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Pirate Times – Part 77

You can participate in European politics August 13, 2012 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News In the last week of June, a group of 20 young pirates from Germany traveled to Brussels for a visit to the European Parliament and the European Commission. The group had many meetings with lobbyists and representatives of different organizations… How Sweden Found an Effective Way of Broadening their Politics August 13, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Learning (tips&tricks) In less than two years the Swedish Pirate Party has grown from a single-issue movement to an all-encompassing party with a growing political platform. All of this was achieved through a …

Happy Birthday Pirate Times! 1 Year of Pirate News | PirateTimes

Happy Birthday Pirate Times! 1 Year of Pirate News August 13, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Our first news article was published here on Pirate Times one year ago. The two first articles we published on 13 August  2012 was “How Sweden found an effective way of broadening their politics” and “You can participate in European politics”. Since then we have covered most of the pirate elections that have taken place the past year. We reported on conferences and general assemblies of national and international Pirate Parties and organisations. We have seen the pirate movement grow and seen several historic “firsts” for the Pirate movement: the first …

An Open Letter From Pirate Party Brazil About Their Progress | PirateTimes

An Open Letter From Pirate Party Brazil About Their Progress August 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News An open letter from the Pirate Party Brazil, explaining their progress. Translation by Josef Ohlsson Collentine — OPEN LETTER NUMBER 1, 2013 PIRATES, Our journey began in 2007 when a small group of people, inspired by the Pirate Party of Sweden, decided to join together to create the Pirate Party of Brazil. Since then it took six years and many events passed for us to reach for us to reach the foundation of Pirate Party Brazil in Recife, the Capital of Pernambucana, on July 28, 2012. From …

Ype | PirateTimes

Young Pirates of Europe Has Been Founded August 9, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News Today the international organization Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) was founded by its eight founding members: the Young Pirates of Sweden, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Flanders, Norway and Belarus. The reason a European organization instead of an international one is because…   Contact / Tips contact@piratetimes.net Pirate Times is an international news service about the pirate movement. The Newsletter will collect the news bi-weekly for you. Subscribe All Content (not specified) is CC-BY 2013 PirateTimes. Please link back to us. International Pirate News: #ppint Search Calendar of the PPI Recent …

The Game of Politics, Pursuit of power over people manual | PirateTimes

The Game of Politics : Book Review August 3, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Book Review If you have never read a book on politics before then this one, being easy to read and follow, is the one to start with. “The Game of Politics” – Pursuit of power over people game manual. Author: Jón Thór Ólafsson, one of the first three Pirates to be elected to a national parliament in Iceland in April 2013. Jón Thór has a political science degree and was on the PPIS campaign committee that realised the historic electoral victory in the last election. He worked as the parliamentary assistant for Birgitta Jónsdóttir when she was an …

2013 July | PirateTimes

UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In Russia “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are direct attack on internet freedom, according to the Russian Pirate Party and they are organizing a series …

UK Prime Minister calls for Web Blocking | PirateTimes

UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. The Prime Minister also demanded that Search companies (such as Google, Yahoo and Bing) do more to block images of child abuse, including the blocking of search terms. Announcements such as this do not come as much of a surprise to many activists and campaigners in the UK, …

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws | PirateTimes

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News While Europe and the US are still coming to terms with the implications of Edward Snowden’s revelations, we should not forget that it is not only in the West that hard-won freedoms are being attacked by authoritarian governments. In Russia, “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are a direct attack on internet freedom according to the Russian Pirate Party, who are organising a series of actions, together with allied activists, with four main tactics. Tactic One The first is a protest meeting-concert that will be held on 28 …

Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom | PirateTimes

Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom July 3, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 18 June 2013 a joint conference titled  “Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom” was organized by MEPs Pawel Zalewski (EPP) and Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA). The aim of the conference was to discuss the role of the Internet and social media in revolutions for building civil societies. The conference was held as a two hour panel debate with the help of several invited guests: Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisian blogger), Gürkan Özturan  (Turkish blogger), Katarzyna Szymielewicz (President od Panoptykon Foundation) and Jarosław Lipszyc (President of Nowoczesna Polska Foundation). The use …

2013 June | PirateTimes – Part 2

Flattr Appreciation During May Euro 20.49 June 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In May we had 41 things flattred by 15 unique users. In total we were flattred 81 times last month and received Euro 20.49 in support for our work. Pirates Rally to Support Whistle-blower Edward Snowden June 11, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a video interview Edward simply stated that he did not want to live in a world where everything he does or says is recorded. US foes, allies and even its own citizens are now the victims of an espionage network that spans …

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