Icelandic Pirates Found a Youth Wing August 20, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News The Icelandic Pirates are at it again. Their party was only founded officially on 24 November 2012. Less than half a year later they became the first Pirate Party to get people elected in a national parliament. Now the Pirates in Iceland are taking a new […]
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 […]
Happy Birthday Pirate Times! 1 Year of Pirate News August 13, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Our first news article was published here on Pirate Times one year ago. The two first articles we published on 13 August 2012 was “How Sweden found an effective way of broadening their politics” and “You can participate in European politics”. Since then we […]
An Open Letter From Pirate Party Brazil About Their Progress August 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News An open letter from the Pirate Party Brazil, explaining their progress. Translation by Josef Ohlsson Collentine — OPEN LETTER NUMBER 1, 2013 PIRATES, Our journey began in 2007 when a small group of people, inspired by the Pirate Party of Sweden, decided […]
Young Pirates of Europe Has Been Founded August 9, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News Today the international organization Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) was founded by its eight founding members: the Young Pirates of Sweden, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Flanders, Norway and Belarus. The reason a European organization instead of an international one is because… Contact / Tips […]
The Game of Politics : Book Review August 3, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Book Review If you have never read a book on politics before then this one, being easy to read and follow, is the one to start with. “The Game of Politics” – Pursuit of power over people game manual. Author: Jón Thór Ólafsson, one of the first three Pirates […]
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 […]
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. The Prime Minister […]
Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News While Europe and the US are still coming to terms with the implications of Edward Snowden’s revelations, we should not forget that it is not only in the West that hard-won freedoms are being attacked by authoritarian governments. In Russia, “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August […]
Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom July 3, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 18 June 2013 a joint conference titled “Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom” was organized by MEPs Pawel Zalewski (EPP) and Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA). The aim of the conference was to discuss the role of the Internet and social media in revolutions for […]
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