Andrew Norton: PPI Became a Pirate Chimera [Pirate Visions] March 13, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Editorial Opinion, Guest Opinion, Pirate Topic, Pirate Vision Being one of the founders of Pirate Parties International, Andrew Norton looks back on how it all started, before gazing ahead on what is to come. He reflects on his initial efforts with PPI and wishes for a future […]
Pirate Parties International First Online General Assembly March 30, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The first Online GA for Pirate Parties International was held on Sunday 29 March 2015. It was held in a specially designed conference room in the Mumble instance held on the servers of the Pirate Party of North Rhine Westphalia in conjunction with a Piratepad and […]
Israeli Pirates Protest Against Election, Reaches 981 votes March 28, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Traditionally Israel has had numerous different parties participating in their elections (in 2013 there were 32). This made the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) raise the threshold from 2% to 3.25% a year ago. In December 2014 the government was dissolved and called… Israeli Activists Protest Against […]
Swiss Pirate Party Elects Co-Presidents, Passes Resolutions Regarding Upcoming Votes March 28, 2015 · by Morgan Pevonka-Thompson · in Pirate Party News On Saturday, 21st of March, 2015, Pirate Party Switzerland elected two co-presidents for the first time! The General Assembly elected Guillaume Saouli and Stephan Thöni to replace outgoing President Alexis Roussel. Stephan Thöni is from the canton of Zug. He… Dutch Pirate Party […]
Pirate Party of Finland May End Up In Court For Collecting Too Many Bitcoins March 27, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News To fund their election campaign Pirate Party Finland (PPFI) is accepting bitcoins. Finnish law states that you are allowed to collect up to 1,500 Euros annually in anonymous donations. Since there is no precedent on bitcoin donations and it’s […]
Pirate Party of Portugal is Rising to Activity Again March 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The Portuguese Pirate Party (PPPT) has not been very active lately but now it seems they are ready to get active again. Last week, on 14 March, the Portuguese Pirate Party Movement revealed their tough and long work on their party infrastructure. They […]
Israeli Pirates Protest Against Election, Reaches 981 votes March 28, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Traditionally Israel has had numerous different parties participating in their elections (in 2013 there were 32). This made the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) raise the threshold from 2% to 3.25% a year ago. In December 2014 the government was dissolved and called for new elections on […]
Pirate Party of Portugal is Rising to Activity Again March 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The Portuguese Pirate Party (PPPT) has not been very active lately but now it seems they are ready to get active again. Last week, on 14 March, the Portuguese Pirate Party Movement revealed their tough and long work on their party… About Josef […]
Expensive Election Campaign? Crazy Video: Priceless March 24, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Interview On the 19th of April Finland will hold their National Elections. To help the Finnish population make up their mind the nationalTV station ‘Yle’ created an election compass and made an interview with every candidate in the election. They interviewed 1,826 candidates where each candidate was given four […]
Limiting Liberty: How Governments Capitalize on Tragedy March 23, 2015 · by Morgan Pevonka-Thompson · in Uncategorized Around the world, tragedy has been capitalized upon in order to curtail civil liberties. From the attacks on 9/11, the London Metro bombings, to shooting incidents like the George Zimmermann case and the Sandy Hook shooting. Mass media and legislators have attempted to use appeals to emotion in […]
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