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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 at 11:00am CEST. If you have not yet registered, please do so by filling out the following form which doubles as a Needs Assessment Survey: https://lime.ppi.rocks/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=667442. You also may register when you join us on Zoom, however we encourage you to do it beforehand so …

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 networking. This includes things like best practices when dealing with the press as well as the work we do within our own press teams. It includes campaigning and what that looks like during elections and throughout the time in between elections. It also includes networking …

Pirates at the UNOG

This past week Pirate representatives Alex Kohler and Pat Mächler visited the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the United Nations Office At Geneva (UNOG). PPI has an amazing opportunity as a recognized member of the UN Economic and Social Affairs Committee (ECOSOC) to host and attend UN events in NY, Geneva, and around the world. We are working to make a difference by sending representatives to events who will voice our opinions and network with policy makers. Pirates are a global phenomenon and making a difference on a global scale. Pat and Alex graciously volunteered to travel long distance to Geneva and serve as representatives of our organization at …

EU elections 2019: Top Pirate Candidate interviews organized by PPEU and PPI

In cooperation with the eminent Rico Brouwer at Potkaars, (production), we proudly present the first three Top Candidate/Spitzenkandidaten interviews with non other than outgoing Member of Parliament Julia Reda from the German Pirate Party, Chair of the European Pirate Party and second on the list for the Czech Pirate Party – Markéta Gregorová. Last but not least we also present and interview with the top candidate from the Pirate Party of Sweden – Mattias Bjarnemalm. MAB, as he is called, has worked in the European parliament since 2011 and is easily the most experienced pirate we have in these elections. In the coming weeks we will invite the three top candidates …

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

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 …

The Pirate Party in Finland – Parliamentary Elections 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 …

Call to Action: Support for Pirates During EU Elections!

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 …

PPI Official Statement: Supporting the Fight Against the EU Copyright Directive

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 …

Call to Action: Dutch Pirates invite the international community to join Catalan political prisoner campaign

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 …

PPI visits the Pirates of Czech Republic!

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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