Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer Award June 27, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Every year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awards three or four Pioneer Awards to people or organisations who have “contributed substantially to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications.” The nominations for this year’s awards close on midnight 2nd July 2014. If you know of someone who […]
EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere? June 20, 2014 · by Patrick Schiffer · in Europe, Pirate Party News, Pirate Topic A Guest Post by Amelia Andersdotter EuroDIG is as always a vibrant place with many different nationalities coming together to discuss important topics for the future of internet governance. Unfortunately, many of the discussions coming up are displaced: the accountability and responsibility for […]
Battles for Democracy. Week 23 June 17, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This week citizens are counter-attacking harder than usual. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between Europe and the United States leaked. Battles for Democracy in the Arab World and much more. Citizens abused or killed, liberties and rights cut… Are we a Pirate Pachydermocracy? June 15, 2014 · […]
Free Public Transport in Tallinn April 25, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Topic This post is also available in: French When some German pirates first started to bring up the idea of ticketless public transport they were laughed at by politicians from other parties. What those other politicians didn’t know at that time is that it was not so unrealistic. In Tallinn […]
Les transports en communs gratuits de Tallinn avril 25, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Topic Quand quelques pirates allemands ont évoqué l’idée de transports publics gratuits, les politiciens des autres partis se sont moqués. Mais ce que ces politiciens ignoraient à cette époque c’est que ce projet n’était pas irréalisable. À Tallinn, ce projet est… Le Parti pirate grec forme une coalition […]
Battles for Democracy. Week 15 April 14, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic A weekly summary of the battles for democracy: The heartbleed bug; US spied human rights organisations; Nations buying as hackers sell flaws in computer code; Alaveteli: Open Source Freedom of Information Platform; Angela Merkel denied access to her NSA file…… About Pedro Gutierrez The certainty that a World War […]
I Miss My Political Happiness / The Cause of Political Apathy April 6, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic This post was originally written in Swedish by Johanna Jönsson [Swedish] who shares her personal reflection on political happiness. Johanna is not a Pirate but her ideas can be generically applied to many political parties. ——— I don’t really know what happened. Earlier […]
It Seems We Have a Neutral Net! #success April 5, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Topics The European Parliament accepted the Digital Agenda that was originally promoted by Vice President Neelie Kroes. This Digital Agenda includes net neutrality within the European Union and puts an end to roaming charges for mobile services in other European countries by the end of 2015. In […]
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, […]
« 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 […]
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