Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International

Pirate Beer Tonight Feb. 22, starting at 19:00 UTC

Ahoy Pirates, The extremely casual Pirate beer event will take place tonight (Europe) on Jitsi. The event usually lasts for several hours. Remember that you can find out about all of our events on our calendar, shown below. Everyone is welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet other Pirates around the world and discuss whatever interests you. We look forward to seeing you! Pirate Beer 19:00 UTC Saturday, February 22·8:00pm CET https://meet.jit.si/ThePiratesAreEgalitarian CALENDAR

Upcoming Meetings: Board, Working Group, and Beer

The Next Meeting PPI Board Meeting will take place on March 11th, 2025 at 14:00 UTC Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Agenda: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/ppi-board-meeting-2025-03-11-m9jl0ly The following is a review of our past meeting: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-02-18 We also have two other meetings that are coming up: A Pirate Beer will take place on Saturday February 22: https://meet.jit.si/thepiratesareegalitarian  (An exact meeting time will be updated on our calendar, but it is likely that someone will be online at most times.) A SCENE-SCUBA Working group meeting will take place directly after the board meeting on March 11th, 2025, so at 15:00 UTC. Finally, we encourage our members to send us content that they want us to share on this website …

Concerns About Pegasus Spyware in Japan

Members from the Pirate Party Japan informed us about a campaign they have against Pegasus Spyware in their country that they would like to share. On February 13, 2025, a member of the party made a statement at a study group at the Japanese House of Councilors on this issue, an image of the discussion in Japanese is shown below. Speakers shared concerns about illegal monitoring through Pegasus. They said it is dangerous if private data is collected without permission. They also explained how they have reported suspected cases to the local police. According to some accounts, the police are not taking strong action. Pegasus is a spyware that can …

Pirate Security Conference is Going on Now: Watch It Live!

The Pirate Security Conference 2025 is going on now (February 15–16, 2025). You can watch it live or after the fact on YouTube at https://youtu.be/E_nWrp4EBds. Pirate Parties International (PPI) is proud to sponsor this year’s event together with Denk Selbst e.V., Piratenpartei Oberbayern, and Alpha Team & Cerberus Systemhaus GmbH. Since its inception, for 11 years now, the conference has taken place alongside the Munich Security Conference. This year’s event includes an exciting lineup of talks, including discussions on AI-driven infiltration, cybercrime treaties, and disruption management from Dietmar Pichler, Benjamin Tallis, Stephen Douglas, and more. The hybrid war dimension gets special attention in sessions examining cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, disinformation …

Dialogue Over Division: Pirate Parties and BDS

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 of civil disobedience, a legitimate form of protest against genuine attrocities of the Israeli government… Another contingent of our supporters, as depicted in Markus Schaub’s exposé, equate BDS’s goal as the extermination of Jews in Israel, the whitewashing of Hamas’s atrocities, an extension of Palestinian …

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 with our Pirate ethos. Instead, we’re researching open-source or cost-free alternatives to manage our accounts across X, Mastodon, Facebook, and Bluesky . The team is also drafting comprehensive social media guidelines to ensure clarity in our voice and to encourage the community to contribute their …

PPI Board Review, Upcoming Meetings Feb. 11 and Feb. 18

PPI Board Review and Upcoming Meetings Upcoming Meetings 1. SCENE/SCUBA Combined Meeting with Orientation Session SCENE discusses social media. SCUBA discusses UN. The Orientation is for new members, where we will show them what to log in to and how. All Pirates interested in communications, social media, and the UN are encouraged to attend. Date: February 11, 2025 Time: 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET) Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board# 2. PPI Board Meeting Date: February 18, 2025 Time: 20:00 UTC Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board 3. The Pirate Security Conference will be held on February 15–16, 2025, in Munich. Several Board members and alternates plan to attend, and PPI will post content about the event.   Review …

The 15th Board of PPI, Meeting on Jan. 28th at 14:00 UTC

Ahoy Pirates, The General Assembly was a great success. You can read the minutes here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-01-11 We are pleased to present to you the 15th Board of PPI. People Elected at the PPI General Assembly 2025 Chairperson: Dr. Keith Goldstein (Israel) Vice Chair (1-Year Term): Gregory Engels (Germany) Board Members (2-Year Terms): Bailey Lamon (Canada) Alexander Isavnin (Russia) Mark Anthony van Treuren (Netherlands) Maycow Toledo (Brazil) Thomas Gaul (Germany, elevated after the meeting for 1 year term from Alternate to the Board due to last year’s resignation, will be confirmed at next board meeting) Board Member (1-Year Term): Carlos Polo (Switzerland) Alternate Board Members: Babak Tubis (Germany) Schoresch Davoodi (Germany) …

PPI GA this Saturday Jan 11th Agenda and More

Ahoy Pirates, We are pleased to invite you to the Pirate Parties International General Assembly, January 2025. The meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, starting at 12:00 UTC. If needed we will also meet on Sunday, January 12th. Several groups will meet in physical locations, including at the Berlin Pirate office at Pflugstraße 9, but the conference will be entirely online on JITSI: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board with a backup of BBB https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v and a final backup of Mumble. There is no deadline for motions, so feel free to put forward any ideas and/or your candidates at any time. All proposals should be submitted on our Discourse Forum: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/2025-ga-winter/34 There is no deadline for registering delegates …

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