Filed under: Greenpeace, Demand Peace and Disarmament, End the nuclear age, Greenpeace Core Values, Life at work | Tags: History, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Amchtka, Greenpeace Canada
From Making Waves
Amchitka is the rock concert that launched Greenpeace. It’s also the concert that launched a ship: the Phyllis McCormack, which sailed out into the first Greenpeace action protesting US nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands.
Filed under: Defending our Oceans, Demand Peace and Disarmament, End the nuclear age, Greenpeace, Greenpeace Core Values, Life at work, Protect ancient forests, Stop climate change | Tags: Direct Action, tokyo 2, non-violence, Kingsnorth Six, Greenpeace UK, David McTaggart
The six Greenpeace activists who shut down a coal power station last year made history when a UK jury agreed that they were acting to safeguard property from the impacts of climate change. A new documentary takes you behind the scenes of that action, and into the heart of what Greenpeace and non-violent direct action is all about.
5 of the "Kingsnorth 6" who in a landmark court case in September 2008 were acquitted of causing criminal damage by painting on a smokestack at the Kingsnorth coal power station, on the grounds of "lawful excuse"
The Kingsnorth Six were accused of causing £30,000 of criminal damage to Kingsnorth power station. Their defence of “lawful excuse” was accepted by the jury, which supported the right to take direct action to protect the climate from the burning of coal.
Filed under: Demand Peace and Disarmament, End the nuclear age | Tags: bands, No To BNPP, Noel Cabangon, Nukes, Rock music, The Jerks
Spotted last Friday (March 21) at 70s Bistro: singer Noel Cabangon and alternative rock and blues band the Jerks performing anti-nuclear standards. Noel sung “Power” by John Hall, and The Jerks did “Nukleyar.” Videos of their performance will be distributed as part of a Do-It-Yourself anti-nuclear campaigning kit for communities. Watch this space for the launch. Continue reading
Filed under: Deep Green, Defending our Oceans, Demand Peace and Disarmament, Greenpeace, Greenpeace Core Values | Tags: Diego Garcia, Former Greenpeace, Greenpeace History, Rex Weyler, U.S. Bases
In 1969, Marie Aimee took her two children for medical treatment, a six-day voyage across the Indian Ocean from their home on Diego Garcia island to Port Louis, Mauritius. Her husband, Dervillie Permal, stayed behind to work at a coconut oil factory and tend the family garden and animals.
Greenpeace Southeast Asia 