Month: <span>October 2017</span>
Month: October 2017

Press Release: Czech Pirates Celebrate Success in Parliamentary Elections

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 …

Congratulations Czech Pirate Party!

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 …

ANNOUNCEMENT: PPI General Assembly 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 …

NEW: PPI Activist & Member Meeting on Zoom this Saturday

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 …

Pirate Parties worldwide support Catalan Pirates against censorship

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 …

Introducing PPI Zoom meetings – taking collaboration to a new level

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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