Guest Opinion

The two party system: an evil worse than a Clinton evil June 13, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinionated guest post from Marianne Hoynes, activist and independent journalist.    I am so shocked by my friends on Facebook who are adamant that Hillary Clinton is a better candidate than Donald Trump. We are poised on the… A Wind of Change – Iceland, Brazil, UK, France, USA April 25, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News During the past weeks, there has been a democratic wind blowing across the world. Several countries have taken to protest and direct action to demand more …

The two party system: an evil worse than a Clinton evil June 13, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinionated guest post from Marianne Hoynes, activist and independent journalist.    I am so shocked by my friends on Facebook who are adamant that Hillary Clinton is a better candidate than Donald Trump. We are poised on the… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net Search All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading… Calendar of the PPI Archives June 2016 (7) May 2016 (13) April 2016 (20) March 2016 (10) January 2016 (1) December 2015 (4) November 2015 (6) …

“Intellectual Property” is not REAL property March 31, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinion article by Óscar which reflects the author’s ideas. — “Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us”.– Edsger W. Dijkstra [4] The present essay was written as part of an assignment in one of the PhD classes the author was enrolled in. In that particular class, a range of “extra-curricular” topics were covered, and one of those was (you’ve guessed it) “Intellectual Property (IP) rights”. The assessment …

Pirates Away From Keyboard March 25, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinion article by Leonardo which reflects the author’s ideas. — On 9 March 2016, here in the Pirate Times, we read the Spanish answer to Falkvinge’s analysis of Pirate Party’s first decade. The judgment on Falkvinge is quite harsh: according to the authors, “he lives in a bubble” and “seems to believe the world circles around Sweden”. But, above all, he has been accused of only focusing on digital rights, instead of other and more important issues, such as crises, unemployment, refugees flows etc.Now, the first thing we can notice is that these two visions …

What Rick Falkvinge Got Wrong on the Development of the Pirate Movement March 9, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This post is also available in: Spanish This is an opinion article by HerNenya and Dario which reflects the author’s ideas. — On January 1st 2006, the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) was born which was followed by many other Pirate Parties around the globe. Rick Falkvinge celebrated ten years of Piratpartiet with an article in his own tribune, Infopolicy. In the article, Falkvinge describes the lessons learned during this decade and the way he believes the entire Pirate Movement must follow. Unfortunately, Falkvinge shows an acute bias that restrains his ability …