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Israel Elections on April 9th. Pirates breaking the threshold!

KG April 2, 2019 February 18, 2020

The Pirate Party of Israel is participating in national elections, which will take place on April 9th, and they don’t stand a chance. However, this does not keep them from promoting change in society, and they are running a fierce campaign suggesting a way to break past barriers between the public and policy makers and overturn the system. Democracy in Israel is taking a turn for the worse. The main political parties are trying to crush the small parties that represent minorities and consolidate their own power by raising the threshold to be elected to the Knesset (parliament) from 1 (1%) in 1988 to 2 (2%) in 2003 to an …

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The Pirate Party in Finland – Parliamentary Elections 2019

Bailey Lamon March 29, 2019 March 29, 2019

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 Party of Finland: @Piraattipuolue You can donate to PPFI’s election campaign here: piraattipuolue.fi/lahjoita On behalf of PPI, we wish the Pirate Party of Finland all the best during their upcoming elections! —————————————————————————————————————————— The Pirate Party of Finland celebrated it’s ten year anniversary last May. This …

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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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CEEP Signing in Luxembourg

KG February 16, 2019 February 21, 2019

On Saturday February 9 2019, Pirate representatives from over ten European countries met in Luxembourg to once again, after five years, sign the Common European Election Programme for the upcoming European Parliament election, which will take place this May. The Pirates are confident that we shall largely increase our representation from the current brilliant but only one MEP from Germany, Julia Reda. The most likely countries to send their Pirate representatives to the European Parliament after this election are Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Germany, while multiple other Pirate Parties across the Old Continent remain hopeful they might get in as well. The PPI expresses its undying support in this …

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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 …

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PPI visits the Pirates of Czech Republic!

KG November 17, 2018 November 18, 2018

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 the world. This week PPI board members held personal talks with the Czech Pirate Party’s chairperson (MP Ivan Bartos), vice chairperson (MP Mikuláš Peksa), and others (Vice-speaker of Parliament MP Vojtěch Pikal and MP Jan Lipavský). We learned about their activities and discussed collaborative efforts towards achieving …

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Invitation to the 7th General Assembly for Pirate Parties International

Raymond Johansen August 29, 2018 September 17, 2018

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 with your information or fill out the following form: https://lime.ppi.rocks/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=133487 To participate remotely you can do so through Zoom, our video conference solution. Guests will be able to watch the conference on Youtube. Please have up to 6 delegates register at this address: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/25181d23d2881b15c5b9141539e44ee6 Furthermore we …

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Pirates at the UN, Making Internet a Human Right

KG July 23, 2018 July 23, 2018

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 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of PPI as a consultative ECOSOC member. During the discussions the voice of the Pirate Parties International was heard, and there was a general agreement that freedom of …

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‘The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age’ – for the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Raymond Johansen July 8, 2018 July 8, 2018

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 keep this information secure- only to be used under the most egregious cases with legal justifications. Parents provide governments with information about their children to obtain necessary services, such as health care. We reciprocate the forfeiture of our intimate details by accepting the fine print …