<span class="vcard">Andrew Reitemeyer</span>
Andrew Reitemeyer
I joined the Pirate Party of Lower Saxony in Germany in April 2012, once I found out that non citizens were welcome to join and become active members of the Party. I joined the Pirate Times soon after it was started as a proof reader and am now an editor and author. Since then I have returned to my native New Zealand and joined the Pirate Party of New Zealand. Politically I come from the libertarian left and have, up to now, not regarded any political party as having a solution for the democratic deficit that envelops the world. With the advent of the Pirate Party, which truly embraces grass roots democracy, I have found a political home. The Pirate Times is a way I can contribute to furthering the Pirate Movement around the world.
Andrew Reitemeyer Creator Czech Election News

Beginning today, PPCZ is anchored in Czech political system! | PirateTimes

Czech Pirates Treble Vote and Gain Significant Funding in 2013 Elections November 1, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czech Pirate Party is thanking voters who helped them to treble their vote from 42,323 votes, since the last elections in 2010, to 132,417 votes (2.66% of the total vote). They managed this on a budget of 250,00 Czech Koruna ( 9,700 Euro). Now the Pirates  will  get 13,241,700 CZK  ( 514,000 Euro)  from the state. With this support they will be able to continue to fight against copyright monopolies and surveillance and work towards direct democracy in the country. They got more votes than the party connected to President Zeman and …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator Iceland News Pirate Topic

Iceland’s Parliament Viewer, Keeping Track of Politicians | PirateTimes

Iceland’s Parliament Viewer, Keeping Track of Politicians August 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic In the run up to the national election in Iceland one of the comments about the Pirate Party was that they were keeping their electoral promises before the elections had taken place. One of the reasons for this was the development of the Online Parliament Viewer or Alþingisrýnirinn, which is in line with the Pirate’s call for increased transparency The Online Parliament Viewer sources data from publicly available records and presents them in a way that is easy to understand. It shows how MPs have voted on a single bill or on …

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The Game of Politics, Pursuit of power over people manual | PirateTimes

The Game of Politics : Book Review August 3, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Book Review If you have never read a book on politics before then this one, being easy to read and follow, is the one to start with. “The Game of Politics” – Pursuit of power over people game manual. Author: Jón Thór Ólafsson, one of the first three Pirates to be elected to a national parliament in Iceland in April 2013. Jón Thór has a political science degree and was on the PPIS campaign committee that realised the historic electoral victory in the last election. He worked as the parliamentary assistant for Birgitta Jónsdóttir when she was an …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Russia

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws | PirateTimes

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News While Europe and the US are still coming to terms with the implications of Edward Snowden’s revelations, we should not forget that it is not only in the West that hard-won freedoms are being attacked by authoritarian governments. In Russia, “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are a direct attack on internet freedom according to the Russian Pirate Party, who are organising a series of actions, together with allied activists, with four main tactics. Tactic One The first is a protest meeting-concert that will be held on 28 …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Profile

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests | PirateTimes

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark June 24, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Profile The recent protests in Turkey started  on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans for the park’s demolition and replacement with a shopping mall.  The Pirate Party of Turkey (Korsan Partisi Hareketi) was involved from the first days and we asked Şevket Uyanık a few questions about the situation there – he got together with  Ugurcan Orcun, Serhat Koc, Erkan Saka and  Yasin Aydin and these are their answers; Pirate Times: We are getting conflicting news over the television and in newspapers. Do …

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Review | PirateTimes

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 17, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English. P-review 3-9 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 10, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator P-Review

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts | PirateTimes

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 17, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News Pirate Times Review A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English. See below.     The week in review 3 – 9 June 2013 Monday 10 June – An on going vigil at Fort Mead for Bradley Manning every Monday morning Sunday 16 June Estonia held its General Assembly   …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Pirate Topic

Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us | PirateTimes

Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us June 16, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic According to Boingboing.net a film production company “Good Morning To You Productions Corp” is suing Warner/Chappell Music for charging copyright on the most sung song in the world – “Happy Birthday to You”. Based on work by Robert Brauneis showing that the song has most probably been in the public domain for decades and that the fees have been improperly collected, the action is going to be one of the most interesting cases in recent history. Typical of the tactics used by the copyright industry, Warner/Chappell demanded a fee of $1,500 from the company with the …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator P-Review

P-REVIEW 20-26 MAY 2013 with Videos and Podcasts | PirateTimes

P-REVIEW 20-26 MAY 2013 with Videos and Podcasts May 28, 2013 · by · in Pirate Party News Pirate Times Review A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English. See below.   The week in review 13 – 19 May 2013 Wed 22 – Fri 24 May Economics and the Commons Conference see videos below Thursday 23 May International Conference of Whistleblowers in Serbia Saturday  25 May March Against Monsanto Sunday 26 May French overseas …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Profile

The Current State of the Pirate Movement in Japan – an Interview | PirateTimes

The Current State of the Pirate Movement in Japan – an Interview May 27, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Profile During the recent General Assembly of the national German Pirate Party in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in April 2013 the Pirate Times met  Maru Tom and Chiaki Atsumi (Minci) from the Pirate Movement in Japan. With the technical help of our German sister publication the Flaschenpost and especially Holger Burbach, we are able to bring you an audio interview with them. You can either download the  audio file or play it directly by clicking this button   Tom tells us why he is a Pirate Minci tells us why she is a Pirate (in …

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