB Ineffective: PPAU Crowdfund Translation
Update: the translated ruling is now available for dowload (pdf). Earlier this year, a Dutch Court ruled that not only was blocking the Pirate Bay ineffective, BitTorrent traffic in the Netherlands had actually increased since the Pirate Bay was blocked. The Court decided…
New Zealand’s Election Results
For many in New Zealand and overseas the Internet Party was the “stand-in” for the ailing Pirate Party of New Zealand. It shared many policies with the international Pirate Movement in the areas of human rights, whistle-blower protection, net politics,…
Results from PPDE State Elections (Saxony, Thüringen and Brandenburg)
In the last few weeks the German states of Saxony, Thüringen and Brandenburg have held state elections. The result was dismal for the Pirate Parties who got only 1.1 – 1.5% of the votes. However they all still retain state…
Winning Discussions: Affirming the Consequent (Effective Pirating)
Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent…
Piratpartiet (PPSE) Below 1% in Swedish Elections
Sunday was national, regional and local elections in Sweden. The preliminary results from the Swedish national election are public now with the rest still being counted. The Swedish Pirate Party did not manage to achieve their goal of more than 1% in the national…
Net Neutrality and America’s Censorship Through the Backdoor
In one of those rare moments in history, grassroots activists and Silicon Valley are on the same side of an issue: net neutrality must be saved at all costs. For Silicon Valley businesses such as Netflix, there is clearly an…
Think Twice 2 – A Conference to Bring Academics into Politics
This past weekend the second Think Twice conference took place in Istanbul. The Think Twice conferences are organised to build bridges between Pirates, academics and NGOs. The first was held in Frankfurt am Main earlier this year. The program for…
Pirates Without Borders International Orga Weekend
Communication within and between Pirate Parties is essential for the continued work and growth of the movement. Pirates Without Borders is holding an Orgaweekend that will address issues related to communication and decision making. This is very much in line…
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