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Obama, We Need to Talk – The citizens of Europe | PirateTimes

Obama, We Need to Talk – The citizens of Europe March 24, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topics This post is also available in: French The social media campaign “Obama, we need to talk” was created during one of the workshops at the Young European Election Ambassadors conference this weekend. A team was quickly assembled with working groups on IT, copywriting, design, PR and project management. 15 people started putting together the pieces of the campaign and managed to roll it out the following day. President Obama will be visiting Brussels on Wednesday, 26 March 2014, to attend the EU-US summit. This will be his first …

« Obama, We Need to Talk » – Les citoyens de l’Europe | PirateTimes

« Obama, We Need to Talk » – Les citoyens de l’Europe mars 24, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic Cet article est également disponible en: Anglais La campagne sur les réseaux sociaux « Obama, we need to talk » (en français : « Obama, il faut qu’on parle ») a été créée durant l’un des ateliers de la conférence des Young European Election Ambassadors (en français : l’élection des ambassadeurs des jeunes européens) ce weekend. Une équipe s’est rapidement constituée avec des groupes de travail sur les TIC, la conception-rédaction, le design, les relations publiques et le management de projet. 15 personnes ont commencé à …

The Swedish Pirate Party is Crowdfunding for European Campaign | PirateTimes

The Swedish Pirate Party is Crowdfunding for European Campaign March 20, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is also available in: French Just as the Australian Pirates were celebrating their crowdfunding success we received news that the Swedish Pirates are pursuing a similar fundraising effort for the European Parliament elections with a page where Pirates (and other supporters) can make targeted donations. Currently there are 13 different options to donate to at http://crowdfunding.piratpartiet.se/ and in less than a week they have gathered ~5000 Euros through their crowdfunding campaign. Those who donate will be rewarded with  everything from a guaranteed place at the election night party, election posters …

The Bavarian Pirate Party win seats in Local Elections | PirateTimes

The Bavarian Pirate Party win seats in Local Elections March 19, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: French The Bavarian Pirates expected a difficult time in the most conservative state in Germany, Bavaria. In the federal elections they could only get 1.9% and similar disappointing results in the state elections. The hurdles for participating in the municipal elections is very high and many Pirate candidates chose to run on open or shared candidate lists with parties that they shared policy objectives with.  There were Pirates running in 38 municipalities on the ballot. That is not many, as a total of …

Luxembourg | PirateTimes

Brussels Calling: A Significant Moment in the History of Pirate Movement March 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Conference The Largest International Conference in Pirate History will be held this week in Brussels! More than 300 Pirates from 22 countries, even a few from outside Europe, have registered for the founding of the European Pirate Party (PPEU). The founding… Interview with Jerry Weyer, member of the PPLU October 24, 2013 · by Patrick Schiffer · in Pirate Party News Following the collapse of the government of the tiny European country of Luxembourg, due to a spying scandal, early elections were called and took place on 20 October 2013. …

PPNL | PirateTimes – Part 2

Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections March 18, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Election, Interview The first half of this year will be a busy one for the Pirate Party of the Netherlands(PPNL). Not only will they compete in the European elections in May. On the 19 March 2014 PPNL will also participate in local… Music industry seeks to ruin Pirate Party leaders December 17, 2012 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of the United Kingdom has been threatend by the music industry for hosting a Pirate Bay proxy. Also their leaders have been threated on personal level that …

PPAU Crowdfunded AUD 10,000 for Their Upcoming Election | PirateTimes

PPAU Crowdfunded AUD 10,000 for Their Upcoming Election March 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a press release, the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) announced that on March 10th 2014 they met their campaign funding target for the upcoming Senate election in Western Australia. The senate seats are being re-contested on 5 April 2014 because ballots were lost in the 2013 elections and the courts ruled the election invalid. PPAU raised the extraordinary sum of AUD 10,000 (EUR 6,500) entirely through crowdfunding in just under two weeks. This was a risky move since a failure to reach the amount set as goal in the crowdfunding would result …

Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections | PirateTimes

Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections March 18, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Election, Interview The first half of this year will be a busy one for the Pirate Party of the Netherlands(PPNL). Not only will they compete in the European elections in May. On the 19 March 2014 PPNL will also participate in local elections for the first time in its history. They will compete in only four of the country’s municipalities, namely: Amsterdam, Binnenmaas, Groningen and Zwolle. Interesting side note: On three Caribbean islands that are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius, people will be able to …

Rainer v. Leoprechting | | PirateTimes

Austrian Pirates in Coalition With Communists and Der Wandel March 5, 2014 · by Rainer v. Leoprechting · in Election On 1 March 2014 a little miracle happened in Vienna, Austria. The Austrian Pirates and communists joined with Der Wandel into a joint election platform for the European Parliament. About Rainer v. Leoprechting     News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

The Buddhist Pirate With the Solution for Trolls | PirateTimes

The Buddhist Pirate March 2, 2014 · by Luis Cuerdo · in Interviews, Pirate Introductions This post is also available in: French, Spanish Last weekend pirates gathered at the “Think Twice 2014” Conference in Frankfurt. I was there to present the agoravoting project and to get a better understanding of what the hell this pirate movement is about. I have been involved less than a year and apart from the few pirates I had met (in Madrid and London), the Think Twice conference was an opportunity to meet pirates from all over Europe, and even two pirates from Japan! My first impression about pirates became clear: they are a bunch …

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