2017 – Pirate Parties International

UPDATE: Final Preparations for PPI General Assembly Tomorrow

Bailey Lamon November 24, 2017 November 24, 2017

Hello, fellow Pirates! The PPI board has been finishing last-minute preparation for this weekend’s General Assembly, and everything is almost in place. We are very much looking forward to connecting with all of you. Through your motions and statute proposals we will make changes to the functioning of PPI itself. You will also be able to nominate anyone you like for board positions, including vice-chair and alternates. But most importantly, we will have Pirates from all over the world talking to one another, updating each other on what we are doing in our respective countries, and making plans for the future of our international union. As per the emails you …

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Press Release: Czech Pirates Celebrate Success in Parliamentary Elections

Bailey Lamon October 31, 2017 March 10, 2018

Here is the English press release about the Czech Elections from the Czech Pirate Party. It was shared by Markéta Gregorová, PPCZ’s International Coordinator who encourages us all to share far and wide, as well as re-publish on our websites. The original document can be found here: https://pad.pirati.cz/p/r.f4c24297d92282acd042249cc75e59ca The Pirates recorded a historic success. With 10.79% of the vote in elections to the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, they gained 22 seats out of 200 overall. They thus became the third strongest party in the Czech republic. There was already a celebratory atmosphere in the Pirates’ campaign headquarters as the vote was being counted. In his …

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Congratulations Czech Pirate Party!

KG October 23, 2017 March 10, 2018

PPI extends heartfelt congratulations to our friends at the Czech Pirate Party, who achieved a phenomenal result in the 2017 national Czech legislative elections. The Czech Pirate Party won 10.79% of the vote and is now the third largest party in the country! Pirates are a global movement, and the Czech Pirate Party has been a great contributor towards the movement. They hosted the 2012 Pirate Conference, one of the most successful Pirate conferences ever, and they are active participants in PPI GAs and events. We are honored to have PPCZ as a member, and we look forward to witnessing their future accomplishments. There is a long road ahead, and …

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ANNOUNCEMENT: PPI General Assembly 2017

Raymond Johansen October 22, 2017 October 22, 2017

Greetings Pirates and Concerned Citizens of the World We hereby announce that the second 2017 GA will be held on November 25th and 26th. Further details about the GA are outlined below. We encourage member parties to send us a list of delegates. This will be a hybrid General Assembly, meaning that the majority of participants will participate online. We look forward to seeing you all soon. == Hybrid General Assembly PPI 2017 – Geneva, Switzerland == At the last two GAs our members have, naturally, been critical because remote delegates were unable to participate properly and were essentially treated as second-class participants. PPI is a global organisation and there is simply no way we can …

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NEW: PPI Activist & Member Meeting on Zoom this Saturday

Bailey Lamon October 16, 2017 October 16, 2017

Hello Pirates and Activists! You are invited to an online activism meeting organized by Pirate Parties International. The meeting will take place on Saturday, October.21st at 15:00 CEST/9:00am EDT. Thank you to everyone who filled out the poll to help us decide on the meeting time. At this meeting we will be discussing the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and potentially planning some actions around it. Other topics include the situation in Catalonia, and the PPI General Assembly in November. In addition to all of this, everyone is welcome to share stories and updates about what is happening in your country and what your local Pirates …

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Pirate Parties worldwide support Catalan Pirates against censorship

Thomas Gaul October 11, 2017 October 28, 2017

Common press release of Pirate Parties worldwide Català Español Français Svenska Český Deutsch Nederlands English Türkçe العربية русский язык We, the Pirate Parties and NGOs of the Pirate movement around the world, express our solidarity with the Catalan Pirates whose websites about the Referendum of Self Determination campaign and the use of Tor are currently being censored by the Spanish authorities. Additionally, we express our solidarity with all citizens of Catalonia who have been met with violent state repression for exercising their democratic right to vote in the independence referendum. We denounce all political censorship. The internet censorship by Spanish authorities is an unacceptable violation of human rights and political …

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Introducing PPI Zoom meetings – taking collaboration to a new level

Raymond Johansen October 2, 2017 October 2, 2017

Pirate Parties International’s mission statement points towards us attempting to help our members cooperate between countries and continents. We also focus strongly on transparency in our own operation. Therefore we have decided to test out a technical platform that brings us together despite the number of miles between us. We have chosen to start using Zoom.us video conference solution. Zoom has video, audio, blackboard, chat, screen sharing, polling and annotations. Furthermore it lets us record all of those interactions. When we choose, it is end to end encrypted. What sets Zoom apart is that we can talk with video with up to 100 participants. During our testing we have found that …

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Call for Speakers, Sponsors, and Participants for Think Twice Three (TT3): March 2-4, 2018 in Jerusalem

KG July 26, 2017 October 10, 2017

Think Twice Conference III: The Jerusalem Forum on Online Freedom and Global Cooperation The Think Twice Conference (TT3) will bring academics, IT professionals, nonprofit and governmental organizations, and social activists together to present and discuss solutions towards creating a free and fair online regime. Prior Think Twice conferences were held in 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany and in 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. The event is sponsored by Pirate Parties International, and numerous leaders of Pirate Parties from around the world will be attending and speaking. This event is open to the public, as well as members of other organizations who seek to debate policies that respect net neutrality and human rights. The …

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#HowTo Mumble with Pirates and Activists in PPI

Raymond Johansen July 6, 2017 August 27, 2017

For our online meetings we use a program called Mumble. Mumble is open source voice chat software. Once you have installed this program on your computer or mobile device you can login to a server. Here you will see a list of rooms in which you can meet other people to talk with. If you have no mic, don’t worry, because Mumble also has a text chat channel.

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International Coordination Meeting-July 6th, 2017

Bailey Lamon July 2, 2017 August 28, 2017

Dear Pirates, The PPI board is happy to announce our first monthly meeting for International Coordinators and Pirate Activists! This meeting will take place on Thursday, July.6th at 8pm CEST. You can see how this matches up to your timezone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=First+PPI+Activism+Meeting&iso=20170706T20&p1=87. We will meet on the PPI Mumble Server: mumble.piratenpartei-nrw.de, room: international/pirate parties international/board meeting If you cannot make this first meeting, don’t worry because there will be many more. Feel free to suggest some alternative times for future meetings as we are hoping to rotate them as we move forward, and hopefully accommodate everyone who wants to be involved in this initiative. If you are coming to the meeting, take …