PP Norway got 0.3% in National Election and 750.000+ Euros September 19, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News For a political party that is only a year old getting 0.3% in their first election is a good result. The Pirate Party of Norway managed to get 9.868 votes of the total 2.848.986 votes resulting in 0.3%. PPNO are pleased… Swedish Pirate Party Plans Convention to Prepare for EU Elections September 18, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The year 2014 is the year of elections for the European Union. The Swedish Pirate Party is now planning on how to keep their two …

Solving Democracy Through Technology: Introducing Wasa2il September 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Pirates have been designing policies and software that have the aim of bringing citizen participation into politics using technology and the internet as a platform. Many Pirate Parties are implementing liquid feedback systems internally such as PPDE which uses it as a sort of running straw-poll of membership opinion or PPIT which scrapped its boar in favour of letting its membership make decisions via liquid feedback. Liquid feedback is not without its critics and there are plenty of Pirate Programmers out there working on developing improved models. Spanish MP Gave Power to the …

Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars August 29, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden has nominated the Swedish Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, to the Mars One project. They now hope that she will accept the nomination and leave Earth and politics behind her. The not-for-profit organisation Mars One… Copyright Preventing Public Statue from Appearing in Media August 28, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic One of the most famous symbols for Denmark is the Little Mermaid statue outside of Copenhagen. The statue turned 100 years old last Friday but was hardly mentioned …

Flattr Appreciation During July Euro 7.75 August 11, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In July we had 24 things flattred by 10 unique users. In total we were flattred 35 times last month and received Euro 7.75 in support for our work. This is the lowest amount so far but July has also… Young Pirates of Europe Has Been Founded August 9, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference Today the international organization Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) was founded by its eight founding members: the Young Pirates of Sweden, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Flanders, Norway and Belarus. The reason a European organization …

UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In Russia “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are direct attack on internet freedom, according to the Russian Pirate Party and they are organizing a series …

Flattr Appreciation During May Euro 20.49 June 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In May we had 41 things flattred by 15 unique users. In total we were flattred 81 times last month and received Euro 20.49 in support for our work. Pirates Rally to Support Whistle-blower Edward Snowden June 11, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a video interview Edward simply stated that he did not want to live in a world where everything he does or says is recorded. US foes, allies and even its own citizens are now the victims of an espionage network that spans …

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. Prism: Who should we trust? …