I am much too lazy to write my own essay on the pyrates, so for now I am using this amazing essay from Do or Die. Originally printed in issue 8 and named Pirate Utopias - Under the Banner of King Death.
Or you can read the PDF.
This essay is too long to fit on one page, so It has been broken into three parts:
Part 1:Pirate Utopias; Rise of Piracy; "a dunghill wheron England doth cast forth its rubbish;" Arrgh, Jim Lad!
Part 2:Revenge; Piracy and Slavery; Going Native; Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll
Part 3:Pirate Women; Misson and Libertalia; The Empire Strikes Back; Footnotes