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Call to Action: Support for Pirates During EU Elections!

Bailey Lamon March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019

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 Piratenpartij Utrecht (PPU) has already started their own initiative: A social media campaign to support pirates online in their own country. So let’s make it happen! Join the PPU initiative below or start your own campaign! Quote: Message received from Maarten van der Pol, chair …

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PPI Official Statement: Supporting the Fight Against the EU Copyright Directive

Bailey Lamon March 20, 2019 February 18, 2020

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 of life and many of them are Pirates, in some cases representing and working through their national parties, in other cases working independently or with other digital and human rights groups. Some are affiliated with Anonymous. Many are simply concerned citizens. Pirate Parties International …

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Call to Action: Dutch Pirates invite the international community to join Catalan political prisoner campaign

Bailey Lamon November 30, 2018 February 18, 2020

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 are set to start in January 2019. Furthermore we encourage all Pirates to come up with ideas or take part in actions that will amplify what is about to happen. The PPI board thanks our Dutch sisters and brothers for their initiative and would like …