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German Pirate Party Scores Fourth Consecutive Election Win

Germany: Today, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany went to the polls. This election is always closely watched in Germany, as it is the country’s most populous state. As expected, the Pirate Party won seats and entry into parliament – again – making this the Piratenpartei‘s fourth consecutive…

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Dutch Judge Who Ordered Pirate Bay Links Censored Found To Be Corrupt

Judge Chris Hensen, who ordered the Dutch Pirate Party to censor all links to The Pirate Bay recently (something Techdirt calls Censorship Crazy), appears to have quite a bit of dirt in his baggage. This morning, @Kanarieman pointed me to an article of my own…

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Three Days Before Elections, Largest German State Censors Pirate Party From The Net

Reality sometimes does exceed fiction. Three days ahead of the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, the Piratenpartei‘s website has been discovered to be censored in schools. These state-run institutions do not allow people – voters – to read what policies the challenger…

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UK Considers Opt-in Freedom Of Speech

Freedom of Speech – Andrew Lee

The Facebook Fallacy

Privacy

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Norway: Terrorism Fought With Song, Not Surveillance

Europe – Andrew Norton

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UK Considers Opt-in Freedom Of Speech

Andrew Lee

Norway: Terrorism Fought With Song, Not Surveillance

Andrew Norton

To Be Esteemed, Be Useful

Jack Zeal

LIVE!: Piratenpartei Election Results in Saarland

Andrew Norton

The Revolution Starts Now

Travis McCrea

Stop Being Lazy: Encrypt/Sign Your Email

Travis McCrea

Reclaim The Internet In Under A Minute

Travis McCrea

Did a Pirate TV Stream Save Lives During the Japan Tsunami?

Avery Morrow

The Real Voter Fraud

Andrew Norton

Copyright Monopolies As Air Trade

Thijs Markus

Innocent Until Proven Guilty, So Why Not Legal Until Proven Illegal?

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LIVE!: Piratenpartei Election Results in Saarland

Tomorrow March 25, Germany Votes Pirate Again

In Grand Deceivefest, Swedish Parliament Just Voted For Data Retention

Americas

With Latest Domain Seizures, US Declares Trade War On The World

Americas

The Real Voter Fraud

The Constitution is Just a Piece of Paper

Enemy Expatriation Act to Revoke US Citizenship Without Due Process

Why SOPA-Supporting News Networks Don’t Mention SOPA At All

The Stop Online Piracy Act Will Not Stop Online Piracy

Worldwide

European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout

Did a Pirate TV Stream Save Lives During the Japan Tsunami?

Innocent Until Proven Guilty, So Why Not Legal Until Proven Illegal?

Sex, Tech, and Harm to Children

Why You Should Support Your Face is a Saxophone

EU ACTA Chief Resigns In Disgust Over Disrespect At Citizens; Next Steps

Civil Liberties

ACTA Moves To First Europarliament Committee: Rejection Proposed

Civil Liberties

How Microsoft Pays Big Money To Smear Google In European Parliament

ACTA Dominoes Are Falling: Germany Says It Won’t Sign For Now

Planned Post-ACTA Repression In European Union: The Documents

European Commission Slip Reveals Censorship In ACTA

War on the Internet: The Pirate Bay Denied Their Day In Supreme Court

Swarm Management

Selling Your Vision With A Swarm

Swarm Management

My Plans For 2012

This is What Democracy Looks Like

Is Representative Democracy Sustainable?

Swarmwise: What Is A Swarm?

Swarmwise: Presenting Your Idea To The World

Activism

Image of runner in race: winning, but more pressure needed for final stretch

Europarliament Majority Now Against ACTA; More Pressure Needed

Activism

ACTA: Showdown Imminent, Battle Stations, Battle Stations!

The Revolution Starts Now

Stop Being Lazy: Encrypt/Sign Your Email

Reclaim The Internet In Under A Minute

Today, Sweden Rallies Against ACTA And For Freedom Of Speech. We Can Win This.

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Yet Another Server Outage

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Today, I turn 40

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A Week At The Heart Of Democracy: You Couldn’t Make It Up

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Photos, Footage From Election Win In Germany

Pirate Parties

Congratulations On First Elections, Greek Pirate Party

Pirate Party Wins Again, Enters Another Parliament

My Address To The German Piratenpartei Assembly

Austrian Pirate Party Wins First Seat, Makes Frontpage News

Liveblogging from Pirate Parties International

Reflections

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To Be Esteemed, Be Useful

Tomorrow, When The Revolution Didn’t Come

Do We Really Have To Prepare For The Fourth Box?

The Teachers’ Guild – A Short Story From a Parallel Universe

Lessons On The Copyright Monopoly From Greek Mythology

Let’s Talk About Steve Jobs, Because Everyone Else Is

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