Meme culture is great! Pirates love memes. Memes help people share ideas and jokes. But some greedy corporate content creators attack those who create memes. They sue individuals who create memes with no profit intention whatsoever. We must fight back against this! One clear case happened in Germany: https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article256383242/internetphaenomen-carlsen-verlag-verbietet-conni-memes-und-verschickt-abmahnungen.html Fans made memes of the children´s book character Conni. The publisher sent cease and desist letters. They […]
PPI at the International Labor Organization Conference
PPI´s main delegate in at the UN Office of Geneva, Carlos Polo, attended the 113th International Labour Organization Conference. The event took place in June 2-13, 2025. The ILO predates the UN, and it has a very important place in history. It was founded when World War One came to a close with the Treaty of Versailles. It became the first specialized agency of the […]
Hack The Promise Festival Basel 2024: Reflections on Truth, Uncertainty, and the Digital Society
The Hack The Promise Festival in Basel has firmly established itself as a pivotal platform where international experts, activists, and engaged communities come together for interdisciplinary discussions on the social, political, and technical challenges of digital transformation. The 2024 festival revolved around the theme “fact/fake/fiction,” exploring how truth, fiction, and manipulation increasingly intertwine in digital spaces and what this means for democratic societies. At last […]
Online event: Going sustainable – Is the energy transition possible?
The energy sector is key to becoming sustainable. Moving away from fossil fuels to renewable energy would eliminate the majority of human caused CO2 emissions and enable other sectors to reduce their footprint. But is it possible to convert an industrialized nation to 100% renewable energy? What about renewable energy drought? The sun does not shine at night! Is there even enough space to […]
Reviewing PPI´s Participation at the Internet Governance Forum
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) just ended, and PPI was lucky enough to host a workshop and have several representatives on site, together with our colleagues from PPEU. We have participated in this event for numerous years consecutively and view this forum as one of our main avenues to influence transnational governance on an issue that is very important to us, the Internet. This was […]
Escalating Conflict in the Middle East: A Call for Peace and Diplomacy
We at Pirate Parties International (PPI) observe the recent escalation between Israel and Iran with profound concern. Israel claims to have launched preemptive strikes targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities. However, the Netanyahu regime is already engaged in a devastating war in Gaza, and its military actions appear driven more by the political survival and legacy of his leadership. The international community deserves clear evidence […]
Reflections from the 34th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Side Event at UNOV
Last month PPI’s United Nations Office at Vienna main representative Kay Schroeder attended a side event co-hosted by Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime during the 34th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The event focused on the use of neurotechnologies in criminal justice. PPI is closely monitoring these conversations out of our concern that overzealous institutions will use these […]
PPI Fundraiser for IGF
Dear Friends of the Pirate Community, PPI is heading again to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this time in Norway. The IGF is a UN event that brings together a large number of governments and non-profit organizations. PPI has attended the IGF for about 10 years now. As part of our effort to attend the event, we are conducting a fundraiser to collect up to […]
Board Meeting Review and Upcoming Meetings
Ahoy Pirates, Our next PPI board meeting will take place on 24.06.2025 at 20:00 UTC / 22:00 CEST. Prior to that meeting on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 14:00 UTC in the same Jitsi board room, we will hold a special IGF SCUBA working group meeting. All official PPI proceedings, Board meetings included, are open to the public. Feel free to stop by. We’ll be happy […]
Resilience in Germany: A Fragile State of Preparedness
Germany’s ability to ensure societal resilience has significantly declined in recent decades according to political scientist and PPI alternate board member Schoresch Davoodi. In a working paper, he warns that political complacency and socio-economic mismanagement expose the country to multifaceted vulnerabilities. Germany celebrated the stability of the 1990s and early 2000s without preparing for the disruptive forces of digital transformation, globalization, and geopolitical shifts. The […]
