[pp.int.general] Fwd: [Info #525] To our fellow Pirates all around the world

[Anouk Neeteson]

Thank you for giving this information. I would like to stipulate this
'need' for sharing the principles of the pirate parties globally on a
news-level. And thus also make a separation of the PP in the news and
the news in the PP :-)
Because especially for beginning PP's that in the future will
Google/search us. Instead of fragmenting (making a separate news
channel) one should centralise. And later on there will be a logic
tree growing in depth to guide the interested reader further to become
productive instead of 'just' another consumer.
Greetings  Anouk


On 6 July 2012 13:43, lilo <al3lilo at autistici.org> wrote:
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> Oggetto: [Info #525] To our fellow Pirates all around the world
> Data: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:39:50 +0200
> Mittente: partitopirata <partitopirata at gmail.com>
> Rispondi-a: info at partito-pirata.it
> A: rick.falkvinge at piratpartiet.se
> CC: ufficio-stampa at partito-pirata.it
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> We send you this letter to inform You about some specific peculiarity of
> the current political situation in Italy where, with no small effort and
> great enthusiasm, we are working for the growth of the Italian Pirate
> Party.
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> As you may know, in Italy the “Movimento 5 Stelle” ("5 Stars Movement")
> promoted by Beppe Grillo keeps getting significant attention from the
> people especially because it shares some of the same values and principles
> that characterize the PP (the importance of technological progress and
> science for the improvement of material and social conditions of people,
> citizens at the center of society and politics, transparency in the
> institutions, protection of fundamental rights).
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> Despite the good fundamental principles and favourable electoral results,
> Beppe Grillo, who has created and helped expanding the movement, is in a
> position of "father-master" for the movement, therefore deciding what
> concerns and choices are "correct" and “applicable” at HIS sole discretion,
> which candidates can use his "endowment" or which groups or individuals can
> remain in the movement (recently, he has expelled some local groups
> receiving some strong criticism even from within the movement). As for such
> issues, our vision greatly differs from Grillo`s although this does not
> prevent us from discussing, with many activists from 5 Stars Movement and
> receiving some positive feedback.
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> Another story, which has involved us directly, very is the case of  a
> "clone" Pirate Party that recently has appeared from nowhere (this is
> something unheard of for most traditional political parties, we believe).
> Initially, we believed that the people behind this “clone” party may have
> had in common with us not only the name and symbol but also the fundamental
> principles, however, after studying it closely we realized that the sole
> purpose of the people behind this “clone” party was to use the flag and the
> name of Pirates to get some attention, while they are supporting political
> positions at the opposite of those of the Italian Pirate Party and the
> global Pirate Parties Movement .
> Such group of "adventurers of the electoral roll" has dressed themselves as
> Pirates and, by exploiting the bugs of our electoral system, put forward
> political programs that have nothing to do with the projects and
> expectations of real Pirates.
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> In our country electoral laws are not really the best you can hope for in
> order to elect the “administrators” who should be the representatives of
> the people, this may be due to a lack of intellectual honesty.
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> These mechanisms, while absolutely in line with the democratic principles,
> allows the so-called “politicians by profession” to get elected into local
> councils even if they do not have a remotely valid political program.
> Please note that, if elected, such politician will have the right to
> certify the signatures for the next elections candidates.
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> Being part of the Italian Pirate Party, born in 2006, we had to appeal to
> the judicial authority to prevent that the name and symbol of PP could be
> misused against us, by those who promote values diametrically opposed to
> those of the Italian and International Pirate Party.
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> We have won the first part of the trial, however they have appealed the
> outcome and we are waiting for the second level of judgment that would put
> an end to this story. However, this did not prevent the clone-pirate to run
> in some towns in this election and cast a bad light and negative impression
> on the pirate signet, as their results have been publicly derided as a
> failure of the pirate
> movement.
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> Not considering for a moment the poor electoral results of the “clone”
> Pirate Party, we believe it is important to decide a strategy of
> information/communication that would allow us and PP of other countries to
> tackle and bring under our wings other movements and parties that share
> many of our ideals (not necessarily all) and foil case of carcinogenic
> doppelgängers. With this letter we want to bring such problems and
> opportunities to your attention because we believe that the flow of ideas,
> solutions and proposals of each national Pirate Party can be copied or
> adapted to give birth to new and better shared solutions.
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> Ahoi.
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> lilo
> -root coordinator comunication and socialmedia
>  PP-IT
> -alternate board @pp-international.net
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