2014 May | PirateTimes – Part 2
Global Demonstrations Against TTIP – Hundreds Jailed in Brussels
15 May 2014 was a day of demonstrations in several countries throughout Europe against TTIP. A wiki site was used to organize the trans-national demonstrations. More than 1.600 people across 5+ countries went out in the streets to protest. The…
Battles for Democracy. Week 20
European Commission are following the agenda of those with money; possible abuses of ‘the right to be forgotten’ ; FCC votes to kill Net Neutrality; 281 persons protesting against austerity and TTIP were violently arrested (including Belgian and European parliamentarians and…
First Elected French Pirates | Interview With Freddy Vasseur
20 March 2014 was the date for municipal elections in France, the elections where spread over two parts where the second round took place on 30 March. The French Pirate Party supported 10 candidates during the elections. Despite only a…
How Slovenian Pirates Gathered 1000 Signatures for EU election
In Slovenia, every candidate list wanting to participate in the EU election has to gather 1,000 signatures of support from voters. The main problem is that there is no possibility to sign and verify a form electronically. Therefore all parties…
Pirates Spreading Like Virus Inside Greek Political System
Greek Pirates are ready for a double election battle: Starting this Sunday, 18 May 2014, at local level and continuing the next one, 25 May, with paneuropean elections running in coalition with the Ecologists Greens. Many members of PP-GR are cooperating…
How Visible are Pirate Parties in Their EU Campaigning?
The EU elections will have 15 Pirate Parties campaigning for votes in their countries. Some of the parties have complete visual communications about their participation in the EU elections while some others are a bit more unclear. We looked at…
Pirate Party of Brazil to Hold its First General Assembly
Pirate Parties are not just a European phenomenon, there are Pirate Parties in all hemispheres of the globe. South America is no exception and from 23 -25 May 2014 Partido Pirata do Brasil (Pirate Party of Brazil, PPBR) will be holding…
Creating an Active Pirate Party / Organization
This post talks about the Pirate Party but can easily be generalized into being about any type of organization. First of all it is important twisting your own perceptive to see yourself from a different stand-point. One example is how…
Battles for Democracy. Week 19
A weekly summary of the battles for democracy. “We kill people based on metadata” confirms Michael Hayden ex-director for NSA; Corporations guilty of ethical, financial or environmental misconduct give advice to the comission; Crackdown intensifies ahead of Tiananmen anniversary; 30.000…
Flattr Appreciation During March & April 2014, Euro 4.28 & 6.77
In March 2014 we had 16 things flattred by 7 unique users. In total we were flattred 24 times last month and received Euro 4.28 in support for our work. In April 2014 we had 44 things flattred by 10…
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