The Pirates of the Czech Republic have become a shining success story of the global Pirate movement, becoming the third largest party in the national legislature with 22 Members of Parliament, as well as getting 262 local council representatives elected, and winning enough support to appoint the mayor of Prague (Zdeněk Hřib). Mr. Hřib is the first Pirate mayor of a capital city anywhere in […]
Invitation to the 7th General Assembly for Pirate Parties International
We are exited to invite you to the 2018 General Assembly of the Pirate Parties International, which will be held November 3rd and 4th 2018 in Munich, Germany. It will be hosted by Piraten Bayern/Bavaria at their offices in Schopenhauer Str. 71 Feel free to watch a video about the facilities here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIWnaY-_Amg In order to sign up for the GA, please send us an email to board@pp-international.net […]
Pirates at the UN, Making Internet a Human Right
On July 16 and 17, Pirate Parties International (PPI) participated in events of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to promote the need for free universal internet access. The ideology behind this goal is to promote freedom of information and communication around the world, so no one is left behind. The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the […]
‘The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age’ – for the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dr. Keith Goldstein, Dr. Ohad Shem Tov, and Mr. Dan Prazeres – April 9, 2018 Presented on behalf of Pirate Parties International Headquarters, a UN ECOSOC Consultative Member, for the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Our Dystopian Present Living in modern society, we are profiled. We accept the necessity to hand over intimate details about ourselves to proper authorities and presume they will […]
Pirates at the United Nations
On May 21st and 22nd, a group of five pirates from around the world visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 6th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF). This was the first meeting we attended as a designated consultative member of the ECOSOC committee. The event featured discussions from numerous prominent parliamentarians and NGO leaders. Representatives from the US […]
Letter from the Pirate Party of Slovenia – Pirate conference and upcoming election
Hello fellow Pirates! Slovenia is holding parliamentary elections on the 27th of May or 3rd of June! There will be a referendum about the construction of a railroad line (don’t ask) just before that – on May 13th. The Pirates will naturally be running on this election. We’re poling at 3.5% (the threshold for entering the parliament is 4%) and our polling agent tells us […]
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 […]
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 […]
Call for Speakers, Sponsors, and Participants for Think Twice Three (TT3): March 2-4, 2018 in Jerusalem
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 […]
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 […]
