2014 July | PirateTimes – Part 2
Battles for democracy. Week 28
The NSA merely pursues total population control. Turkey is trying to block Twitter…again. TPP will put an end to free expression online. UK might dodge Europe’s top court ruling reinstating and expanding its spying powers. Citizens abused or killed, liberties…
Slovenian Pirates Might Enter Parliament Today
Today, 13 July 2014 , Slovenia is holding its national elections where the Pirate Party of Slovenia (PPSI) might enter their national parliament. In the EU elections they achieved 2.57% of votes and have high hopes of achieving more in…
PPGR Uses Political “Trojan Horse” in Elections
In order to exceed the obstacle of the electoral limit of 3% to enter the Parliament, the Greek Pirates took a bold and risky initiative. Their strategic plan was to jointly create a modern political “Trojan Horse” together with other parties and movements….
The UK’s Data Emergency
In a sudden move by the British Parliament, in response to April’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that the current Data Retention is unlawful and contravenes the European Convention of Human Rights, the leaders of the three main parties have this…
Flattr Appreciation During June 2014, Euro 5.99
In June 2014 we had 36 things flattred by 8 unique users. In total we were flattred 46 times last month and received Euro 5.99 in support for our work. Eight supporters during the slow summer months. Hopefully flattrs will…
Effective Pirating: Choose your Opponents Carefully
With this article the Pirate Times will start a series that will help you to be effective in getting your point of view across to other Pirates. The first point is who not to enter into debate with. There are…
PIRATE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SWEDISH EMBASSY IN ATHENS AGAINST SUNDE’S ARREST
On 26 June 2014 members and friends of the Pirate Party of Greece organized a protest against Peter Sunde’s arrest, outside the Embassy of Sweden in Athens. Thanasis Gounaris, vice-chairman of the Board of PP-GR, spoke to Pirate Times about…
PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border
In their latest press release, the Pirate Party of Russia reported one of their members, Pavel Paramonov, missing after being arrested. Pavel tried to cross the Ukrainian border in the far east of the Ukraine on 31 May 2014. Since…
The Turkish Government Goes Pirate: Further Censorship and Surveillance Mechanisms Coming
Due to legal obstacles to prohibiting social-media sharing by political dissidents in Turkey, the government has a new strategy: to act as Internet pirates. Much different than the political pirate movement, Turkey will now try to hack into ISPs’ systems…
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