2015 February | PirateTimes – Part 2

Posted: February 28, 2015/Under: 2015, News, Pirate Times/By: admin

Pirates Contesting Elections in Hamburg

February 10, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News

The City of Hamburg in northern Germany is holding elections this weekend and the Hamburg Pirate Party is fully involved in a campaign to convince the citizens that voting Pirate is the best way to ensure their rights as citizens…

Internet Freedom Weekend – Glenn Greenwald to Sweden

February 7, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic

The first ever Internet Freedom Weekend is a three day event taking place in Gothenburg 5-7 March 2015. The event will focus mainly on ‘Internet Freedom’ but also discuss the related topics of ‘Making & Sharing’ and ‘Internet Activism’. The…

Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer: Responsible Participatory Democracy [Pirate Visions]

February 4, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Vision

If we want to have a fluid democracy we have to take responsiblity writes Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer. Mozart was, until recently, deputy secretary and media officer for PPAU. Currently he is touring Europe and working for the Pirate Times. These articles…

New Snowden Documentary Censored Online

February 3, 2015 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic

In January, a leaked copy of the film Citizenfour was posted online. Citizenfour details how Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents, which revealed a massive government surveillance program. Soon after the film appeared online, copies of the film started to disappear…

Winning Discussions: No True Scotsman (Effective Pirating)

February 2, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks)

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…