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They seemed like a nice enough French couple, touring New Zealand in a campervan in 1985. But Auckland police suspected they were in fact experienced French agents Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, part of a dozen-strong team behind the bombing of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior. This fascinating BWB Text presents in startling detail the careful interrogation of the couple by detectives, leading to their arrest and conviction.
In 1978, Harvey Milk asked Gilbert Baker to create a unifying symbol for the growing gay rights movement, and on June 25 of that year, Baker's Rainbow Flag debuted at San Francisco's Gay Liberation Day parade. Baker had no idea his creation would become an international emblem of freedom, forever cementing his place and importance in helping to define the modern LGBTQ+ movement. Rainbow Warrior is Baker's passionate personal chronicle, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Kansas to a harrowing stint in the US Army, and finally his arrival in San Francisco, where he bloomed as both a visual artist and social justice activist. His fascinating story weaves through the early years of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, where he worked closely with Milk, Cleve Jones, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Baker continued his flag-making, street theater and activism through the Reagan years and the AIDS crisis. And in 1994, Baker spearheaded the effort to fabricate a mile-long Rainbow Flag—at the time, the world's longest—to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. Gilbert and parade organizers battled with the newly elected Mayor Giuliani for the right to carry it up Fifth Avenue, past St. Patrick's Cathedral. Today, the Rainbow Flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusiveness, and its rainbow hues have illuminated landmarks from the White House to the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House. Gilbert Baker often called himself the "Gay Betsy Ross," and readers of his colorful, irreverent and deeply personal memoir will find it difficult to disagree.
Author : Sunday Times of London Insight Team Publisher : London : Hutchinson Page : 328 pages File Size : 48,5 Mb Release : 1986 Category : Political Science ISBN : UOM:39015012065564
Rainbow Warrior by François Pienaar,Edward Griffiths Pdf
In this updated edition of his bestselling autobiography, the ex-captain of South Africa and current coach of Saracens, looks back on an eventful career in rugby union and offers his compelling views on the future of the game post-World Cup 1999.
Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the ship's most exciting adventures and actions. It is at once a narrative of real life on board, a history of some of the most famous vessels in the world, and also a history of Greenpeace itself, which goes beyond the oceans and touches on many aspects of the organization's work. In the end though it aims to bring out the personal stories and firsthand accounts of the ships' adventures—tales from the high seas, full of action and daring but also of humanity and great compassion. Starting with the early life of Greenpeace and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by the French secret service through to the imprisonment of the Arctic 30 by the Russians, the stories are brought to life with photos from the Greenpeace archives, maps, and nautical charts. The most symbolic items belonging to the ship's historical inventory are be also included. Maite Mompo has been a Greenpeace activist for over ten years. With the sea in her blood she started on a small boat, the Zorba, and then moved on to crew for the Arctic Sunrise, Esperanza, and Rainbow Warrior. Spending half her year at sea, she has sailed from pole to pole, taken part in numerous actions, and has put herself "between the harpoon and the whale."
"The first complete account of Greenpeace, a movement initiated in 1970 when a handful of Canadian activists founded an organization devoted to improving ecological conditions and denouncing nuclear weaponry. Today thousands of people on every continent continue to support the cause. These participants in the crusades to prevent unnecessary mass killings of whales and seals and in the atomic bomb testing debacles at Amchitka and Mururoa have risked their lives, their careers, their marriages, and their freedom in what has become one of the most active and vocal crusades of the twentieth century"--back cover.
Beyond the Rainbow Warrior by Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman Pdf
A collection of nine illustrated stories by a variety of authors and illustrators that draw on themes of taking care of the world's resources and its inhabitants.
The Rainbow Warrior is an ancient warrior princess whose mission is to build an army full of potential. Her army’s aim is to protect and enrich our beautiful planet. She has been resting for thousands of years. Now she has awoken and wants to awaken the rest of humanity but needs your help! This book hopes to heighten our conscious awareness that every single person is uniquely important in the fabric of existence. If we endeavour to empower ourselves, we can become a force for the enrichment of our civilisation and a healer of our planet.
"The sensational bombing of the Rainbow Warroor in July 1985 led to the biggest police investigation in New Zealand and the jailing of two French agents [Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur]. ... This book contians new information about the French age nts who were caught and the ones who got away. It tells ... the story of the 'third team' - the men who actually sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior. This is, at last, the full account of the New Zealand end of the Rainbow Warrior affair. ..."--Back cover.
Legend of the Rainbow Warriors by Steven McFadden,Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo Pdf
Legend of the Rainbow Warriors is a journalist's account of one of the core myths of America, and an electrifying exploration of how that myth is playing out in real time. One dominant myth is formed by advertising images of vast, luxurious wealth-the myth of materialism. Another myth is conjured in the bloody, sorrowful images that pervade movies, music and computer games-the myth that the world is hate-filled and chaotic beyond redemption. The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors offers a spiritual alternative of hope and real possibility based upon respect, freedom and responsibility. As drawn from dozens of historical accounts, the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors relates that "when the Earth becomes desperately sick, people of all colors and faiths will unite, and rise to face the overwhelming challenges with insight, honesty, caring, sharing, and respect." Veteran writer Steven McFadden weaves the myths and the headlines together seamlessly in a rich work of literary journalism that is adroitly crafted, eye-opening, and soul-inspiring.
Nyles Hawkspurr, former SAS officer living in New Zealand. In July, 1989, he learns that Major Alain Mafart, convicted for the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, is serving in the French Military Academy. Hawkspurr decides to kidnap Mafart and return him to justice in New Zealand. To gather his old companions, Hawkspurr travels to Hong Kong. He journeys on to Borneo, and spends a hilarious evening in the Iban tribal Longhouse. In Kenya, he and his former sergeant ambush French agents. Cyprus is the home of Hawkspurr's oldest friends who operate a tourist cruiser. He moves through Italy to the Island of Jersey, and discovers that the real leader of the bombing is an old antagonist, Von Harzburg. After a successful kidnap from Paris, the team and their prisoner escape by glider to the cruiser, which transports them to Egypt, after a sneak attack by sea-borne commandos.