Election Results for Pirate Party of Switzerland: 0.94% of total ballots October 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election Last Sunday, 18 October, national elections were held in Switzerland. The pirates did well, receiving 82,635 votes in total—0.94% of ballots cast. The turnout for the election was 49.99%. Before the election took place the Pirate Party of Switzerland attempted… Swiss Pirate Party […]
Re-decentralizing and reclaiming the internet #netcom15 October 19, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic On 1 October 2015, the European Green Group, The Commons Network and the Heinrich Böll Foundation arranged a conference about re-decentralizing and reclaiming the internet for all. The conference was called ‘Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age’. The first panel debate was about […]
Election Results for Pirate Party of Switzerland: 0.94% of total ballots October 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Elections Last Sunday, 18 October, national elections were held in Switzerland. The pirates did well, receiving 82,635 votes in total—0.94% of ballots cast. The turnout for the election was 49.99%. Before the election took place the Pirate Party of Switzerland attempted to get them […]
Flattr and Bitcoin Appreciation During August and September 2015 (28.33E) October 16, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Our support through Flattr is steady altough with only a few supporters. Most of the support comes from people subscribing to donate to our profile on Flattr every month. Thanks a lot to the ones that keep us going money-wise, it makes […]
PPI Agrees to Support the Snowden Treaty October 12, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News At the Pirate Parties International board meeting, board member Henrique Peer announced he had been approached by David Miranda, who asked the organisation to participate in the Snowden Treaty project. Miranda is the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, a long-time critic… Surveillance Hangs Heavy Over Vienna […]
PPI Agrees to Support the Snowden Treaty October 12, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish At the Pirate Parties International board meeting, board member Henrique Peer announced he had been approached by David Miranda, who asked the organisation to participate in the Snowden Treaty project. Miranda is the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, a […]
Internet Ungovernance Forum Italy #IUFitalia2015 November 4, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Conference On 12 October 2015 Felice Zingarelli (a.k.a. Felynx), member of the Italian Pirate Party, was invited to the IGF Italy, as a representative for civil society. The conference was supposed to be “multi-stakeholder” and open to debate and discussion, but this is not the impression that we had. “Most of the […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Setback for Intellectual Property Policies October 11, 2015 · by Lorena Müller · in Pirate Topic The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) has been finalized. Now that the negotiators have agreed on the text all that is left is approval by the twelve involved nations: Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Japan. However, none of these countries […]
Freedom of Speech: When Books are Burned… [Bokmässan] October 10, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference This post is also available in: Spanish ‘Bokmässan’ (The book fair) is the largest cultural event in Sweden. With more than 3000 programme events there is plenty to cover. Pirate Times covered part of the conference together with another 1300 journalists present at the conference. ‘The […]
PPIS is Largest Party on Iceland for 6th Month October 7, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News If there were elections in Iceland today 34.6% of the population would vote for the Pirate Party. This is the result from the latest Gallup poll, a slight decrease in support for the Pirate Party of Iceland. However, it is still the second highest poll result they […]
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