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Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass… European Pirates: A Common Programme for European Elections October 29, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News European Pirates are building the foundations of a pioneering movement, one that is unique in history, by compiling a common political agenda that links pirate ideology to real life. After the manifesto …

Pirates Fighting Estonian Municipal Elections October 13, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Municipal elections in Estonia started already on 10 October 2013 using e-voting and will culminate on 20 October with traditional paper ballots and the Estonian Pirate Party is taking part. Ten Pirate candidates are running in election coalitions and one Pirate is… Record Labels = $4.5 Billion / Pirates = $0. Not True At All October 12, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Editorial Opinion The debate of piracy can be a fairly complex topic. With numerous actors and issues involved, arguments can quite easily obscure the truth in favor of fallacies and simplifications. Elections in …

PP Norway got 0.3% in National Election and 750.000+ Euros September 19, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News For a political party that is only a year old getting 0.3% in their first election is a good result. The Pirate Party of Norway managed to get 9.868 votes of the total 2.848.986 votes resulting in 0.3%. PPNO are pleased… Swedish Pirate Party Plans Convention to Prepare for EU Elections September 18, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The year 2014 is the year of elections for the European Union. The Swedish Pirate Party is now planning on how to keep their two …

Solving Democracy Through Technology: Introducing Wasa2il September 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Pirates have been designing policies and software that have the aim of bringing citizen participation into politics using technology and the internet as a platform. Many Pirate Parties are implementing liquid feedback systems internally such as PPDE which uses it as a sort of running straw-poll of membership opinion or PPIT which scrapped its boar in favour of letting its membership make decisions via liquid feedback. Liquid feedback is not without its critics and there are plenty of Pirate Programmers out there working on developing improved models. Spanish MP Gave Power to the …