Lower Saxony Pirates Fail to Gain Seats in State Parliament January 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Hundreds of Lower Saxony Pirates, together with Pirates from other Germans states and many from at least 14 other countries, gathered in Hanover to watch the results come in. As stated in our earlier article, the polls were showing 3-4% of the conservative leaning Lower […]
Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech” January 5, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Icelandic Pirate Party has confirmed their suspicions that the Reykjavik City authorities are blocking access to one of the party’s collaboration platforms, namely PiratePad. Different versions of PiratePad are being used by several other Pirate Parties around the world. The city of Reykjavik uses content filtering software […]
Iceland has a Pirate Party November 25, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Interview On Saturday 24 November 2012 Iceland Pirates voted the newest Pirate Party into existence. PP-IS Pirate Eva Þuríðardóttir told the Pirate Times;“We were all so excited finally the day was here, an Icelandic Pirate party the air was electric both figuratively and literally speaking, it has been such a joy […]
UK Pirates Get a Good Result in Manchester By-Election November 18, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The United Kingdom Pirate Party had a good result in the recent by-election held on 15 November 2012 in the city of Manchester. The seat in Manchester Central was left vacant after the sitting Member of Parliament, Tony Lloyd of the Labour Party, resigned to become Police […]
Pirates Ready for Municipal Elections on Sunday in Finland October 26, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election We are hearing a lot about Sweden recently because of their massive influx of new members . But what of the other Nordic countries? It looks like Finland will be making the headlines in the coming days. The Finnish Pirates are fielding 121 candidates in 21 different municipalities in the […]
Organising a Regular Meeting October 21, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) One of the reasons for Germany’s Pirate success is the use of a type of local meeting called a Stammtisch (a table in a bar for regulars). If there are enough Pirates in your local geographical area, who would enjoy meeting up on a regular basis, then you can think about […]
Czech PP Celebrates First Pirate Senator October 20, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czechs have their first elected Pirate Senator. Pirates worldwide will be rejoicing with PPCZ as they celebrate Libor Michálek’s success in the senatorial elections. Famous, in his own country, as a whistle blower for exposing corruption in 1996 when he worked for the National Property Fund. In 2010 […]
Send a Friend to NDAA Jail September 29, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic CC BY-NC-SA by watchingfrogsboil Icelandic Pirate Birgitta Jónsdóttir is working against the 2012 NDAA (National Defence Authorisation Act) that allows the US military to detain citizens from any country, including US citizens, without limit and without trial. She recently tweeted about an app from DemandProgress that aims to […]
Lower Saxony Pirates in a Turbulent Sea September 6, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topics, Tips & Tricks CC BY Pirate Times It took the Pirates of Lower Saxony in Germany three meetings and a lot of pain and anguish to select a list of candidates for their elections to the state parliament, Landtag, due in January 2013. A combination of factors […]
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