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Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections | PirateTimes

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 elections for the first time in its history. They will compete in only four of the country’s municipalities, namely: Amsterdam, Binnenmaas, Groningen and Zwolle. Interesting side note: On three Caribbean islands that are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius, people will be able to …

Flattr Appreciation During February 2014, Euro 23.38 | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During February 2014, Euro 23.38 March 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In February 2014 we had 36 things flattred by 15 unique users. In total we were flattred 66 times last month and received Euro 23.38 in support for our work. More than half of the support came from the two subscriptions on our website which gave ~8 Euros each.   Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money each month to content you would like to give support. It can be compared to a “Facebook super-like” with money attached. Users act like patrons of work or people …

Rainer v. Leoprechting | | PirateTimes

Austrian Pirates in Coalition With Communists and Der Wandel March 5, 2014 · by Rainer v. Leoprechting · in Election On 1 March 2014 a little miracle happened in Vienna, Austria. The Austrian Pirates and communists joined with Der Wandel into a joint election platform for the European Parliament. About Rainer v. Leoprechting     News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

The Buddhist Pirate With the Solution for Trolls | PirateTimes

The Buddhist Pirate March 2, 2014 · by Luis Cuerdo · in Interviews, Pirate Introductions This post is also available in: French, Spanish Last weekend pirates gathered at the “Think Twice 2014” Conference in Frankfurt. I was there to present the agoravoting project and to get a better understanding of what the hell this pirate movement is about. I have been involved less than a year and apart from the few pirates I had met (in Madrid and London), the Think Twice conference was an opportunity to meet pirates from all over Europe, and even two pirates from Japan! My first impression about pirates became clear: they are a bunch …

Luis Cuerdo | | PirateTimes

The Buddhist Pirate March 2, 2014 · by Luis Cuerdo · in Interview Last weekend pirates gathered at the “Think Twice 2014” Conference in Frankfurt. I was there to present the agoravoting project and to get a better understanding of what the hell this pirate movement is about. I have been involved less… About Luis Cuerdo Translator and interpreter.     News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp | PirateTimes

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance but in spite of that or because of that quite a bit was achieved. The attendees decided to concentrate on planning for the upcoming elections and how to use that to attract more members. They also decided to plan a revision of the Party’s constitution which gives ultimate decision making power to the board and not the general assembly. This and other …

PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live | PirateTimes

PPI’s Thinktwice Conference – AFK but Streamed Live February 21, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish PPI’s first international conference, outside their annual meetings, has been named the “ThinkTwice” conference and will take place this weekend (21-22 February) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The motto of the conference is “Away from Keyboard” and the aim with this conference is to: “bridge […] the worlds of the Pirate Parties, Academia and NGO to foster a mutual exchange on ideas and experiences that are worth spreading.” The conference will focus around three main topics: creativity, human rights and revolution. …

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, pointed out that he thinks Polish Pirates should put some emphasis on the Freedom of Information acts, ways to make them more effective and also on fighting the efforts to limit these acts. The Polish Pirate Party has decided to participate in the EP elections …

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party | PirateTimes

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party February 16, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling people to follow the meeting without being present in Kristiansand. The protocol for the meeting was kept in a pad which enabled people to follow along easily as well as correct the protocol instantly if needed. The votes were tallied by using ‘Poll Everywhere‘ (both for people …

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship | PirateTimes

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship February 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview This post is also available in: Spanish A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces of repression! The 5651 Bill that recently passed by the Turkish Parliament provides that a judge may order the inactivation of a web page when there is a complaint from someone that his rights were violated. The Pirate Party of Turkey is participating in the protests …

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