2013

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 Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In Russia “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are direct attack on internet freedom, according to the Russian Pirate Party and they are organizing a series …

Flattr Appreciation During May Euro 20.49 June 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In May we had 41 things flattred by 15 unique users. In total we were flattred 81 times last month and received Euro 20.49 in support for our work. Pirates Rally to Support Whistle-blower Edward Snowden June 11, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a video interview Edward simply stated that he did not want to live in a world where everything he does or says is recorded. US foes, allies and even its own citizens are now the victims of an espionage network that spans …

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. Prism: Who should we trust? …

PP Croatia Reaches 21% in City District, Winning Two Out of Nine Board Seats May 22, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Election Last weekend local elections took place in Croatia and the Pirate Party had its first success. P-REVIEW 13-19 MAY 2013 with Videos and Podcasts May 21, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead. We are also trying out a new feature – a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World …

History In The Making: First Ever Pirate Unionist Elected In Athens May 31, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Athens teachers ballot “Pirates in Education” managed to get one out of nine seats, changing the “status quo” of the Greek Teachers Federation (DOE) and sending the first ever Pirate unionist to their body of representatives. By the time when this article was written it is not clear yet who of the three candidates (Thanasis Gounaris, Markos Papaioannou , or Electra Pagoni) would take the seat but this is the first election worldwide that sees a Pirate unionist elected to a top position running as a Pirate. Introduction of …

The Belgian Pirate Party between Sadness and Happiness April 20, 2013 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly The week before the general assembly, on the 23 – 24 March 2013, a deep impact shaped the contrasts of the life of the Belgian Pirates. It was revealed, during the week that the co-founder of the Belgian Pirate Party, co-founder of Pirate Parties International as well as a very popular friend of Pirates worldwide, Jurgen Rateau, lost his life far too early at the age of 42. Too young to die. Sašo Miklič: We have a Democratic Deficit April 18, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Interview . Sašo …

Young Pirates SE Want to Introduce Mass Immigration and Form Nordic Federal State April 30, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in General Assembly The Swedish Young Pirates had their annual member congress in April, on which they elected a new board, as well as new politics on areas such as immigration, marriage rights, voting age, environment, and other. P-review April 29 to May 5 2013 April 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead. Iceland Report #4 : History Made by a Hair’s …

P-review March 18 – 24 2013 March 25, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that passed the Pirate Times by in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead. PPEU: The Zagreb Summit March 22, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Conference During the weekend of the 16 and 17 March 2013 the Pirate Party of Croatia (PP-HR) hosted a European Pirate conference. This is part of a process started on 15 April 2012 during the Pirate Parties International (PPI) annual General Assembly. The goal is to have a common election program …

The Swedish Pirates say no to the EUDemocrats March 9, 2013 · by Loïc · in Pirate Party News During the latest PP-EU conference, held in Paris, the Swedish PiratPartiet delegate Mattias Bjärnemalm explained the state of the negotiations between PP-SE and the Eurosceptic EUDemocrats (EUD – Alliance for a Europe of Democracies) and invited the other Pirate Parties to address their concerns regarding this issue. Collaboration between the Galician Pirates and “Graba tu Pleno” March 7, 2013 · by Fabián Plaza Miranda · in Pirate Party News The Galician Pirates have recently started a collaboration project with the Spanish NGO “Graba tu Pleno” (“Record your Plenary”). In short, the …

Pirate Party of Poland Registered as a Political Party February 18, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News On Monday 18 February 2013 The Polish Pirate Party announced that is has gained official registration as a political party EU Intends to Privatise the “Basis of all Life” February 17, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic As with all raw materials is water is also not indefinitely available. If water becomes a commodity in the conventional sense, it means: increasing demand will decrease the quantity available and prices will rise. International Privacy Day 23rd February 2013 February 16, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in …