Posted on 07/06/2025 5:14:59 PM PDT by Angelino97
The U.S. Pirate Party and Transhumanist Party are preparing to formalize a coalition effort between the two organizations, with room for further expansion in the future. The two groups have been in communication since late last year.
Initial outreach began last December when the Pirate Party hosted representatives from the Transhumanist Party on an early episode of Talk the Plank, the party’s then-pilot podcast. Transhumanist Party Chair Gennady Stolyarov II later joined the Pirate National Committee’s December meeting, followed by Pirate Party members participating in an episode of the Transhumanist Party’s Virtual Enlightenment Salon.
According to a statement shared this week with Independent Political Report, representatives from both parties have continued meeting regularly, with the most recent interaction taking place this past Sunday. Pirate Captain Drew Bingaman, whose role is equivalent to that of a party chair, appeared as a guest on the Virtual Enlightenment Salon, while Transhumanist members joined the Pirate Party for another monthly meeting.
The two parties are expected to formally launch a coalition named “All Hands for a Free Future,” or simply All Hands. According to the Pirate Party, the coalition is “all but official,” with bylaws expected to be ratified by both organizations in the coming days. The party described the development as a “new era” for minor party politics.
The Pirate Party also suggested that the coalition may expand beyond the two founding members, but offered no additional details at this time.
“We here in the United States Pirate Party would like to express our gratitude to our friends in the United States Transhumanist Party,” the statement reads. “Free Men. Free Labor. Free Soil. Free Future.”
It took its name because it often defended "piracy" of intellectual property.
There are Pirate Parties throughout the West. I think they even elected someone to the European Parliament.
These folks need AI robots on their Board of Directors to keep them on the right track.
Lol.
These are the kinds of people who watch a lot of Hollywood movies, and never really had the chance to grow up.
Thanks for explaining. I’d not ever heard of this group.
I thought it was yet another cluster of guys annoying the general public on “Talk Like A Pirate Day” of Sept. 19th.
News U can use.
So this means the future will consist of robots with human brains, eye patches, and wooden legs.
Yes ... and a parrot!
There’s way more action here than I would have suspected.
The question is how many of them are just putting an ARRRR after their names.
A lot of folks apparently have way too much time on their hands.
I be a Pirate, but I sez send the Transhumanists to Davey Jones Locker, Arrgh
The Pirate Party might do well in Minnesota, with its large Somali population, some of whom may have been real pirates.
Combined membership will be 100 people? 😀
“U.S. Pirate Party and Transhumanist Party are preparing to formalize a coalition...”
Circle Jerk in a lubricated sleeping bag.
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