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Happy Birthday Pirate Parties International !

We are delighted to share that this weekend marks 11 years since the founding of Pirate Parties International! A little bit about the history: After the founding of Piratpartiet in Sweden on January 1, 2006, other pirate parties emerged throughout Europe, and later worldwide. In the same year, a loose network of these parties was formed. In June 2007, representatives of the pirate parties of Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, and Finland met for the first time at an international conference in Vienna. In 2008, further conferences followed in Berlin and Uppsala and the “Uppsala Declaration” was adopted. Since October 2009, the PPI has the status …

Elections in Israel with HaPiratim!

HaPiratim! The Pirate Party of Israel is running again in elections!   For the 4th time in just over 2 years there are early elections in Israel, making this the 6th time since 2012 that the Pirates will participate in national elections.   Dr. Ohad Shem Tov (picture above, right) is leading the list this time, followed by the retired Israeli TV producer and longtime Pirate Dan Biron. The leader of the party in the last elections, Noam Kuzar (picture above, left), is still participating in the list and graciously presented our list to the Knesset (see video below, with English subtitles). Among other policies, the Pirates are campaigning to …

PPI February Social–Online BarCamp!

Hey Pirates! As you are all aware, the last weekend of every month is PPI Social time (also lovingly called ‘Pirate Beer’). This month we would like to switch things up a little bit. Instead of meeting up to informally socialize, we would like to invite you all to an online BarCamp! When: Saturday, February 27th @ 20:00 UTC/21:00 CET Where: https://www.airmeet.com/e/2a1edee0-70e5-11eb-a7e5-8352699d9e45 What is a BarCamp, you ask? According to BarCamp.org: “BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the …

Campaigning during COVID-19: First SCENE meeting of 2021!

Dear Pirates, Now that the holidays are officially over, it is time to get back to work! We are excited to announce the first PPI Standing Committee meeting of 2021, which will be the Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement, aka SCENE! This committee is all about campaigning, outreach and public relations in the Pirate movement. The topic for this meeting will be ‘Campaigning during COVID-19‘. When: Wednesday, February 3rd @ 18:00 UTC/19:00 CET Where: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v We do not need to tell you that we are still in the midst of a deadly global pandemic with many countries and regions in lockdown. However, 2021 is also a big election year …

The PPCZ STAN Coalition

The Czech Pirates approved the coalition agreement with the STAN movement. They are going to the 2021 parliamentary elections together! Prague, January 12 2021 – The Czech Pirates just approved a coalition agreement with the “Mayors and Independents” movement (STAN) in a final vote. They confirmed that they are going together to the upcoming parliamentary elections. Almost 79% of party members supported the proposal. The referendum saw a high turnout of almost 77% of Czech Pirates taking part. “I am very pleased that the members of the Czech Pirate Party have approved the coalition agreement between the Pirates and the STAN movement. It is a very strong mandate which I …

This week’s schedule includes our board meeting and Pirate Beer right before this weekend’s General Assembly! Everything you need to know about PPI’s December Online General Assembly.

Starting off this week’s schedule is PPI’s board meeting Wednesday, December 2nd. You can find us at BigBlueButton starting at: 2:00pm CET / 1:00pm UTC / 8:00am EST An audio alternative for the board meeting is @PiratesOnAir‘s live stream piratesonair.net. PPI’s Online General Assembly will be held Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th. We will hold the GA on the PPI Mumble server: mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This will be our meeting spot. Mumble is an audio-only conferencing service. You can download it and find more information at mumble.info. BOTH days begin at: 11:00am …

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