Perhaps one of the most important tests for Pirate Politics today, as the German state of Saarland goes to the polls. Can the PiratePartei…
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I Have Absolutely Brilliant Colleagues
Stop whatever you’re doing right now and watch this eight-minute speech from Christopher Lauer, a Member of State Parliament in Berlin who was elected…
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Three Half-time Victories In EU Parliament
It’s been two and a half years since the European Elections in 2009, when I was elected a Member of the European Parliament for…
Read MoreHonored as Top Global Thinker
If somebody had told me that a day would come when my name would be listed in the same context as Barack Obama, Bill…
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After German Law Annulled, Pirates in Europarl Through At Least 2019
Last week, a German court struck down the German five-percent barrier for elections to the European Parliament. This means that the German Piratenpartei will…
Read MoreThree Policies to Rule Them All
In March of this year, Rick produced his ‘Pirate Wheel’. A system that tried to set out his view on what the Pirate Party…
Read MoreOrigins Of The Pirate Party: Privacy, Sharing, Innovation
I sometimes see claims in media that the Pirate Party was born out of The Pirate Bay, after the raid on May 31st, 2006….
Read MoreAs German Pirate Party Hits 10%, Some Thoughts On The Next Five Years
This morning, the German Pirate Party hit double digits in a nationwide poll. That was a landmark event, no matter how you look at…
Read MoreHuge Victory As EU Party Group Adopts Pirate Perspective On Copyright Monopoly
The fifth largest party group in the European Parliament has adopted the Pirate Party positions on the copyright monopoly straight off the bat. This…
Read MoreThis Is What Success Looks Like
Just having come back to Stockholm from Berlin and the celebrations of Piratenpartei’s great result in Germany (which the New York Times correctly quoted…
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