Etopia News Now
About this original series
remote video interviews and reportage on select aspects of politics, technology, business, and culture
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# Episodes
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Rating
TV-UN
Episodes of Etopia News Now
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Marc’s interview with Engels
Etopia News reporter Marc Strassman talks to Gregory Engels, co-chairman of Pirate Parties International and international coordinator of the Piratenpartei Deutschland (Pirate Party of Germany), about the Pirates’ success in Germany, the reasons for that success, the role of the Internet in Pirate operations, and how the Party intends to remain deeply democratic, recorded from Offenbach, Germany, on May 23, 2012.
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Release date
May 24, 2012
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Runtime
32:14
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Lola Voronina talks about Pirate Parties Interna...
Lola Voronina, co-chairman of Pirate Parties International (PPI) and international coordinator of the Pirate Party of Russia, talks about the reasons for the Party’s existence, how the PPI helps build national Pirate Parties, and a June 9th demonstration against ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, recorded from Prague, Czech Republic, on May 21, 2012.
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Release date
May 21, 2012
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Runtime
17:05
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David Meyer talks about the Piratenpartei Deutsc...
David Meyer, a freelance technology reporter based in Berlin, Germany, talks about the recent electoral success of the Piratenpartei Deutschland (Pirate Party Germany), their belief in government transparency, the operation of their Liquid Feedback platform, and the challenges they face as they grow, recorded from Berlin, Germany, on May 15, 2012.
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Release date
May 15, 2012
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Runtime
23:20
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Online Party of Canada Founder Michael Nicula ta...
Michael Nicula, founder of the Online Party of Canada, talks about that group’s system of direct democratic determination of policy positions, the advantages of this approach, and the proper role of elected officials in a democracy, recorded from Toronto, Canada, on May 11, 2012.
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Release date
May 11, 2012
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Runtime
35:10
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Massachusetts Pirate Party “Captain” James O’Kee...
James O’Keefe, “Captain” of the Massachusetts Pirate Party, talks about the group’s philosophy, policies, and plans, including its views on copyright, privacy, and transparency, recorded from Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 10, 2012.
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Release date
May 11, 2012
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Runtime
26:14
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Professor Martin Haase talks about the Piratenpa...
Professor Martin Haase, Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Bamberg, and an active member of the Piratenpartei Deutschland (Pirate Party Germany), talks about the origins, goals, operations, and spirit of this organization, and about its use of Liquid Feedback software to create what it calls “Liquid Democracy,” recorded from Bamberg, Germany, on May 9, 2012.
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Release date
May 9, 2012
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Runtime
25:40
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JP Hollembaek talks about his Pirate Party campa...
JP Hollembaek, candidate for the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Middlesex (Lowell and Chelmsford), talks about his campaign and the Massachusetts Pirate Party, recorded from Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 8, 2012.
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Release date
May 8, 2012
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Runtime
15:59
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Klaus Sambor discusses the Unconditional Basic I...
Klaus Sambor, coordinator of the Attac group for an unconditional basic-income (UBI) guarantee, talks about the campaign to qualify a European Citizens’ Initiative that would implement such a program in the European Union, recorded from Austria on May 6, 2012.
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Release date
May 6, 2012
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Runtime
25:41
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Jan Willem Goudriaan on the Right2Water European...
Jan Willem Goudriaan, Deputy General Secretary, European Federation of Public Service Unions, talks about the Right2Water (www.right2water.eu) campaign to qualify a European Citizens’ Initiative to guarantee Europeans’ right to water as a public good and turn back efforts to privatize the provision of water and sanitation services, recorded from Brussels, Belgium, on May 2, 2012
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Release date
May 2, 2012
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Runtime
23:15
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Carsten Berg at Democracy International on the E...
Carsten Berg, ECI Campaign Coordinator with Democracy International and other, related NGOs, talks about the recently-promulgated European Citizens’ Initiative, which allows a million EU citizens to propose new legislation to the European Commission, recorded from Bonn, Germany, on April 24/25, 2012.
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Release date
Apr 25, 2012
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Runtime
21:52
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