2014

Battles for Democracy. Week 13 March 31, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Citizens Losing Citizens abused or killed, liberties and rights cut. More than 500 people sentenced to death in a single hearing in Egypt. According to state media reports,… The First Elected Pirate in the History of Dutch Politics March 30, 2014 · by Matthijs Pontier · in Election The Piratenpartij Netherlands (PPNL) has achieved an historic result with the Amsterdam elections of 2014. With the seat for Jelle de Graaf in the board committee of Amsterdam West, PPNL has the first elected pirate …

Battles for Democracy. Week 11 March 17, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we did not write about this past week. Citizens Losing Citizens abused or killed, liberties and rights cut. How the NSA Infects ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware. The classified files – provided… Pirate Party Bavaria Will Contest Local Elections on Sunday March 16, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election This Sunday 16 March 2014 the Pirates of Bavaria are fielding dozens of candidates in many cities, towns and communities around Bavaria. In 38 electoral districts electors will have the opportunity to vote Pirate. In a trend …

Battles for Democracy. Week 6 (Previously: News Digest) February 12, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This post summarizes some of the battles we did not write about the past week. Towards a True Democracy – Citizens Abused Despite Pushback, Internet Freedom Deteriorates. The Freedom on the Net 2013 report summarizes the findings after the assessment… The Day We Fight Back February 11, 2014 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News Today, 11 February 2014, marks The Day We Fight Back, on a date chosen to coincide with the anniversary of Aaron Swartz‘s death and the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout which he helped organise.  …

Pirate Party of New Zealand Piratecamp February 28, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The small seaside town of Otaki saw the first Pirate Camp held by the Pirate Party of New Zealand over the weekend of 21-23 February 2014. There were only a handful of Pirates in attendance  but in spite of that… Battles for Democracy. Week 8 February 24, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic A weekly summary of the battles for democracy we couldn’t write about. Towards a True Democracy Nothing this week. Citizens Abused… and Murdered EU political parties ignoring young people. In the most recent European elections in …

Pirate News Digest. Week 2 January 16, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Party News This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. Towards a True Democracy The Call for Innovative and Open Government. An OECD overview of Country Initiatives…. Spanish Pirates to Elect their MEP Candidates by Open Primaries January 13, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Confederación Pirata, an association of Spanish regional Pirate Parties, started an open and fully democratic process for the election of its list of candidates for the Euroelections 2014. Julia Reda Tops German List …

The End of Net Neutrality and Why it is Not Surprising January 31, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Lately Net Neutrality in the U.S. may have finally hit a wall as the D.C. Ciruit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) ability to enforce anti-discrimination and anti-blocking rules on ISPs. The internet rightfully expressed its… Call for Action: Support PPUA January 28, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Party News Edit: 16/2/14 The deadline has been extended so keep sending videos to the new e-mail added below! The Vice President of the Polish Pirate Party, Zbigniew Łukasiak, recently held an interview …