Arrr, it Was a Real Pirate Year! (2013 in Review) December 30, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Inside Pirate Times The year 2013 in review (Part 1) 2013 was a very good year for the pirate movement. During the past year the Pirate Movement experienced many historic events. The first three national Pirate MPs were elected (in the parliament of Iceland), the first two Pirates councilors (in… Become a Pirate […]
Running Report from PPDE GA in Bremen November 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly We will be bringing you updates from the German Pirate Party’s Second General Assembly in Bremen 30 November – 1 December 2013. Check back regularly to find out who has been elected to what post and what policies and motions… Next German Federal Congress In Bremen November […]
Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass… European Pirates: A Common Programme for European […]
Pirates Fighting Estonian Municipal Elections October 13, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Municipal elections in Estonia started already on 10 October 2013 using e-voting and will culminate on 20 October with traditional paper ballots and the Estonian Pirate Party is taking part. Ten Pirate candidates are running in election coalitions and one Pirate is… Record Labels = $4.5 Billion / Pirates = $0. Not […]
PP Norway got 0.3% in National Election and 750.000+ Euros September 19, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News For a political party that is only a year old getting 0.3% in their first election is a good result. The Pirate Party of Norway managed to get 9.868 votes of the total 2.848.986 votes resulting in 0.3%. PPNO are pleased… Swedish Pirate […]
Solving Democracy Through Technology: Introducing Wasa2il September 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Pirates have been designing policies and software that have the aim of bringing citizen participation into politics using technology and the internet as a platform. Many Pirate Parties are implementing liquid feedback systems internally such as PPDE which uses it as a sort of running straw-poll of membership […]
Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars August 29, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden has nominated the Swedish Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, to the Mars One project. They now hope that she will accept the nomination and leave Earth and politics behind her. The not-for-profit organisation Mars One… Copyright Preventing Public […]
Flattr Appreciation During July Euro 7.75 August 11, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In July we had 24 things flattred by 10 unique users. In total we were flattred 35 times last month and received Euro 7.75 in support for our work. This is the lowest amount so far but July has also… Young Pirates of Europe Has Been […]
You can participate in European politics August 13, 2012 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News In the last week of June, a group of 20 young pirates from Germany traveled to Brussels for a visit to the European Parliament and the European Commission. The group had many meetings with lobbyists and representatives of different organizations… How Sweden Found an Effective Way of […]
UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. Russian Pirates Battle […]
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