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INVITE: Campaigning During COVID-19 Part 2!

Bailey Lamon August 14, 2021 August 14, 2021

Dear Pirates, We are pleased to invite you all to the meeting of our SCENE committee on Saturday, August 21st. The topic for this meeting is “Campaigning During COVID-19” and it is an extension of the meeting we held for the same topic back in February. When: Saturday, August 21st @ 13:00 UTC/15:00 CEST Where: PPI BigBlueButton Room https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Multiple PPI member parties have participated in elections in their countries this year already, and there are several more who are currently preparing to do the same. The pandemic has proven to be a challenge when it comes to campaigning because as we learned in the first meeting, the campaign strategies …

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Monthly Pirate Social + PPI Board Meeting

Bailey Lamon July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021

Hello everyone, On Friday, July 30th at 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST/15:00 EDT we will have our monthly PPI social, also known as “Pirate Beer”. This is an informal gathering for Pirates from around the world to network and socialize. There is no formal agenda. A few days later, there will be a meeting of the PPI board on Wednesday, August 4th at 14:00 UTC/16:00 CEST/10:00 EDT. Feel free to join us in the meeting room or listen through the Pirates On Air live stream: https://piratesonair.net/de/stream/. Both of these meetings will take place in the PPI BigBlueButton room: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v All are welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you!

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The PPI General Assembly is this weekend! Here’s what you need to know!

Bailey Lamon June 28, 2021 June 28, 2021

Dear Pirates, As you know this Saturday, July 3rd 2021 is the day of our mid-year PPI General Assembly. We are excited to connect with you all again and do some catching up as well as make plans for the future! Here are the things you need to know about the GA: Start time: 09:00 UTC, 11:00 CEST Location: Mumble! The server is mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. If you are new to this and have never used Mumble, you can download it here: https://www.mumble.info/ Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This is where we will meet. PPI Board members will be …

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INVITATION: SUMMER GA 2021!

Bailey Lamon May 25, 2021 May 31, 2021

Dear Pirates, As we move further into 2021 we believe it is time for our mid-year General Assembly. We would like the opportunity to meet with our members and check in with one another about what we have been up to since the end of last year. We are excited to invite you to our early-Summer General Assembly, which will take place on Saturday, July 3rd, 2021! The event will begin at 09:00 UTC (11:00 CEST) and will be held entirely online using Mumble, just like last time: mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This will be …

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Elections in Israel with HaPiratim!

KG March 11, 2021 May 11, 2021

HaPiratim! The Pirate Party of Israel is running again in elections! For the 4th time in just over 2 years there are early elections in Israel, making this the 6th time since 2012 that the Pirates will participate in national elections. Dr. Ohad Shem Tov (picture above, right) is leading the list this time, followed by the retired Israeli TV producer and longtime Pirate Dan Biron. The leader of the party in the last elections, Noam Kuzar (picture above, left), is still participating in the list and graciously presented our list to the Knesset (see video below, with English subtitles). Among other policies, the Pirates are campaigning to …

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The PPCZ STAN Coalition

KG January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021

The Czech Pirates approved the coalition agreement with the STAN movement. They are going to the 2021 parliamentary elections together! Prague, January 12 2021 – The Czech Pirates just approved a coalition agreement with the “Mayors and Independents” movement (STAN) in a final vote. They confirmed that they are going together to the upcoming parliamentary elections. Almost 79% of party members supported the proposal. The referendum saw a high turnout of almost 77% of Czech Pirates taking part. “I am very pleased that the members of the Czech Pirate Party have approved the coalition agreement between the Pirates and the STAN movement. It is a very strong mandate which I …

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Freedom To Share is looking for translators quickly!

Olivia November 14, 2020 November 14, 2020

Freedom To Share needs one million signatures! They will start collecting them on November 15th. @darccio from @partit_pirata shares this link where you can go to contribute. The Freedom To Share initiative needs one million signatures calling for protecting the right to share files for personal use and non-profits. They call for the adoption of a legislative act providing for a waiver of copyright, related rights, and sui generis database rights for people sharing files via digital networks for personal use and non-profit purposes. People and fundamental rights must be at the heart of political and legislative decisions. It is, therefore, necessary to change the current rules governing the sharing …

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Contact your EU representatives by TOMORROW’S November 12th deadline to save encryption! Austrian public radio just published a secret draft of a planned Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption.

Olivia November 11, 2020 November 12, 2020

The @EuropeanPirates wants you to take action by TOMORROW’S November 12th deadline by emailing your EU representatives. They have provided template letters in several languages and the email addresses for you to contact by TOMORROW’S deadline. More information, the template letters and email addresses can be found here. Contact your representatives TODAY and by TOMORROW’S deadline to secure your private communications on messenger services such as Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp. Most terrorism attacks we later learn the police and government knew the people involved were a problem as we’re seeing now in Austria and did very little to stop it. Banning encryption would harm people and cost lives. Banning encryption …

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There will be a pre-GA technical test Friday, November 6th, starting at 8:00pm CET.

Olivia November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020

There will be a technical test on November 6th to see if BigBlueButton will work for a General Assembly. The BBB channel can be found here. The times are: 8:00pm CET / 7:00pm UTC / 2:00pm EST It’s important all members send at least 1 delegate to this test. Anyone is welcome to attend and encouraged to do so in order to better test BigBlueButton for next month’s online General Assembly. The General Assembly will be held Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th. Members should visit the General Assembly forum to submit motions, statute amendments and nominations for PPI positions. There is no deadline for registering delegates, submitting motions …

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LIVE Presidential Election Night coverage brought to you by the United States and Massachusetts Pirate Parties on Tuesday, November 3rd!

Olivia November 1, 2020 November 3, 2020

November 3rd Election Night start time begins at: 8:00pm EST / 1:00am UTC / 2:00am CET UPDATE There’s a new streaming link for the election night coverage tonight brought by @USPirates and @MassPirates. When they had tested the stream link before, it had counted as having been recorded which got it to be automatically deleted. James tells me all links now including on the press release on the website I wrote have all been fixed with the new YouTube streaming link included. https://youtu.be/woXE4Q943aM https://blog.pirate-party.us/live-presidential-election-night-coverage-brought-to-you-by-the-united-states-and-massachusetts-pirate-parties-on-tuesday-november-3rd-2/ 8:00pm EST / 1:00am UTC / 2:00am CET ++++ A Pirate Take On The 2020 U.S. Election The United States and Massachusetts Pirate Parties would …