2015 February | PirateTimes – Part 2

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 […]

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Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] | PirateTimes

Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] February 19, 2015 · by Jerry Weyer · in Pirate Visions Jerry Weyer points out that Pirates need to embrace their inner politician as they move from activism into politics. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as individuals and not in their official […]

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Winning Discussions: No True Scotsman (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

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 committing a fallacy will force him to […]

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2015 January | PirateTimes

Let a Thousand Pirate Bays Blossom January 31, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic The Pirate Bay is back online but not back to normal. The new TPB seems to be a slimmed down version where many of the old moderators and admins, who have taken care of the site over the past decade,… Gustav Nipe: Facing Technological Change [Pirate Visions] […]

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2015 January | PirateTimes – Part 2

A report from the Argentinian Pirate Party GA January 16, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Party News Dear Pirates and Piratesses, I would like to share with you the outcome of the General Assembly of the Pirate Party of Argentina that took place on Friday 28 December 2014 . Summary: we talked about what we have accomplished,… Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials […]

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Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials at Security Conference | PirateTimes

Young Pirates Surveil Government Officials at Security Conference January 15, 2015 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Swedish Pirate Party’s youth organisation Young Pirates recently visited a security conference in Sälen, Sweden – and took the opportunity to track a hundred government officials, politicians, journalists and others through an open WiFi network. The annual Society and Defence conference always attracts a number of prominent […]

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Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 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 committing a fallacy will force him to […]

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Pirate Times Newsletter Editions | PirateTimes

Pirate Times Newsletter Editions This post is also available in: French, Spanish, Greek Every two weeks the news from Pirate Times are collected into a newsletter that is sent out to our subscribers. Subscribe to avoid missing anything important! Below is an archive of previous editions of the Pirate Times Newsletter. 2014 Edition 26 as email Edition 25 as email Edition 24 as email Edition 23 as […]

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2014 | PirateTimes

2014: An Eventful Year for Pirate Party Australia December 31, 2014 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Australia had a very busy year. With the start of a new year, Pirate Times takes a look at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the Pirate Party’s year Down Under. Griffith and Western Australian elections… Pirate Party of Russia Files […]

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2014 December | PirateTimes

2014: An Eventful Year for Pirate Party Australia December 31, 2014 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Election The Pirate Party of Australia had a very busy year. With the start of a new year, Pirate Times takes a look at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the Pirate Party’s year Down Under. Griffith and Western Australian elections… Pirate Party of Russia Files a 7 […]

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