Pirate Parties

PPI Agrees to Support the Snowden Treaty October 12, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish At the Pirate Parties International board meeting, board member Henrique Peer announced he had been approached by David Miranda, who asked the organisation to participate in the Snowden Treaty project. Miranda is the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, a long-time critic of NSA warrantless spying operations and the global war on terror, spanning two US presidential administrations. Greenwald broke the story of ongoing US and UK mass surveillance programs in 2013 as a columnist for The Guardian with the assistance of Miranda and the …

PPI Calls for Pirates with Vision September 30, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish Pirate Parties International is looking for Pirates who want to make a difference on the global stage. They are looking for people with knowledge, talent and enthusiasm. Of these three qualities enthusiasm is the most important. So don’t be put off if you think you are not qualified – they can get you up to speed. We use the decision making site Loomio. If you want to join in click the link and ask to join the group. At the moment we are looking for …

Pirate Party Norway Increases Slightly in Elections September 16, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Norway just had their regional and local elections. This was the second election that Pirate Party of Norway (PPNO) participated in. Two years ago they achieved 0.3% of the votes in their national elections. This time, in regional and local elections they achieved the same result (0.3%). In total they received 7.165 votes despite not managing to participate in all regions this year. PPNO had lists in 13/19 counties, managing a slight increase in most of them. Had they managed to participate in the other six regions (Finnmark, Hedmark, Nord-Trøndelag, Sogn og Fjordane, Telemark, Troms) …

Pirate Party Norway Goes Around Censorship September 6, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish The Norwegian Pirates are against censorship. Recently the Norwegian court ordered that Norwegian ISPs have to block seven file-sharing sites within two weeks. The sites that will be censored are The Pirate Bay, Extratorrent, Viooz, Primewire, Swefilmer, DreamfilmHD and Movie4k. This is something the Norwegian Pirates reacted harshly to and called “creeping censorship”. When the government started with “creeping censorship” the Norwegian Pirates decided to act in order to maintain a free internet. They set up their own DNS service with detailed descriptions on how to …

The New PPI Board is Starting to Get Active August 3, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The PPI board just held their third meeting and have started their work (first two meeting were mostly about handing over responsibilities and getting organized).  1) Since the members of the new board are spread around the world it is sometimes… The First PPEU Council Meeting: Moving Right Along July 20, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference This past weekend the PPEU meeting took place in Brussels. This was the first ordinary Council Meeting (General Assembly) of the organization and the main topic was the election …