The Parliamentary Election in Finland will take place on Sunday, April.14th, 2019, and the Finnish Pirate Party is going in with a solid chance of getting at least one Pirate elected. With only a couple of weeks to go, here is a campaign update from Saga Nyrén, a first-time candidate in Helsinki. Thank you Saga! Follow Saga on Twitter: @Nyrenia, as well as the Pirate […]
Call to Action: Support for Pirates During EU Elections!
Let’s make it happen! More pirates in the EU Parliament! From the 23rd to the 26th of May, all EU-countries will be having elections again to vote for the European Parliament. The recent copyright directive that has passed is just another confirmation of what we already know: We need pirates in the European Parliament! A local chapter of the Pirate Party of The Netherlands, the […]
PPI Official Statement: Supporting the Fight Against the EU Copyright Directive
For the last several weeks, activists all over the world have been mobilizing against the EU’s proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and the threats it poses to internet freedom and civil liberties, specifically through Articles 11 and 13. This mobilization is working under a couple of different names, including ‘Save Your Internet’ and ‘Stop ACTA2’. Organizers come from all walks […]
Call to Action: Dutch Pirates invite the international community to join Catalan political prisoner campaign
The following is a call to action from Dutch Pirates Rico Brouwer and Saskia Söller. PPI’s function is to facilitate cooperation between Pirates all over the world. We want you, our members as well as non members, to join the Netherlands in helping to make sure that the media in your country is aware of the trials of Catalan political activists and elected officials that […]
UPDATE: Final Preparations for PPI General Assembly Tomorrow
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
International Coordination Meeting-July 6th, 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 […]
Monthly Meetings for International Coordination and Activism!
Hello Pirates! As you will recall if you were at the last PPI General Assembly back in April, there was a discussion about how we really need to meet more regularly. It’s nice to have GAs once in a while, but they’re really not useful when it comes to doing activism together. We need to have regular meetings in order to be able to plan […]
PPI in Support of #PiratesforIceland
Geneva, Switzerland, October 29th, 2016 – This Saturday, October 29th, 2016 is election day in Iceland. As it currently stands, the Pirate Party is polling at 24%, meaning that over 1 in 5 voters are likely to vote Pirate. They are ahead of all the other political parties, including their main opposition, the Independence Party. Regardless of who ends up in […]
