Pirate Parties International wishes for all of its members, non-members and citizens of the world to remain safe and healthy. We present this statement as one of both hope and concern for everyone to get through the current COVID-19 crisis. In these months we face a dire situation on our planet. Around the world, while a dangerous pandemic continues to spread, many people are losing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pirates at the UN, Making Internet a Human Right
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 […]
Pirates at the United Nations
On May 21st and 22nd, a group of five pirates from around the world visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 6th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF). This was the first meeting we attended as a designated consultative member of the ECOSOC committee. The event featured discussions from numerous prominent parliamentarians and NGO leaders. Representatives from the US […]
Press Release: Czech Pirates Celebrate Success in Parliamentary Elections
Here is the English press release about the Czech Elections from the Czech Pirate Party. It was shared by Markéta Gregorová, PPCZ’s International Coordinator who encourages us all to share far and wide, as well as re-publish on our websites. The original document can be found here: https://pad.pirati.cz/p/r.f4c24297d92282acd042249cc75e59ca The Pirates recorded a historic success. With 10.79% of the vote in elections to the lower chamber […]
Congratulations Czech Pirate Party!
PPI extends heartfelt congratulations to our friends at the Czech Pirate Party, who achieved a phenomenal result in the 2017 national Czech legislative elections. The Czech Pirate Party won 10.79% of the vote and is now the third largest party in the country! Pirates are a global movement, and the Czech Pirate Party has been a great contributor towards the movement. They hosted the 2012 […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: PPI General Assembly 2017
Greetings Pirates and Concerned Citizens of the World We hereby announce that the second 2017 GA will be held on November 25th and 26th. Further details about the GA are outlined below. We encourage member parties to send us a list of delegates. This will be a hybrid General Assembly, meaning that the majority of participants will participate online. We look forward to seeing you […]
NEW: PPI Activist & Member Meeting on Zoom this Saturday
Hello Pirates and Activists! You are invited to an online activism meeting organized by Pirate Parties International. The meeting will take place on Saturday, October.21st at 15:00 CEST/9:00am EDT. Thank you to everyone who filled out the poll to help us decide on the meeting time. At this meeting we will be discussing the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and potentially […]
Introducing PPI Zoom meetings – taking collaboration to a new level
Pirate Parties International’s mission statement points towards us attempting to help our members cooperate between countries and continents. We also focus strongly on transparency in our own operation. Therefore we have decided to test out a technical platform that brings us together despite the number of miles between us. We have chosen to start using Zoom.us video conference solution. Zoom has video, audio, blackboard, chat, […]
