New Pirate Times

New Pirate Times

P-review | PirateTimes

P-review February 19, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News This is the first of a new feature in the Pirate Times.  A regular review of the what the Pirate Times brought you in the previous week from Monday to Sunday plus some things we did not cover and a look at events in the week ahead. The week in review 11- 17 February 2013 February 11 How to Make a school tour with pirate politics Bringing the Pirate Message to the next generation in schools. Students are open to our brand of politics. We show you how to go about it. February 13We celebrated our 6 month’s birthday We …

Iceland’s Pirate Party Leader Plans Risky Trip to USA | PirateTimes

Iceland’s Pirate Party Leader Plans Risky Trip to USA February 2, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News Into the Lion’s Den Pirate Party Iceland’s Birgitta Jónsdóttir will travel to the USA early in April 2013, at great risk to her own liberty, to bring attention to the fact that whistle blower Bradley Manning has been held for over 1000 days without charge. The Icelandic government and her own lawyers have strongly advised her not to go but she says in her Icelandic blog “I have decided that it is impossible to live my life in such a way that, as a member of parliament and of …

2013 January | PirateTimes

Using Video in the Pirate Cause January 30, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the most effective ways to get the Pirate message across is by video. Pirat.cat Z was the most watched video of any in the recent elections in Catalonia. This was produced by talented Pirates for very little outlay. Mumble – The English Speaking Salon January 28, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) If there is one thing that facilitates communication between international Pirates it is the English language. Love it or hate it most collaborative activities are conducted in English. Pirate Parties …

2013 January | PirateTimes – Part 2

Copyright campaign against LEGO January 16, 2013 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News As a result of an election spot used by the Czech Pirate Party the party found themself confronted with a preliminary injunction to take this spot down. While they are waiting for the court ruling they started a campaign against LEGO. The Pirate Party of Russia Refused Registration Again January 14, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Russian Ministry of Justice had refused to register PPRU again. Because “using in the name the word “pirate” that allegedly does not conform to the party’s goals and objectives “. The Russian …

Using Video in the Pirate Cause | PirateTimes

Using Video in the Pirate Cause January 30, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the most effective ways to get the Pirate message across is by video. Pirat.cat Z  was the most watched video of any in the recent elections in Catalonia. This was produced by talented Pirates for a very little outlay. Another notable example of Pirate produced video is the docu-series “#exile6e” which is available on the Piratpartiet (Swedish Pirate Party) channel under a CC BY license. Pirate Times writer Anton Nordenfur  reported  on the series in October 2012 when it was basically starting out. It is made by …

Mumble, hanging out and speaking with other pirates | PirateTimes

Mumble – The English Speaking Salon January 28, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) If there is one thing that facilitates communication between international Pirates it is the English language. Love it or hate it and despite the fact that the majority Pirate languages are German and Swedish, most collaborative activities are conducted in English. As the growing world-wide Pirate Movement expands into new countries and involves more people from diverse cultures we need as many means of communication as possible. The Pirate Times is, of course one such medium, as are the international conferences and workshops organised by our parent organisation Pirate Parties International.However most of …

Slovenia has net neutrality, but an Orwellian police state | PirateTimes

Slovenia enacted net neutrality, but almost made a step toward Orwellian police state January 26, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News These days Slovenia is under the pressure of constant protests against corrupt politicians and a government crisis which pushed everything else to the edge of media attention. Even the enactment of the Electronic Communication Act (ZEKom-1) which almost gave authorities a right to unconstitutionally snoop on Slovenian citizens. It all began at the beginning of June when the European Commission (EC) decided to ask the European Court of Justice to fine Slovenia because it did not implement revised EU telecom rules . The Slovenian minister …

UK on EU “We will not benefit from antagonising neighbours” | PirateTimes

UK/EU Debate – PPUK: “We will not benefit from antagonising neighbours” January 25, 2013 · by Dominic Guhl · in Interview In the debate on the future of UK and EU, PPUK Leader Loz Kaye outlined a pirates’ vision of a citizens’ Europe in an interview with PirateTimes. In his opinion, Cameron’s initiative sounded threatful to some EU members. The vision of the PPUK for Europe could push the reforms into a complete other direction than Cameron would probably wish. However, PPUK has withdrawn from PPEU founding process, Kaye said in the interview. Loz Kaye has been Leader of Pirate Party UK since september 2010. He has stood for election …

Pirates ran in 2013 Israeli elections and the results | PirateTimes

Pirates ran in 2013 Israeli Elections January 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The number of Pirate Parties in the world is constantly growing and in some countries there are more than one. This is the case in Israel but only one, הפיראטים, managed to register and take part in the elections held on 22 January 2013. They did not reach the hoped for 2% hurdle that would bring them a place  in the 120 seat Knesset but with, at the time of writing, 2,408 votes and so 0.07% of the votes they have a respectable result for a party of  about 300 members. The Israeli Pirates registered …

Lower Saxony Pirates Fail to Gain Seats in State Parliament | PirateTimes

Lower Saxony Pirates Fail to Gain Seats in State Parliament January 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Hundreds of Lower Saxony Pirates, together with Pirates from other Germans states and many from at least 14 other countries, gathered in Hanover to watch the results come in. As stated in our earlier article, the polls were showing 3-4% of the conservative leaning Lower Saxon voters were intending to vote Pirate.This was down from the 8% in May 2012  but hearts were hopeful. Pirate faces dropped in disbelief and tears began to flow as the first estimates gave the Pirate Party a mere 1.8%. As the results came in …

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