Are the Pirates in the Vanguard of a New Politics?

Courtesy Linux Today  Mon, 06/08/2009 - 14:02

Open Enterprise: "News that the Swedish Pirate Party has secured a seat in the European Parliament was not totally unexpected, but the fact that the party also gained 7.1% of the Swedish vote, is.

It suggests that there is something deeper going on here than a few bored voters choosing a joke party."

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