True history of Greenpeace

Greenpeace real history

Greenpeace was born to be an organization for environment and against Nuclear veapon.

Among the founder was:

* Bill Darnell a carpenter and an ecologist[1], what ever that means….; then there were of course

* Dorothy Stowe was a social justice advocate and American Quaker. Dorothy Stowe who died in 2010 married Irving Strasmich, lawyer, in 1953. Irving Strasmich graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in Economics before he studied law at Yale. Together the couple decided to change name to Stowe.[2]

* Paul Cote a law student and peace activist.

Together with Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote and Dorothy Stowe started by founding ”Don’t Make a Wave Committee” in 1969 officially established early 1970. Later that anti-nuclear committee evolved into Greenpeace.

* Jim Bohlen American engineer (worked with Atlas ICBM program during a period). After being involved from the early days of ‘Don’t Make a Wave Committee’ Jim Bohlen outmanovered many high profile members in the Greenpeace that came to be an autonom organization. Among those Bohlen outmanovered was Paul Watson[3] who in 1969 joined a Sierra group protesting against Nuclear tests, Nuclear plants and Nuclear weapon. Paul Watson later became involved in NPD New Democratic Party, a Socialdemokratic party. Jim Bohlen himself died in 2010.

 

One of the other dismissed/outmanovered was Patrick Moore. Patrick Moore was the only one of few of the early persons involved in Greenpeace who had a degree in Ecology.[4] Many others who were speaking for more Science approach and against violent activity were dismissed/outmonovered during the years following the activity which lead up to french agents sinking Rainbow Warrior.[5]

 

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Sometimes today Greenpeace forget to speak of their own origin. The activists from early days were autonom leftwingers themselves but tried to establish themselves as a non Governmental organization working for Environmental questions.

Had the Greenpeace activists stuck to their origin believes – being against Nuclear power in every way, they might have been more trustworthy. It was not and is not a bad thing being against or frightened of Nuclear weapons. Many people who never belonged to the leftwingers were in the 70’s and many still are today in 2010’s.

Had Greenpeace studied Environmental questions, such as Geology, History of Geology, Nature Science subjects such as Physics and Oceanography, not only spoken about things they believed and prevented their organization to perform non legal activity but instead worked within society, they probably would have made a more objective and vital positive injection. Now most of them are leftwingers. Nota bene Dorothy Stowe organized a strike during the McCarty period.

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[1]               ”Canadian ecologist and carpenter Bill Darnell coined the name ”Greenpeace” in February 1970. A year later, Moore wrote to the organization, applying for a crew position on the boat and was accepted.” Souce: http://www.mothballmillstone.org/news2007a.html

[2]        ” in honour of Harriet Beecher Stowe – women’s rights advocate, abolitionist, and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).”

          source: http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/news/2010/07/23/dorothy-stowe-1920-2010-greenpeace-cofounder-social-justice-advocate

[3]        Paul Watson normally refered to as activist and television personality source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Watson

[4]        Ph.D in Ecology at the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology University of British Colombia for more information please read http://www.beattystreetpublishing.com/who-are-the-founders-of-greenpeace-2/

[5]        Please note that almost all objective articles of the Rainbow Warrior sinking has been removed from Wikipedia and other places on net.