Everything that has a beginning has to move on at some point. Today, I am stepping down as leader of the first Pirate Party…
Read MoreAuthor: Rick Falkvinge
Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a low-altitude motorcycle pilot. He lives on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, roasts his own coffee, and as of right now (2019-2020) is taking a little break.
Feliz 1984
El año pasado escribí sobre la víspera del nuevo año de 1983. Desde entonces, las cosas han pasado terriblemente rápido en la dirección equivocada:…
Read MoreHappy new 1984
Last year, I wrote about New Year’s Eve of 1983. Since then, things have gone horribly fast in the wrong direction: Authorities have been…
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London and their snow paralysis
Being in London at the time of a little laplanders’s mold (lappmögel, Swedish for a little light layer of powdery puffsnow) was almost hilarious….
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Det kom en julklapp…
God fortsättning, alla! Några dagar innan jul fick jag ett paket med några telegram ur WikiLeaks’ stora samling, “som kanske kunde intressera mig”, av…
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Swarm Management
After nearly five years of leading the Swedish Pirate Party, the urge has come to start sharing what I have learned. Like I said…
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Cables: US driving Swedish Data Retention
Taking a closer look at the Stockholm 09-141 cable, we find that the United States was the driving force behind the IPRED legislation, that…
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Cables: Swedish Govt Planning to Kill Messenger Immunity
Cables have been quoted saying that the US Embassy warned for an imminent success of the Pirate Party, but some of the most interesting…
Read More"All Middle Easterners are terrorists"
Some very public figures, in our country and elsewhere in Europe, have gone on record saying all people with a culture and religion from…
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On this date, five years ago
Five years ago, I toyed with the idea of setting up a political party for driving better (read “sensible”) information policies. The idea had…
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