Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, […]
General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party February 16, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling people to […]
Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship February 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview This post is also available in: Spanish A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces […]
Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 February 14, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In January 2014 we had 30 things flattred by 14 unique users. In total we were flattred 64 times last month and received Euro 14.56 in support for our work. Our investment in a translation plugin has started being used to translate our website into […]
PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5% February 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election This post is also available in: French This past Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the […]
Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty Posted: 2014-02-10/Under: Learning (tips&tricks) Computer constructionDuh CasalinuxMatjaž Ugovše Usually we link the word poverty with lack of food, water, clothing and dwelling. But in the age of digital communication, the lack of a connection to internet or even computer can lead to digital poverty. Being in digital poverty can also lead to a lack of above […]
News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. Towards a True Democracy After three years of turmoil, Tunisia has the Arab world’s most progressive constitution. Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) has approved a new constitution […]
News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. About Pedro Gutierrez The certainty that a World War on Democracy was going on and we, the people, were unaware of it was keeping me up at […]
Pirates nominate Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for Nobel peace prize February 3, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News Representatives in the EU parliament from the Pirate Party of Sweden (Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström) as well as parliamentarians from the Pirate Party of Iceland (Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jón Þór Ólafsson and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson) have conjointly nominated the American… Chelsea […]
Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 February 3, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic What is Special 301? When Intellectual Property protection was pushed into trade rules, the U.S. created a unilateral policy of enforcement. Every year the U.S. Trade Representatives rate every country’s level of Intellectual Property protection, such as creating law to punish file sharing […]
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