Sunday Elections Look Promising for Piraten Basel October 27, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Last year’s national elections, they took 1.92%, the best result until now for the Pirates in Switzerland. The local party in the town of Basel are now confident that the votes will reach the needed 4%. The excitement among the Pirates in Basel is contagious, spreading quicker than […]
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 […]
Introduction of The Pirate Party of Slovenia October 16, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Interview The Pirate Party of Slovenia (Piratska stranka Slovenije) is having a constitutional congress on 17 October 2012, and all Pirates in Slovenia are very excited about this. We asked its leader a few questions about this event and a few other things related to party activities in the […]
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 […]
German Pirates debate Europe, Economics and Eurocrisis October 6, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Pirate Party News On 29 and 30 September 2012, over 100 Pirates from the Pirate Party of Germany met to discuss Economic and European Policy at the Conference for Europe, Economics and Finance (or EuWiKon, as the German acronym goes) in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The meeting was a preparatory […]
PPI blocked from becoming observer members of WIPO October 3, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News In its General Assembly meeting of October, 3, 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has chosen to wait until 2013 to take a decision on the observer membership application of the PPI. Torn between the recent evidences of the Pirate Parties influence in […]
Pirate Lost Mayoral Election in Saarlouis, Germany September 30, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Election In Sunday’s mayoral election in Saarlouis, Germany, the Pirate candidate ended up with 3.2 % of the votes, losing to the incumbent mayor. Pirate candidate Thomas Brockmann.CC Thomas Brockmann. The Pirate candidate was Thomas Brockmann, 50, a freelance journalist who was seeking to bring more transparency and citizen participation […]
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 […]
Running an Information Stand September 28, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) This is the first in a series of Pirate Times articles aimed at helping Pirates get the message to people in their community – even when they are short of funds. An information stand can be a very effective way to let people know that the Pirate Party exists and […]
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