Hack The Promise Festival Basel 2024: Reflections on Truth, Uncertainty, and the Digital Society

Hack The Promise Festival Basel 2024: Reflections on Truth, Uncertainty, and the Digital Society

The Hack The Promise Festival in Basel has firmly established itself as a pivotal platform where international experts, activists, and engaged communities come together for interdisciplinary discussions on the social, political, and technical challenges of digital transformation. The 2024 festival revolved around the theme “fact/fake/fiction,” exploring how truth, fiction, and manipulation increasingly intertwine in digital spaces and what this means for democratic societies. At last […]

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Online event: Going sustainable – Is the energy transition possible?

Online event: Going sustainable – Is the energy transition possible?

  The energy sector is key to becoming sustainable. Moving away from fossil fuels to renewable energy would eliminate the majority of human caused CO2 emissions and enable other sectors to reduce their footprint. But is it possible to convert an industrialized nation to 100% renewable energy? What about renewable energy drought? The sun does not shine at night! Is there even enough space to […]

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PPI Fundraiser for IGF

PPI Fundraiser for IGF

Dear Friends of the Pirate Community, PPI is heading again to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this time in Norway. The IGF is a UN event that brings together a large number of governments and non-profit organizations. PPI has attended the IGF for about 10 years now. As part of our effort to attend the event, we are conducting a fundraiser to collect up to […]

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Resilience in Germany: A Fragile State of Preparedness

Resilience in Germany: A Fragile State of Preparedness

Germany’s ability to ensure societal resilience has significantly declined in recent decades according to political scientist and PPI alternate board member Schoresch Davoodi. In a working paper, he warns that political complacency and socio-economic mismanagement expose the country to multifaceted vulnerabilities. Germany celebrated the stability of the 1990s and early 2000s without preparing for the disruptive forces of digital transformation, globalization, and geopolitical shifts. The […]

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Happy 15th Birthday to Pirate Parties International! 🎉

Happy 15th Birthday to Pirate Parties International! 🎉

Today, April 16th, 2025, we are proudly celebrating 15 remarkable years since the founding of Pirate Parties International. On this very day in 2010 Pirates from around the world gathered in Brussels for a 3 day conference which established an international office for Pirate parties around the world. As we celebrate our birthday, we’re reminded of the collective strength of our global movement. Over the […]

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April 2025 Meeting Announcements

April 2025 Meeting Announcements

Ahoy Pirates, Our next PPI board meeting will take place on 22.04.2025 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST. All official PPI proceedings, Board meetings included, are open to the public. Feel free to stop by. We’ll be happy to have you. Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Agenda: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/agendadrafts-t42k09h We will also have a SCENE and other working groups meeting on 08.04.2025 at 19:00 UTC / 21:00 CEST. Where: […]

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PPI Statement on the Destruction of Democracy Under President Trump

PPI Statement on the Destruction of Democracy Under President Trump

Pirate Parties International stands in solidarity with the people of the United States and our colleagues from the US Pirate Party. We respect the resilience of the American citizens and non-American citizens who live in fear during these challenging times. Since Trump has returned to power, we observe with growing concern the negative impacts his administration has had on the sacred values of our movement: […]

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Pirate Party Netherlands Makes Statement on Israel and Palestine

Pirate Party Netherlands Makes Statement on Israel and Palestine

The Pirate Party of the Netherlands released the following statement about the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. We have translated that statement from Dutch for the international community. We also remind our members and our friends from other organizations to let us know if you have any important political statements that you would like us to broadcast. Israel & Palestine March 25, 2025 by […]

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The Pirate Party of Russia Endorses the United Nations Open Source Principles

The Pirate Party of Russia Endorses the United Nations Open Source Principles

The Pirate Party of Russia Endorses the United Nations Open Source Principles Recently, the Digital Technology Network (DTN) of the UN Board of Directors adopted 8 Open Source Principles. The Pirate Party of Russia, since its inception, has advocated for openness—including open source—and international integration. Therefore, we have decided to join this important initiative, which positively impacts the development of all humanity in a broad […]

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Pirates at the UN Office at Geneva, 2025

Pirates at the UN Office at Geneva, 2025

Our colleague from the Pirate Party of Switzerland, Carlos Polo, attended the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Resource Management Week 2025 in Geneva from March 24 to 28. The goal of the event was to discuss sustainable management of energy and mineral resources. ​Participants explored the adoption of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System […]

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