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Andrew Reitemeyer February 28, 2014 March 6, 2021

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance but in spite of that or because of that quite a bit was achieved. The attendees decided to concentrate on planning for the upcoming elections and how to use that to attract more members. They also decided to plan a revision of the Party’s constitution which gives ultimate decision making power to the board and not the general assembly. This and other …

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Battles for Democracy. Week 6 (Previously: News Digest) February 12, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This post summarizes some of the battles we did not write about the past week. Towards a True Democracy – Citizens Abused Despite Pushback, Internet Freedom Deteriorates. The Freedom on the Net 2013 report summarizes the findings after the assessment… The Day We Fight Back February 11, 2014 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News Today, 11 February 2014, marks The Day We Fight Back, on a date chosen to coincide with the anniversary of Aaron Swartz‘s death and the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout which he helped organise. …

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Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance but in spite of that… Battles for Democracy. Week 8 February 24, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Towards a True Democracy Nothing this week. Citizens Abused… and Murdered EU political parties ignoring young people. In the most recent European elections in …

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PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine February 21, 2014 October 19, 2020

PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live February 21, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish PPI’s first international conference, outside their annual meetings, has been named the “ThinkTwice” conference and will take place this weekend (21-22 February) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The motto of the conference is “Away from Keyboard” and the aim with this conference is to: “bridge […] the worlds of the Pirate Parties, Academia and NGO to foster a mutual exchange on ideas and experiences that are worth spreading.” The conference will focus around three main topics: creativity, human rights and revolution. …

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Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija February 17, 2014 October 31, 2020

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, pointed out that he thinks Polish Pirates should put some emphasis on the Freedom of Information acts, ways to make them more effective and also on fighting the efforts to limit these acts. The Polish Pirate Party has decided to participate in the EP elections …

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General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine February 16, 2014 October 31, 2020

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party February 16, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling people to follow the meeting without being present in Kristiansand. The protocol for the meeting was kept in a pad which enabled people to follow along easily as well as correct the protocol instantly if needed. The votes were tallied by using ‘Poll Everywhere‘ (both for people …

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Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship | PirateTimes

Stathis Leivaditis February 14, 2014 November 1, 2020

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship February 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview This post is also available in: Spanish A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces of repression! The 5651 Bill that recently passed by the Turkish Parliament provides that a judge may order the inactivation of a web page when there is a complaint from someone that his rights were violated. The Pirate Party of Turkey is participating in the protests …

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Josef Ohlsson Collentine February 14, 2014 October 31, 2020

Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 February 14, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In January 2014 we had 30 things flattred by 14 unique users. In total we were flattred 64 times last month and received Euro 14.56 in support for our work. Our investment in a translation plugin has started being used to translate our website into French and Spanish. The official launch of our translations will happen soon when we will hopefully expand the translator teams and open a few more languages. Thanks for your continued support! Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money …

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PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith election | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine February 13, 2014 October 31, 2020

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5% February 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election This post is also available in: French This past Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the eleven candidates with 1.5% of the votes. With 1055 votes achieved it was a good first appearance by PPAU in this election. The results for PPAU were between 0.9% and 2.5% in all areas apart from Mount Gravatt East (0%) and West End (3.4%). On …

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Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty – Pirate Times

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Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty Posted: 2014-02-10/Under: Learning (tips&tricks) Computer constructionDuh CasalinuxMatjaž Ugovše Usually we link the word poverty with lack of food, water, clothing and dwelling. But in the age of digital communication, the lack of a connection to internet or even computer can lead to digital poverty. Being in digital poverty can also lead to a lack of above mentioned things that are essential for survival, and may also cause social exclusion. The Slovenian Pirates are aware of this problem and that is why some of them are collaborating in a computer construction workshop, organized by Duh časa (Zeitgeist, Slovenian Sustainability Society). Matjaž Ugovšek, …