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Memories of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) aboard a Greenpeace ship
In the summer of 1977, American poet, publisher, and innovative book seller, Lawrence Ferlinghetti joined the crew of the Greenpeace ship during the whale campaign and he wrote an historic poem in the ship's dreambook. On 22 February 2021, he died from lung disease, at the age of 101.
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Nuclear weapons are illegal at last
Nuclear arms are the most destructive, indiscriminate and monstrous weapons ever produced - but today, we can all celebrate a major milestone in the long march towards peace: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now part of international law!
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Remembering Dorothy Stowe, 1920-2010
Dorothy Stowe would be 100 today. She passed away peacefully ten years ago in Vancouver, where she co-founded Greenpeace with her husband Irving and other Vancouver pacifists and ecologists.
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Best Greenpeace actions photos 2020
2020 has been a difficult year for so many of us. Lockdowns and social distancing became the “new normal”, changing our lives as if we’re living through a science fiction movie.
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Climate Seniors to sue Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights
“Our demand for the Swiss government is simple: protect our health in the face of the climate crisis."
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Long live Kushtau mountain and its defenders
Greenpeace Russia joins with thousands of local protesters to protect a biologically and culturally significant mountain from limestone mining.
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A personal account from Greenpeace in Beirut: “I wished it was just a nightmare”
Buildings were literally destroyed, or stripped of their facades and glass. People were running around left and right. It was such a disturbing scene, I wished it was just a nightmare.
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2020, the year of disruption: Climate Crisis, COVID19, Racial Justice, #BlackLivesMatter
"I want to put forward a worthy challenge – to win this war on humanity we must change our mindset and the very fabric of our society..."
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Remembering Bob Hunter: Mind Bomber
"Revolution these days is a communications struggle, a war of images." - Bob Hunter, 1941 - 2005