Pirate Party - Tunisia art
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pirate party candidates for parliament of hesse, germany - two group shots plus a few individuals
Lots of local candidates for German Pirate Party
And it’s hard to imagine a position more consistent with OA than that of the Pirate Party, with its focus on “the sharing of knowledge, ideas and culture” (as stated in the manifesto) and its commitment to the provision of infrastructure for this. Academic OA and the Pirate Party are a match made in heaven; it’s an arena in which much has already been achieved, but in which a truly optimal system is yet to emerge.
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Poster from the German Pirate Party
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Activate the Pirate Signal
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Meet the 3 new #Iceland #PirateParty MPs —http://piratetimes.net/iceland-report-4-history-made-by-a-hairs-breadth/
History made
On Saturday 27 April 2013 Pirate history was made and three members of a national Pirate Party were elected to be representatives in their national parliament.
Iceland is the first country to have Pirates having a say in the running of their country. It was a nail biting finish as the voting results changed through the night and the Icelandic Pirates swung from initial ecstasy to despair and disbelief and then to consternation as the numbers we being reported differently by the two main news outlets MBL and RÚV.
Long after the victory party ended the Pirates left the Reykjavik Cafe with no certain result. It later became known that PPIS had attained 5.1% of the vote and gained the three so called “leveling seats” that are allocated on a national basis at the end of counting according to Torrentfreak.
That is now the official result and the Icelandic Pirates have let out a collective sight of relief and some caught some sleep while others partied on or got down to preparing for the next stage.
also: Pirate Party Enters Iceland’s National Parliament After Historic Election Win — http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-enters-icelands-national-parliament-after-historic-election-win-130428/
On Saturday, Iceland held national parliamentary elections and the newly-formed Pirate Party of Iceland won 5.1 percent of the vote. This earned the party three seats in parliament, making the new Píratar the most successful Pirate Party in any national legislative body around the globe.
Iceland’s unicameral parliament, known in Icelandic as the Alþing (“All-thing”), has just 63 members to represent the country’s 320,000 people.
Great info from Ars Technica on the Pirate Party win in Iceland
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Big breakthrough in Iceland! via annesewell:
Icelandic Pirate Party wins three seats in parliament
Iceland’s Pirate Party has won parliamentary representation for the first time in Iceland by landing three seats in the Icelandic Parliament. Founded primarily in a bid to promote reform of the country’s copyright and open content laws, the Pirate Party has attained the mandatory 5% vote and will be forming part of Iceland’s 63-member parliament, the Althing (Alþing).Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349130
Get ready to set sail! Please check out the MN Pirate Party Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/MNPirateParty .
There are two Twitter accounts at https://twitter.com/piratepartymn & https://twitter.com/mnpirateparty .
These are all unofficial until the MN Pirate Party is officially established, so follow along to find out more about Pirates & join future events.
