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Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer Award | PirateTimes

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 meets these qualifications then rush to the nomination form. Your nominee can be any person, system or organisation that has contributed to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications and the contribution may be technical, social, economic, or cultural. The nominee can be …

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German Federal General Assembly: A new board must be found | PirateTimes

German Federal General Assembly: A new board must be found June 26, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly This weekend 27-29 June 2014 the Pirates of Germany are being called to gather in the city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt for a general assembly. Halle is situated near the old border between East and West Germany and this serves as an analogy for the divide that is unsettling the federal Party. In a previous article I analysed the crisis that led to half of the federal board resigning and the intention of the remaining members not to stand for reelection. The entire board must be replaced which can …

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Jumping Ship: Pirates Cooperating with other Parties | PirateTimes

Jumping Ship: Pirates Cooperating with other Parties June 25, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Tips & Tricks In the recent EU elections we saw many Pirate Parties forming alliances with other parties in order to share resources and reach a larger demographic. The parties that were allied with were from varying political directions including libertarian, green and communist. However there has been another sort of alliance that has been happening somewhat under the radar. Individual Pirates who have been working with and for other Parties and NGOs with and without sanction from their own Pirate Parties. How should we react to these activities? Are they traitors or ambassadors? …

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EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere? | PirateTimes

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 deciding on important stakes for the internet community is just not present. EuroDIG 2014 was organised in Germany. This means a slight over-representation of Germans in the meeting, just as last year there was a slight over-representation of Portuguese people. While the issues of concern …

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Is Sweden Helping Turkey to Suppress Digital Freedoms? | PirateTimes

Is Sweden Helping Turkey to Suppress Digital Freedoms? June 19, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion Is the Gothenborg-based NetClean software as innocent as it is presented or is it used for silencing political dissent? Are Turkey’s notorious attempts to limit freedom of expression on the Internet adopting yet another powerful tool? This is the question that comes to mind when reading the news of the Swedish digital security company NetClean’s possible deal with the Turkish government. It was announced on a pro-government media outlet, Daily Sabah, that the government is to purchase the software for €40 million in order to combat “unwanted content” in the digital …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator Editorial Opinion Pirate Parties

Pirate Policies on Drugs – A call for a Discussion | PirateTimes

Pirate Policies on Drugs – Discuss June 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Editorial Opinion Pirates tend to be for the decriminalization or legalisation of various recreational drugs that are currently illegal in most countries. The principle target of these policies is marijuana but some want to see most soft drugs made available in accordance to the amount actual harm that is done to the user and society at large. Alcohol is often used as a benchmark, as it is legal in most of the countries where Pirate Parties have been founded. Professor David Nutt produced a list of  drugs in regular use in the United Kingdom and …

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Stathis Leivaditis | PirateTimes – Part 2

A POST-ELECTION DISCUSSION ABOUT THE “PLUS” AND “MINUS” OF A COALITION June 17, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Europe, Pirate Party News Was it worth it? That’s the question we asked Spyros Chrysanthopoulos, member of the Board of PP-GR, about the coalition with Ecologists Greens for the European elections. Well actually, as everything in life, a coalition has positive and negative points… About Stathis Leivaditis The English “pirate” is derived from the Greek word “πειρατής” (peiratēs) and this in turn from the verb “πειράομαι” (peiráomai), “I attempt”, which is a derivative of the noun “πείρα” (peîra), “experience”. Coming from the depths of the centuries, the word “pirate” took …

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2014 June | PirateTimes – Part 2

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 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Editorial Opinion, Pirate Topic In the “rough and tumble” world of politics it is often stated that, to be a politician you must have a thick skin. This means, that no matter which form of representational government you live under, …

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Thinktwice | PirateTimes

Call for Papers for the 2nd Think Twice Conference in Turkey June 13, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News After the success of  the first Think Twice Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany, where 37 speakers from 14 countries took part, Pirate Parties International are planning their second Conference in Istanbul, Turkey on 30 – 31th August 2014. The aim… ThinkTwice – A Conference That Formed Connections March 4, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The ThinkTwice Conference was PPI’s first outside of their regular general assembly. This allowed them to focus purely on strengthening the bonds within the Pirate movement. The …

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What is happening in the Pirate Party of Germany? | PirateTimes

What is happening in the Pirate Party of Germany? June 12, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Editorial Opinion After the Pirate Party of Germany’s meteoric rise between 2009 and 2013 the party seems to be in decline and staggering from crisis to crisis. The latest being “bombergate” in which two young women took part in an anti-neonazi protest. Their faces were masked and they were topless – Femen style. One had the words “Thanks Bomber Harris” written on her body. Bombergate Anne HelmCC-BY @bartjez One of the women was unmasked in the press as Anne Helm, who was fifth the PPDE list for the European Elections. The Federal …

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