The Pirate Movement on Facebook and Twitter – November 2012 December 10, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News During the month of November the Pirate movement grew with 63.957 followers on Facebook and 12.364 followers on twitter. This brings the total amount of people following a pirate party on Facebook or twitter to 661.852 people. The statistics were gathered on 5 […]
Hipsters vs Pirates. Is there a difference? December 6, 2012 · by Anouk Neeteson · in Guest Opinion HipstersHipsters were born from the counter-culture. In the past decade the hipster movement has grown and has gradually moved from periphery into the mainstream of society. When punk became plastic and the hip hop lost their momentum for social change, the remaining counter-cultures merged together into a […]
Dutch Pirates Elect New Core Team November 30, 2012 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly 25 November 2012 the “Piratenpartij Nederland” (Pirate Party Netherlands) convened their annual general assembly. Well attended by over 60 Pirates, they elected several positions of the PPNL Core Team. Open positions included Audit Committee, Presidium and Members Council. There was in all cases positive, neutral or negative vote […]
Dutch Pirates Elect New Core Team November 30, 2012 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly Over 60 Pirates attended the annual meeting of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands on 25 November 2012. They elected members to their “Core Team” and although some positions remained vacant they developed a way to enable people who, although not gaining enough votes to gain a position, […]
Dutch Pirates Elect New Core Team November 30, 2012 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly Over 60 Pirates attended the annual meeting of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands on 25 November 2012. They elected members to their “Core Team” and although some positions remained vacant they developed a way to enable people who, although not gaining enough votes to gain a position, […]
German Pirates pull through on issues despite struggle with formalities November 28, 2012 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly Last weekend, the Pirate Party of Germany held their second federal party convention of 2012 in the Ruhr city of Bochum, Northrhine Westphalia. Over 2000 registered Pirates from all over the country came to discuss and vote on motions for the party manifesto. The […]
Stunning Rise of Electoral Influence for Pirates de Catalunya November 27, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election A very good campaign that attracted the attention of people, which can be seen in their elections results as well as the greatly increased followers in social media, gave Pirates de Catalunya a rise to their electoral influence. In the early elections for local parliament held […]
Iceland has a Pirate Party November 25, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Interview On Saturday 24 November 2012 Iceland Pirates voted the newest Pirate Party into existence. PP-IS Pirate Eva Þuríðardóttir told the Pirate Times;“We were all so excited finally the day was here, an Icelandic Pirate party the air was electric both figuratively and literally speaking, it has been such a joy […]
Mediagoblin: Media hosting done right November 21, 2012 · by Loïc · in Pirate Topic Do you share videos, sounds, pictures or 3D models? If so, you probably had to create accounts for countless sites, one for each medium. Every single one of them is run by a different private company with its own agenda and onerous user agreements that you have to trust for […]
UK Pirates Get a Good Result in Manchester By-Election November 18, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The United Kingdom Pirate Party had a good result in the recent by-election held on 15 November 2012 in the city of Manchester. The seat in Manchester Central was left vacant after the sitting Member of Parliament, Tony Lloyd of the Labour Party, resigned to become Police […]
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