[P2P-F] Fwd: [Commoning] Success of the Pirate Party in Berlin/Germany

Devin Balkind devin at sarapisfoundation.org
Mon Sep 19 17:19:37 CEST 2011


In the US, it's becoming increasingly obvious that political transformation
is coming from the bottom up (towns, cities, municipalities and states), not
the top down.  The Free State Project is one of the most mature efforts to
reform the nation by reforming the state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>wrote:

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> From: Stefan Meretz <stefan at meretz.de>
> Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:47 PM
> Subject: [Commoning] Success of the Pirate Party in Berlin/Germany
> To: commoning at lists.wissensallmende.de
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> Hi all,
>
> yesterday the Pirate Party entered the Berlin House of Deputies. They
> jumped over the 5%-threshold which 8.9% of the votes. This was quite a
> surprise. All of their candidates won a seat. The success was so big,
> that some of the seats won in the parallel communal elections will
> remain unused, because they have not enough candidates.
>
> It is expected, that Berlin will get a socialdem-green government.
>
> Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_state_election,_2011
>
> Best,
> Stefan
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