Birgitta Jónsdóttir | PirateTimes – Part 2
PPGR Would Like a Pirate MP on September 20
Elections have been announced for Greece in about three weeks. This leaves a very short time for preparation and a big monetary strain on small parties. Pirate Times interviewed Thanasis Gounaris, chairman of the Board of Pirate Party of Greece, about…
In A True Democracy Referenda Should Be The Rule Not The Exception
A crucial referendum will be held in Greece this coming Sunday, 5 July 2015. Greeks have to decide whether they accept the proposal of the institutions (ex-troika). Alexis Tsipras, prime minister of Greece, called people to vote “no” by saying…
Birgitta’s Jónsdóttir: We, the People, are the System
Birgitta Jónsdóttir’s speech, ‘We, the People, are the System’, was delivered at the TEDx Reykjavik event held on 16 May 2015. Birgitta tells us why the small island country of Iceland needs a Pirate led government. She also explains why the…
New Brazilian Law Strips Citizen’s Rights
Marco Civil da Internet: Don’t Believe the Hype In 2012 a general director of Google was arrested in Brazil. Since then, this big corporation has invested millions of dollars in lobbying the Brazilian congress, political, academic institutions (like FGV, the…
Icelandic Pirates: PPIS Vote to Leave PPI and Birgitta only Politician to increase in Trust
Following the Pirate Parties of Australia and the United Kingdom, the Pirate Party of Iceland overwhelmingly voted to leave Pirate Parties International. Arnaldur Sigurðarson, member of the Pirate executive council, told the Pirate Times that the vote was 96.56% in…
Birgitta Jónsdottir will advocate for Freedom of Internet in Prague
The Pirate member of the Althing( the Icelandic national parliament), Birgitta Jónsdottir, is going to visit Prague on 24 January 2015 to deliver a message about freedom of the press and freedom on the Internet: The event is being organized…
New Zealand’s Election Results
For many in New Zealand and overseas the Internet Party was the “stand-in” for the ailing Pirate Party of New Zealand. It shared many policies with the international Pirate Movement in the areas of human rights, whistle-blower protection, net politics,…
Think Twice 2 – A Conference to Bring Academics into Politics
This past weekend the second Think Twice conference took place in Istanbul. The Think Twice conferences are organised to build bridges between Pirates, academics and NGOs. The first was held in Frankfurt am Main earlier this year. The program for…
PPAU Congress: Unhappy with PPI – will they form 5 Eye Patches?
The Australian Pirates are paragons of democracy. Following their general assembly in Brisbane on 19-20 July 2014 we had to wait for the results until now, as all Australian Pirates can vote on motions and candidates whether they attend the physical…
Pirate Party of Australia Congress in Brisbane
In the coming weekend of 19-20 July 2014 the Australian Pirates will be holding their annual congress in the city of Brisbane. They will be electing a national board and voting on policy and statutes. Due to the large size…
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