The Turkish Government Goes Pirate: Further Censorship and Surveillance Mechanisms Coming July 3, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion Due to legal obstacles to prohibiting social-media sharing by political dissidents in Turkey, the government has a new strategy: to act as Internet pirates. Much different than the political pirate movement, Turkey will now try to hack into ISPs’ systems and surveil users’ […]
The First Elected Pirate in the History of Dutch Politics March 30, 2014 · by Matthijs Pontier · in Election The Piratenpartij Netherlands (PPNL) has achieved an historic result with the Amsterdam elections of 2014. With the seat for Jelle de Graaf in the board committee of Amsterdam West, PPNL has the first elected pirate in the history of Dutch politics. Assuming that irregularities in Amsterdam will […]
Battles for Democracy. Week 12 March 25, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Party News A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Citizens Losing Citizens abused or killed, liberties and rights cut. New Law Means Photographers In Hungary Must Ask Permission First. The new civil code outlaws taking pictures without the permission of everyone in the photograph. The […]
Obama, We Need to Talk – The citizens of Europe March 24, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topics This post is also available in: French The social media campaign “Obama, we need to talk” was created during one of the workshops at the Young European Election Ambassadors conference this weekend. A team was quickly assembled with working groups on IT, copywriting, […]
« Obama, We Need to Talk » – Les citoyens de l’Europe mars 24, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic Cet article est également disponible en: Anglais La campagne sur les réseaux sociaux « Obama, we need to talk » (en français : « Obama, il faut qu’on parle ») a été créée durant l’un des ateliers de la conférence des […]
The Swedish Pirate Party is Crowdfunding for European Campaign March 20, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is also available in: French Just as the Australian Pirates were celebrating their crowdfunding success we received news that the Swedish Pirates are pursuing a similar fundraising effort for the European Parliament elections with a page where Pirates (and other supporters) can make […]
The Bavarian Pirate Party win seats in Local Elections March 19, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: French The Bavarian Pirates expected a difficult time in the most conservative state in Germany, Bavaria. In the federal elections they could only get 1.9% and similar disappointing results in the state elections. The hurdles for participating in […]
Brussels Calling: A Significant Moment in the History of Pirate Movement March 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Conference The Largest International Conference in Pirate History will be held this week in Brussels! More than 300 Pirates from 22 countries, even a few from outside Europe, have registered for the founding of the European Pirate Party (PPEU). The founding… Interview with Jerry Weyer, […]
Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections March 18, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Election, Interview The first half of this year will be a busy one for the Pirate Party of the Netherlands(PPNL). Not only will they compete in the European elections in May. On the 19 March 2014 PPNL will also participate in local… Music industry seeks to ruin […]
PPAU Crowdfunded AUD 10,000 for Their Upcoming Election March 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a press release, the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) announced that on March 10th 2014 they met their campaign funding target for the upcoming Senate election in Western Australia. The senate seats are being re-contested on 5 April 2014 because ballots were lost in […]
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