A recent article in the German Pirate affiliated Flaschenpost newspaper by Markus Schaub entitled “The working structure of BDS” describes a hierarchical and centrally coordinated movement with ties to terrorist groups. This image stands in contrast to the grassroots campaign many associate with BDS. Within the Pirate Party movement, there is a notable divide. Many Pirates see BDS as a tool for Palestinian advocacy, an expression […]
Social Media and UN Working Group Meeting Review
The SCENE (Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement) and SCUBA (Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities) working groups met on Feb. 11th. The following is a summary of that meeting. We started social media accounts with BlueSky- @ppinternational.bsky.social and Mastodon- https://mastodon.social/@ppinternational). With Twitter (now “X”) phasing out free TweetDeck access and introducing “Pro X,” we agreed that paying for such a tool just doesn’t mesh […]
Pirates at the UNHQ Partnership Forum in NY
On January 30, 2024 PPI’s representatives Ohad Shem Tov and Ohad Bar Siman Tov attended the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The forum addressed the critical theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and innovative solutions.” https://ecosoc.un.org/en/events/2024/ecosoc-partnership-forum The 2024 ECOSOC […]
Dec. 6, 8, and 9th PPI Board, Beer, GA Links
Ahoy! We announce the big events in early December: Board Meeting, Pirate Beer, and the GA. On Wednesday, December 6th at 21:00 UTC, we will have an early PPI Board Meeting: Add to calendar This event will take place on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board On Friday, December 8th at 21:00 UTC, we will have a special Pre-GA Pirate Beer meeting. Pirate beer meetings have been known to last for many hours, […]
Pirate Parties International Statement on the Ongoing Conflict in Israel and Palestine
Pirate Parties International expresses its strong condemnation of the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. We are deeply saddened by the events in the region and extend our solidarity to the people of both nations who are suffering the consequences of this protracted conflict. We firmly reject violence and advocate for a peaceful and diplomatic solution. We encourage Palestinians and Israelis to pave the way for an […]
PPI sends delegates to the UN’s Cybercrime Committee
From August 21 to 25, 2023, PPI’s representatives at the UN Headquarters in New York, Dr. Ohad Shem Tov and Dr. Keith Goldstein, participated as delegates in the Sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/cybercrime/ad_hoc_committee/ahc_sixth_session/main. The committee was attended primarily by national delegations, as well as […]
Invite: Introduction to PPI Standing Committees
Dear Pirates, You are hereby invited to join Pirate Parties International for our first working group event of the year, “Introduction to PPI Standing Committees”. We felt that before we start getting the Standing Committees going again, it would be a good idea to have an introductory session first. There are currently 5 PPI Standing Committees and as a group we will go through each […]
First PPI Board Meeting of 2022!
Dear Pirates, We hope you are all having a great start to the new year and staying safe. The board of PPI hereby invites you to our very first board meeting of the year, which will take place on Sunday, January 23rd at 21:00 UTC/22:00 CET! The meeting will be in our usual place on BigBlueButton: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Feel free to drop by with your ideas, […]
INVITE: Campaigning During COVID-19 Part 2!
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 […]
Invitation to PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities (SCUBA)
We’d like to invite you to the meeting of PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities to be conducted online: Wednesday September 30th 14:00 – 15:00 UTC (16:00-17:00 CEST). https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v As you know, PPI was admitted as an observer to the United Nations Council on Economic and Social Matters (ECOSOC) which gives us the opportunity to visit (almost all) UN meetings and to […]
