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The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior: responses to an international act of terrorism

Wilson, J. M. (2010) The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior: responses to an international act of terrorism. Journal of Post-Colonial Cultures and Societies. 1(1), pp. 81-92. 1948-1845.

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Abstract:
The Rainbow Warrior affair, an act of sabotage against the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior, when berthed at Marsden wharf in Auckland harbour on 10th July 1985, dramatised in unprecedented ways issues of neo-imperialism, national security, eco-politics and postcolonialism in New Zealand. The bombing of the yacht by French secret service agents effectively prevented its participation in a Nuclear Free Pacific campaign in which it was to have headed the Pacific Fleet Flotilla to Moruroa atoll protesting French nuclear testing. Outrage was compounded by tragedy: the vessel’s Portuguese photographer, Fernando Pereira, went back on board to get his camera after the first detonation and was drowned in his cabin following the second one. The evidence of French Secret Service (Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure or DGSE) involvement which sensationally emerged in the following months, not only enhanced New Zealand’s status as a small nation and wrongful victim of French neo-colonial ambitions, it dramatically magnified Greenpeace’s role as coordinator of New Zealand and Pacific resistance to French bomb-testing.
Additional Information:
ISSN No. 1948-1845 (Print); 1948-1853 (Electronic)
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Creators:
Wilson, J. M.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
1 January 2010
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 81-92
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Post-Colonial Cultures and Societies
Volume:
1
Number:
1
Number of Pages:
12
Language:
English
ISSN:
1948-1845
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
No
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