Swedish Pirate Party to Vote on PPI Membership April 24, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News Members of the Swedish Pirate Party will vote to decide whether or not to terminate the Party’s Observer Membership status within Pirate Parties International (PPI). This vote follows the termination of PPI membership by Pirate Party Australia, Pirate Party UK and, most recently, the Icelandic […]
PPNL Increases After Regional Election in North-Holland April 15, 2015 · by Matthijs Pontier · in Learning (tips&tricks), Pirate Party News The Piratenpartij Noord-Holland participated in the Provincial State elections in North-Holland held on 28 March 2015. The Provincial State is almost an invisible administrative level in the Netherlands. Not many people know what these elections are about. Luckily, regional media published a handy guide […]
Swedish Pirate Party to Vote on PPI Membership April 24, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News Members of the Swedish Pirate Party will vote to decide whether or not to terminate the Party’s Observer Membership status within Pirate Parties International (PPI). This vote follows the termination of PPI membership by Pirate Party Australia, Pirate Party UK… About Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer I’ve been […]
#Fixcopyright – panel discussions on the future of copyright in the European Parliament April 22, 2015 · by Justus Römeth · in Pirate Party News The review of the EU’s copyright directive is in full swing. 20 April 2015 Julia Reda, MEP and the Parliament’s rapporteur on said directive, and Josef Weidenholzer, MEP (S&D), held two panel discussions on the forefront of these developments inside the European Parliament. The… […]
Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer: Responsible Participatory Democracy [Pirate Visions] February 4, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Vision If we want to have a fluid democracy we have to take responsiblity writes Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer. Mozart was, until recently, deputy secretary and media officer for PPAU. Currently he is touring Europe and working for the Pirate Times. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate […]
Winning Discussions: Argument from Repetition – ad nauseam (Effective Pirating) April 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 […]
Winning Discussions: Argument from Repetition – ad nauseam (Effective Pirating) April 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 […]
Pirate Parties International First Online General Assembly March 30, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The first Online GA for Pirate Parties International was held on Sunday 29 March 2015. It was held in a specially designed conference room in the Mumble instance held on the servers of the Pirate Party of North Rhine Westphalia in conjunction with a Piratepad and […]
Israeli Pirates Protest Against Election, Reaches 981 votes March 28, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Traditionally Israel has had numerous different parties participating in their elections (in 2013 there were 32). This made the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) raise the threshold from 2% to 3.25% a year ago. In December 2014 the government was dissolved and called… Israeli Activists Protest Against […]
Swiss Pirate Party Elects Co-Presidents, Passes Resolutions Regarding Upcoming Votes March 28, 2015 · by Morgan Pevonka-Thompson · in Pirate Party News On Saturday, 21st of March, 2015, Pirate Party Switzerland elected two co-presidents for the first time! The General Assembly elected Guillaume Saouli and Stephan Thöni to replace outgoing President Alexis Roussel. Stephan Thöni is from the canton of Zug. He… Dutch Pirate Party […]
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