Exberliner Pirate Night
Channel: DebateFilms
Date: 30/10/2012

Exberliner Wednesdays at Burger presents:

Panel Discussion (in English): The Pirate Party after one year in the Berlin Parliament 

Our panelists: ANKE DOMSCHEIT-BERG (Piratenpartei), JAN HEMME (Piratenpartei), ROBERT LEVINE (journalist)

On September 18, 2011 the Pirate Party celebrated its greatest political victory so far: winning 8.9% of the vote in the Berlin state elections and 15 seats in the Berlin state parliament. The Berlin Pirates rapid rise attracted media attention from around the world. The new Pirate parliamentary group got to work on October 27, 2011. One year later, what have the Pirates achieved? How has the Pirate Party changed? What do they stand for? And what are their future prospects?

We'll be discussing the Pirate Party and some of their key issues - internet freedom, intellectual property, open government, "Liquid Democracy", transparency - with our three panelists:

ANKE DOMSCHEIT-BERG
Anke Domscheit-Berg (interviewed with her husband Daniel Domscheit-Berg in the October issue of Exberliner) joined the Pirate Party in May (after many years in the Green Party) and hopes to run for the Pirates in the 2013 Bundestag elections. She has worked as a consultant, journalist and campaigner with a focus on issues such as greater female participation in business, open government, open data and transparency.
Our interview: http://www.exberliner.com/articles/it%27s-a-wikilife
http://www.opengov.me/
http://www.fempower.me/

JAN HEMME
Jan Hemme is a spokesperson for the Berlin Pirate Party's Working Group on Enterprise and the Environment, and has provided strategic advice to the party's Federal Executive Board. He authored the Pirate Party's successful motion in the Berlin State Parliament to create a resolution on the EU's Data Protection recast. He works as a consultant for strategic communications.
http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Benutzer:Janhemme

ROBERT LEVINE
Robert Levine is a Berlin-based American journalist. His latest book is "Free Ride: How digital parasites are destroying the culture business and how the culture business can fight back". He previously worked as Executive Editor of Billboard Magazine in the U.S. and has written for publications like Wired, Businessweek, the New York Times, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.
http://freeridethebook.wordpress.com/

FABRÍCIO DO CANTO
Pirate member of the Pankow advisory committee for integration, deputy citizen representative in the Integration Committee of the Pankow district council for the Green Party, Member of Pirate Party Brazil and co-developer of Petitions in the Germany Pirate LQFB (Liquid Feedback) for International Themes such as support the Native Nations in Brazil and rejecting the German export credit guarantee for the construction of the ANGRA 2 nuclear plant, both example of politics beyond geo-political borders. Fabício is co-owner of the Meta-Mate cafe and Mier, a new beer-mate drink.
www.metamate.cc

Join us to particpate in what will surely be a passionate debate on one of the most interesting and controversial political movements of our time. 

Exberliner DJ Shiner rounds out the night sharing copyrighted music with the body politic.

20:30, Wednesday October 24, Kaffee Burger, Torstraße 60, Mitte, U-Bhf Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Entry €2