Month: <span>May 2016</span>
Month: May 2016

Sweden | PirateTimes

Summary of Pirate Party Sweden’s Political Program May 28, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Pirate Party Sweden took a decision at their general assembly to remove their 561 political standpoints and only keep the core political program (link in Swedish). The remaining politics consists of three sections: 1) Modern information technology allows for amazing opportunities 2) Strong… PPSE Removes More Than 500 Political Standpoints May 18, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly Pirate Party Sweden (PPSE) just finished their general assembly (GA) meeting, which took place online over the past few weeks. PPSE elected their first democratically chosen leader together with a vice-leader …

Summary of Pirate Party Sweden’s Political Program | PirateTimes

Summary of Pirate Party Sweden’s Political Program May 28, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Pirate Party Sweden took a decision at their general assembly to remove their 561 political standpoints and only keep the core political program (link in Swedish). The remaining politics consists of three sections:1) Modern information technology allows for amazing opportunities 2) Strong forces want to impede progress 3) The Pirate Party’s mission and principles Each of these sections has 3-5 subsections with several paragraphs of descriptive text. Thus despite being much smaller, many standpoints can still be derived from the political program. The following summary of each section is the interpretation of PPSE’s party …

Tunisian Pirates Rule the Waves | PirateTimes

Tunisian Pirates Rule the Waves – An Interview with Slim Amamou May 24, 2016 · by Andrew Williams · in Interview On 17 January 2011, Slim Amamou was appointed as the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports – essentially a deputy minister – in a caretaker Tunisian cabinet. The caretaker cabinet had been formed after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had been the brutal dictator of Tunisia since a coup d’etat in 1987, had fled the country. This was the result of weeks of protests and campaigns to overthrow the Ben Ali regime. Slim Amamou himself was a noted ‘dissident’ blogger in the country. He had been arrested …

Tunisia | PirateTimes

Tunisian Pirates Rule the Waves – An Interview with Slim Amamou May 24, 2016 · by Andrew Williams · in Interview On 17 January 2011, Slim Amamou was appointed as the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports – essentially a deputy minister – in a caretaker Tunisian cabinet. The caretaker cabinet had been formed after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,… Pirate Party Tunisia Uses Marijuana Leaf for their Ballots December 21, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Tunisia has set the decriminalization of cannabis as a priority in their next elections. Earlier the main political parties have committed to address this. However, the …

PPTN | PirateTimes

Tunisian Pirates Rule the Waves – An Interview with Slim Amamou May 24, 2016 · by Andrew Williams · in Interview On 17 January 2011, Slim Amamou was appointed as the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports – essentially a deputy minister – in a caretaker Tunisian cabinet. The caretaker cabinet had been formed after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,… Pirate Party Tunisia Uses Marijuana Leaf for their Ballots December 21, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Tunisia has set the decriminalization of cannabis as a priority in their next elections. Earlier the main political parties have committed to address this. However, the …

Censorship | PirateTimes

Tunisian Pirates Rule the Waves – An Interview with Slim Amamou May 24, 2016 · by Andrew Williams · in Profile On 17 January 2011, Slim Amamou was appointed as the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports – essentially a deputy minister – in a caretaker Tunisian cabinet. The caretaker cabinet had been formed after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,… Freedom of Speech: When Books are Burned… [Bokmässan] October 10, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic ‘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 …

The Future of Democracy from the Eyes of an Organizer | PirateTimes

The Future of Democracy from the Eyes of an Organizer May 21, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview While “Future of Democracy“, a 3day international event, reaches its end in Reykjavik, Pirate Times talked to Katrin Oddsdottir, lawyer and human rights activist, one of the 25 members of the Constitution Council of Iceland and the main organizer of the event, to learn how it all began. Katrin Oddsdottir said that she and Eileen Jerrett, director and also one of the organizers, first talked about the event in February, whilst in Brixton university. They sent several emails to several international scholars interesting in the process of Icelandic Constitution asking for …

The Future Of Democracy Rises In Iceland | PirateTimes

The Future of Democracy Emerges in Iceland May 19, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Conference The crisis that knocked on Iceland’s door in 2008, turned out to be a “beneficial” fact for the country. It was beneficial because it abruptly and suddenly made Icelandic people question many things about politics and economics. Mainly, it made them realize that they should not leave their fate in the hands of politicians and bankers but should actively, themselves, participate in the democratic procedures and shape their future. The massive awakening mobilized Icelandic people and resulted in the forming of many grassroots movements with new parties and new politicians emerging. The economic crash …

Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration | PirateTimes

Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration May 19, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly Tallin and Helsinki form a “twin city” with plans to build a tunnel under the Finnish Gulf under the codename ‘Talsinki’. The Pirates of the Finnish Gulf and Estonian Pirates have started collaborating on joint projects to foster extended collaboration between PPFI and PPEE under the name ‘Talsinki Pirates’. They have scheduled their second encounter to happen in Tallin on 19-21st of May where they will meet for a series of campaign events and to hold the general assembly (GA) of PPEE. Sunday is left for idling, eventual recaps and unofficial talks. The general …

PPEE | PirateTimes

Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration May 19, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly Tallin and Helsinki form a “twin city” with plans to build a tunnel under the Finnish Gulf under the codename ‘Talsinki’. The Pirates of the Finnish Gulf and Estonian Pirates have started collaborating on joint projects to foster extended collaboration between PPFI and PPEE under… The First PPEU Council Meeting: Moving Right Along July 20, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference This past weekend the PPEU meeting took place in Brussels. This was the first ordinary Council Meeting (General Assembly) of the organization and the main topic was the election of …

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