Dear Pirates, It is almost the end of the year, and thus it is time to start preparing for our final General Assembly of 2020. We are pleased to announce that our end-of-year General Assembly will take place the first weekend of December: Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th, beginning at 10:00 UTC/11:00 CET both days. The communication channel will be open from 09:00 […]
Invite: SCULL Meeting #4, Internal Party Structure and Management
Hello again, Pirates! It’s time for another SCULL meeting, aka, the PPI Standing Committee on Universal Liason on Party Labour! We happily invite you to the 4th SCULL meeting this year. When: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 at 18:30 UTC/20:30 CEST/14:30 EDT. Where: Big Blue Button https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v We look forward to continuing the conversation about the everyday work that goes into running a Pirate Party. In […]
Invitation: SCURVY meeting #2!
Invitation to the Second Meeting of the Pirate Parties International Standing Committee on Usual Requisitions of Various Yields (SCURVY) We would like to invite you to the second meeting of PPI‘s SCURVY to be conducted online, Thursday, August 27th, 2020 from 19:00 – 21:00 CEST in Big Blue Button – https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Who should attend: international coordinators, finance officers. We have initiated the SCURVY meetings […]
Standing Committee on Universal Liason on Party Labour (SCULL), Meeting #3 – Democracy Tools
Dear Pirates, We are happy to announce the third meeting of the Standing Committee on Universal Liason on Party Labour, aka SCULL! When: Wednesday, July 22nd at 18:00 UTC/20:00 CEST Where: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v If you have been to a SCULL meeting before, you know that this is a standing committee focusing on inter-party cooperation and the day to day work of a running a […]
ECHR: Network blocking in Russia violates human rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR/ECtHR) in its judgment recognized the practice of blocking in Russia as incompatible with Articles 10 (the right to freedom of expression) and 13 (the right to a fair trial) of the European Charter of Human Rights. Gregory Engels, Representative for International Cooperation and City Councillor of the Pirate Party of Germany in Offenbach, has brought an action before […]
REMINDER: PPI SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOMORROW!
Hello Pirates! Just a reminder that TOMORROW, Saturday, May 30th we will be holding our online Spring General Assembly! WOOOOOOO!! You can find a copy of the agenda, as well as proposed statute amendments and motions on Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/online-ga-may-2020/19 The GA will take place in the Pirate Party of Norway’s Zoom room, which we will open at 10:00am CEST: https://zoom.us/j/9303627084. We will begin the GA […]
Announcement: Spring General Assembly 2020!
Greetings Pirates, A few months have passed since our General Assembly in December. The PPI board, along with the Pirate community at large, have been working hard. In addition to ongoing projects, regular online meetings and social events, we have increased activities and communication with our members through the launch of 4 standing committees. We are examining the ways that we can provide practical support […]
Invitation to the Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement (SCENE)
Dear Pirates, It is time to launch yet another standing committee! We happily invite you to the first meeting of the Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement, also known as SCENE. When: Monday, April 20th, 2020 at 20:20 CEST [yes, really at 20:20, just to switch things up ;)] Where: https://zoom.us/j/513729528 As the name suggests, the focus of this standing committee is public relations and […]
Stop the Violence in Chile!
Stop the Violence in Chile! The Pirate Party of Chile (PPCL) is calling on other Pirate parties to intercede with their governments to demand an end to violence against citizens and the state of emergency from the government of President Sebastián Piñera in Chile. They ask us to be attentive to what is happening and to help spread the news as it emerges. Please communicate […]
PPI General Assembly 2019: Callout for hosts!
Dear Pirates, It’s that time again! PPI is starting to prepare its 2019 annual General Assembly. The board is reaching out toward you, the member parties, to ask whether you would like to host this year’s GA. It is not very often that we are able to get all of us in the same place, so GAs are a great and invaluable opportunity for exactly […]