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Pirates to Decide Everything – Elections in Catalonia 27/9 September 5, 2015 · by Lorena Müller · in Elections, Europe, Interviews, Pirate Party News In the last few years, Catalonia has had an economic crisis whilst the government has been corrupt. The public health system has been partly privatized, there are mortgage problems in many families  and the unemployment is around 20%. For these, and… Pirate Times: Your Independent Pirate News Source May 3, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Editorial, Inside Pirate Times In the last half year the international Pirate Movement has been undergoing a fundamental search for direction. There is a lack of consensus as to …

Pirates to decide everything | PirateTimes

Pirates to Decide Everything – Elections in Catalonia 27/9 September 5, 2015 · by Lorena Müller · in Election, Interview This post is also available in: Spanish CC BY Pirates de Girona – Alex Bueno, Ramón Hormigo, AP, Enric Pineda & Ari Hormigo Pita In the last few years, Catalonia has had an economic crisis whilst the government has been corrupt. The public health system has been partly privatized, there are mortgage problems in many families  and the unemployment is around 20%. For these, and other reasons, citizens and members of grassroots movement have created three initiatives to strengthen the rights that are lost to neo-liberalism. In this context, with a strong …

Birgitta Jónsdóttir | PirateTimes – Part 2

PPGR Would Like a Pirate MP on September 20 August 31, 2015 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election, Interview Elections have been announced for Greece in about three weeks. This leaves a very short time for preparation and a big monetary strain on small parties. Pirate Times interviewed Thanasis Gounaris, chairman of the Board of Pirate Party of Greece, about… In A True Democracy Referenda Should Be The Rule Not The Exception July 5, 2015 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News A crucial referendum will be held in Greece this coming Sunday, 5 July 2015. Greeks have to decide whether they accept the proposal of the institutions …

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Interview with a German Pirate Living in Iceland May 23, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Interview Interview with an overseas Pirate The Icelandic Pirate Party has reached over 30% in the current polls. We spoke to Simon, a Pirate who lives and studies in Iceland, to throw some light on the background to the Icelandic success-story. Editor:… Protesting Parliament Bills in Iceland is Easy July 29, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News ‘Öryggisventill’ is the Icelandic word for a safety valve. You might think that a safety valve in Iceland has something to do with tourists trying to pronounce “Eyjafjallajökull” or geothermal steam. In this …

Interview with a German Pirate Living in Iceland | PirateTimes

Interview with a German Pirate Living in Iceland May 23, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Interview, Pirate Party News Interview with an overseas Pirate The Icelandic Pirate Party has reached over 30% in the current polls. We spoke to Simon, a Pirate who lives and studies in Iceland, to throw some light on the background to the Icelandic success-story. Editor: Hello Simon, you are the ‘overseas Pirate’ who is currently studying in Iceland. Simon: Góðan daginn. Yes, that’s right. I lived for ten years in the Netherlands until I moved 18 months ago to Iceland to do my PhD in aquaponics (Engineering Science ). I have therefore been observing …

Expensive Election Campaign? Crazy Video: Priceless | PirateTimes

Expensive Election Campaign? Crazy Video: Priceless March 24, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Interview On the 19th of April Finland will hold their National Elections. To help the Finnish population make up their mind the nationalTV station ‘Yle’ created an election compass and made an interview with every candidate in the election. They interviewed 1,826 candidates where each candidate was given four minutes to explain their politics and ideas. The video clips from all candidates can be watched in their video-gallery. In earlier elections the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) gave several warnings to Finland for not being democratically fair towards smaller parties. Finnish media usually …

Interview: Gregory Engels, Lost in translation | PirateTimes

Lost in translation — an Interview with Gregory Engels March 11, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Interview The online GA for PPI is coming up and this allows members to submit motions to be voted upon. The German Pirate Party proposed “MO-1, Access to medicine” which ruffled a few feathers when it was proposed. Ed Geraghty (responding in a personal capacity), interpreted it as “to be asking [Pirate Parties International’s members] to hold quackery such as homeopathy and witch doctors in the same esteem as medicine.” The original motion text declared that “state funding needs to be made available to test the effectiveness of non-allopathic remedies” and that “Pirates favour the …

Lorena Müller | | PirateTimes – Part 2

A Spanish Pirate in Argentina January 6, 2015 · by Lorena Müller · in Interview During a visit in Argentina a few weeks ago (the country I was born in), I took the opportunity to get to know some Pirates from Argentina. We met up in a bar in the “Abasto” zone, one of the… About Lorena Müller I’m an Italian-Argentinean citizen living in Madrid, Spain since 2002. I’m photographer, social media and IT consultant. I’m 15M (Indignados) activist. I joined the Pirate movement in 2013 as an active member, working on amendments for the last European elections’ Common European Pirate Program and managing our social networks. Currently I’m also …

Important 3rd Congress for the Pirate Party of Greece | PirateTimes

Important 3rd Congress for the Pirate Party of Greece October 23, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in General Assembly, Interview This post is also available in: Greek In a country where crisis has transformed the political scene to a swampland, the Pirate Party of Greece stands calmly and watches the landscape, seeking for new opportunities and incentives for action. In the almost three years since its founding, PP-GR  has achieved a lot, always fighting for the core principles of the Pirate movement. It recently took the initiative to form an electoral coalition with other parties, with the goal of entering the Greek Parliament. The third Congress of PP-GR will …

Interview Turkey, Pirates, IGF & Think Twice 2 | PirateTimes

Piracy and Conferences in Istanbul: An Interview with a Turkish Pirate July 21, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Interview Earlier this year Pirate Parties International arranged it’s first conference other than the General Assemblies. The conference was called Think Twice and took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 22th – 23th February 2014. The concept of the conference was to “bridge Pirates, NGO’s and Academics”. The last Think Twice conference attracted mostly pirates but was an important meeting point for increasing international collaboration between pirates. The next version of Think Twice will be intertwined with the academic world in an immersive way and be held in Turkey …

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