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The next target was the French thermonuclear tests at Moruroa Atoll in the South Pacific, in June 1972. The Canadian protest boat spent 26 days hove-to in a nuclear test zone, but again failed to prevent the detonation. A French minesweeper deliberately rammed what was then Greenpeace III, though the French later claimed it was an accident. In a subsequent foray into Polynesia, to prevent further French nuclear testing in 1973, the skipper of the Greenpeace was seized and savagely beaten with truncheons.
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Voice From the Wilderness
Voice from the wilderness Greenpeace: an insider's account Rex Weyler Rodale, 623pp, £18.99
This epic story maps the birth and early life of an idea that has transformed humanity's perception of its relationship with the planet. Rex Weyler, a co-founder of Green...See the full content of this document
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