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Happy Birthday Pirate Parties International!

Bastian April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021

We are delighted to share that this weekend marks 11 years since the founding of Pirate Parties International! A little bit about the history: After the founding of Piratpartiet in Sweden on January 1, 2006, other pirate parties emerged throughout Europe, and later worldwide. In the same year, a loose network of these parties was formed. In June 2007, representatives of the pirate parties of Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, and Finland met for the first time at an international conference in Vienna. In 2008, further conferences followed in Berlin and Uppsala and the “Uppsala Declaration” was adopted. Since October 2009, the PPI has the status …

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The security situation at the end of the year 2020

Guest Author February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021

Guest contribution of the Working Group on Foreign and Security Policy in the Pirate Party Germany USA/Middle East – B-52 Bombers in the Gulf 01/01/2021 – The U.S. is deploying B-52 bombers to the Gulf region to send a signal of strength toward Iran. On the anniversary of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the U.S. in a drone strike, threats of retaliation emerged from various quarters. In response, the U.S. makes clear that it is prepared for any confrontation and intends to respond decisively militarily. Iran – Testing of country-developed Corona vaccine 12/31/2020 – Iran begins testing a domestically developed Corona vaccine. The handling of this led to a dispute …

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The PPCZ STAN Coalition

Guest Author January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021

Chairs of both parties; from left Vít Rakušan (STAN) and Ivan Bartoš (Pirates) The Czech Pirates approved the coalition agreement with the STAN movement. They are going to the 2021 parliamentary elections together! Prague, January 12, 2021 – The Czech Pirates just approved a coalition agreement with the “Mayors and Independents” movement (STAN) in a final vote. They confirmed that they are going together to the upcoming parliamentary elections. Almost 79% of party members supported the proposal. The referendum saw a high turnout of almost 77% of Czech Pirates taking part. “I am very pleased that the members of the Czech Pirate Party have approved the coalition agreement between the …

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Peshmerga have never sold weapons from the Bundeswehr

Guest Author January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021

Peshmerga have never sold weapons from the Bundeswehr by Enno Lenze It is irresponsible, unscrupulous journalism to claim that an army fighting on the front lines against Islamic State terrorists is illegally selling German weapons at a bazaar. This calls into question the continued supply, in this case, of weapons that are actually essential for survival. The NDR, the WDR, the Tagesthemen and the Deutsche Welle spread several times that the Kurdish Peshmerga would not be able to control the whereabouts of German weapons. All other media wrote off there. At the same time, the German journalists could not provide any evidence for their claims. They did not respond to …

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Kurdistan – The usual Madhouse

Guest Author January 3, 2021 January 5, 2021

by Enno Lenze, guest author. In the dark of the night, the plane touches down in thick fog next to attack helicopters, spy planes and under the vigilant eyes of the intelligence services. Even before the doors are open, vehicles come across the runway towards the plane, people jump out nervously and shout around. Heavily armed special forces are standing in the terminal, their darkened-window Jeeps are waiting at the door. At high speed it goes off the airport premises, passing an armoured Truck (MRAP) which secures the driveway. Northern Iraq smells like adventure, doesn’t it? Well, not really. But that’s how it might seem if you’re in an area like …

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PPI General Assembly 2020.2

admin December 19, 2020 January 3, 2021

The PPI General Assembly was held on December 5th and 6th, 2020 online. It started quite on time and this time without any problems with the quorum. The number increased to over 60 participants on Mumble, YouTube and @PiratesOnAir. Very pleasing. The reports were all received without much debate. In addition to the Pirate Party of Venezuela being accepted as a regular member, Pirati.io was also accepted as an Observer Member. The budget for 2021 was approved unanimously for the first time, to everyone’s surprise. In addition to some motions, resolutions were also passed. This is the new (partly old Board): Chairperson – Bailey Lamon / PP-CA (2020-2022) Vice-Chairperson – …

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This week’s schedule includes our board meeting and Pirate Beer right before this weekend’s General Assembly! Everything you need to know about PPI’s December Online General Assembly.

admin November 30, 2020 December 1, 2020

Starting off this week’s schedule is PPI’s board meeting Wednesday, December 2nd. You can find us at BigBlueButton starting at: 2:00pm CET / 1:00pm UTC / 8:00am EST An audio alternative for the board meeting is @PiratesOnAir‘s live stream piratesonair.net. PPI’s Online General Assembly will be held Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th. We will hold the GA on the PPI Mumble server: mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This will be our meeting spot. Mumble is an audio-only conferencing service. You can download it and find more information at mumble.info. BOTH days begin at: 11:00am …

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The @EuropeanPirates’ Council Meeting is this weekend! Sign up for their email list too if you haven’t yet.

admin November 28, 2020 November 28, 2020

All are invited to the @EuropeanPirates‘ Council Meeting this weekend November 28th and 29th! Follow their account for updates throughout the weekend. Their meeting will be streamed live to their YouTube channel. An alternative is @PiratesOnAir‘s audio stream found here. Both days this weekend begin at: 10:00am CET / 9:00am UTC / 4:00am EST More information such as links to their Mattermost and Wiki can be found here. If you haven’t yet you can subscribe to the PPEU email list found here.

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Freedom To Share is looking for translators quickly!

admin November 14, 2020 November 14, 2020

Freedom To Share needs one million signatures! They will start collecting them on November 15th. @darccio from @partit_pirata shares this link where you can go to contribute. The Freedom To Share initiative needs one million signatures calling for protecting the right to share files for personal use and non-profits. They call for the adoption of a legislative act providing for a waiver of copyright, related rights, and sui generis database rights for people sharing files via digital networks for personal use and non-profit purposes. People and fundamental rights must be at the heart of political and legislative decisions. It is, therefore, necessary to change the current rules governing the sharing …

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Contact your EU representatives by TOMORROW’S November 12th deadline to save encryption! Austria just published a secret draft of a planned Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption.

admin November 12, 2020 November 12, 2020

The @EuropeanPirates wants you to take action by TOMORROW’S November 12th deadline by emailing your EU representatives. They have provided template letters in several languages and the email addresses for you to contact by TOMORROW’S deadline. More information, the template letters and email addresses can be found here. Contact your representatives TODAY and by TOMORROW’S deadline to secure your private communications on messenger services such as Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp. Most terrorism attacks we later learn the police and government knew the people involved were a problem as we’re seeing now in Austria and did very little to stop it. Banning encryption would harm people and cost lives. Banning encryption …