Captain John Cormack, Bob Hunter and Captain Jacques Longini of the Vega, 1975.
copyright Rex Weyler
Greenpeace
The Inside Story
by Rex Weyler
Paperback Edition
1-55192-841-8
CDN $24.95 paper
Hardcover Edition
1-55192-529-x
CDN $39.95 cloth
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Author site: rexweyler.com
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Why Rex Weyler wrote a book about Greenpeace
“This history had only been told piecemeal, from very subjective points of view, and I wanted to leave a better record. Although I lived through these events,
I made an effort to be a responsible journalist, to get the facts straight, dig below the surface, discover the human motivations, and understand the story so I could tell it well. I wanted to depict something deeper about the era of the 1960s and 70s, the social and political forces, the precedents, influences, and the conflicting points of view that gave rise to something new.
I wanted to find the heart of the story in the action and choices of the characters and the reaction of the world around them. And I wanted to inform citizens now, citizens anywhere, that they can influence their world, they can make a difference, and change the world, by standing up to abusive power, by not being intimidated by the status quo.
Interview Rex Weyler: Below are some key topics Rex Weyler can comment on.
- Ecology: Varieties of ecology, “deep-ecology,” “political ecology,” “animal-rights,” “conservation,” “radical ecology,” “scientific ecology,” and so forth.
- Ecology and Environmentalism, how they differ
- Ecology and science, environmentalism and science
- Sub-atomic physics and cosmology in relation to ecology
- Environmental movement, history and evolution, conflicts, philosophies
- Ecology and economy, environmentalism in corporate policy
- Ocean ecology: fishing, pollution, marine life, atolls, coral reefs
- Whales, historic populations, hunting
- Marine mammals: seals, are they really endangered? Marine mammals and fish
- Global Warming, climate change
- Genetic engineering
- Nuclear proliferation: nuclear power, nuclear weapons, proliferation, treaties and loopholes, the history and future of the arms race.
- Greenpeace: History and present, the founding of Greenpeace, conflicts, policies, influences, evolution of tactics and strategies.
- Social activism: historic and modern civic action, spiritual traditions and social activism; government response to protest, historic and modern.
- Indigenous traditions: History of the Western Hemisphere, pre-Columbian, clash with Europeans, migrations to the Americas, modern native movements, AIM, government response.
- Music, harmony: music technology and theory, harmonic theory, history of music
- Journalism: news, media, literary
- Photojournalism: history, masters, influences
- Literary journalism: narrative history, other narrative history authors, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Daniel Yergin, Margaret Macmillan.
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