ae LN 7™ “Sy f BAS = S a ro ——.. SS vA “They have us hooked. We are oil money junkies. Got to keep mainlining those taxes, so drill any- where you want boys. Just don't let the good times stop.” Dave Hammock, general manager, Valdez public radio station. On October 11/89 Van- couver harbour was visited yu the U.S. Constellation. ancouver city council has urged Ottawa to declare the Port of Vancouver a nu- Clear-free zone but there has been no response. The federal government keeps inviting these warships to a port three thousand miles away from them. For the next 72 hours Greenpeace kept constant ressure on the bomb- arge that was posing a threat to 1.5 million people. Greenpeace boats left the docks on Oct.11 at.5:00 am. They found the U.S. Consti- pation had snuck in already, under cover of the night to avoid an embarrassing con- frontation. During the course of the action there were eight arrests, John Johnson, 2nd year photog- Best cSt at ECCAD and Greenpeace employee served 8 hours in jail. betes Jeanne Rgowski: Do you feel that the actions were effective? John Johnson: Yes Greenpeace applied lots of pressure. ItwaSa.___svery active campaign with lots of media poeerage. Green- peace also feels that it was successful in showing people how _ important this issue is and that it needs to be addressed. | J.R.: Do you think that the local newsstations support Greenpeace? J.J.: Sometimes. They are helpful when they get the facts straight | and present it in an unbi- ased way. J.R.: Tell us about the events during the course of action. J.J.: After we realized that the ship was already in the harbour, we decided to con- tinue with the original plan: to tag the ship with the radiation radiation symbol and get members aboard with radiation flags. When . the zodiacs arrived at the ship there were two hard- shell police zodiacs and three police boats. They PAGE planet of the arks winter edition had anticipated the event so so to create a diversion one Greenpeace zodiac pre- © tended to tag the ship while myself and Krista King _ climbed up the anchor chain and locked ourselves to it. After 5 minutes the sailors blasted us with high pow- ered hoses. A warm recep- tion in our own port. The Vancouver police stepped in and told them to stop. We were then cut down b the police and taken to jail. J.R.: What are the attitudes like in other ports around the world? J.J.: Iceland and New Zea- land are completely nuclear free. There have been demonstrations around the world: Spain, Denmark Germany, and Russia. In Valetta, Malta, June ’88; dockworkers blocked the harbour with an 80 ton tanker, and in Melbourne, Australia, Oct. ’88; the seaman’s union refused to assist a British aircraft car- rier. : J.R.: How many was came into Canada in 1988? J.J.: 78. 17 visits to Van- COuvVelL.- J.R.: Considering the sub- ject matter, are you sur- prised at the small number of people who turn out for demonstrations? | J.J.: No. I’ve been involved long enough to know that Canadians are very apa- thetic; they will complain but not take any action. Like the demonstration on Rob- son st., there were no fac- ulty and where were the other 550 students. The energy from the students that did show made the demonstration successful. people don’t stand up the government is not going to move. Jeanne Rgowski TIO “They have us heoked. We are oil money junkies. Got to keep mainiining those taxes, so drill any- where you Want boys. Just don't let the good times stop.” Dave Hammock, general manager, Valdez Public radio station. On October 11/89 Van- couver harbour was visited by the U.S. Constellation. fancouver city council has urged Ottawa to declare the Port of Vancouver a nu- clear-free zone but there has been no response. The federal government keaps inviting these warships to a port three thousand miles away _from them, For the next 72 hours Greenpeace kept constant ressure on the bomb- arge that was posing a threat to 1.5 million Deee: Greenpeace boats left the docks on Oct.11 at 5:00 am. They found the U.S. Consti- pation had snuck in already, under cover of the night to avoid an embarrassing con- frontation. During the’ course of the action there were eight arrests, John Johnson, 2nd year photog- ep Scar at ECCAD’ and Greenpeace employee served 8 hours in jail. AC Jeanne Rgowski: Do you feel that the actions were effective? John Johnson: Yes, Greenpeace applied lots of pressure. Itwasa very active campaign with lots of media coverage. Green- peace _ also feels that it was successful in showing people how _ important this issue is and that it needs to be addressed. _ J-R.: Do you think that the local newsstations support Greenpeace? J.J.: Sometimes. They are helpful when they get the facts straight i and present it in an unbi- ased way. J-R.:_ Tell us about the events during the course of action, c J.J. After we realized that the ship was already in the harbour, we decided to con- tinue with the original plan: to tag the ship with ‘the radiation radiation symbol and get members aboard with Fadiation flags. When the zodiacs arrived at the ship there were two hard- shell police zodiacs and three police boats. They PAGE planet of the arts winter edition had anticipated the event so $0 to create a diversion one Greenpeace zodiac pre- _ tended to tag the ship while myself and Krista King climbed up the anchor chain and locked ourselves to it. After 5 minutes the sailors blasted us with high pow- ered hoses. A warm recep- tion in our own port. The Vancouver ole stepped in and told them to stop. We were then cut down b) the police and taken to jail. J.R.: What are the attitudes like in other ports around the world? J.J.: Iceland and New Zea- land are completely nuclear free. There have been demonstrations around the world: Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Russia. In Valetta, Malta, June '88; dockworkers blocked the harbour with an 80 ton J.R.: How many Gals came into Canada in 1988? J.J.: 78. 17 visits to Van- couver, J.R.: Considering the sub- ject matter, are you sur- prised at the small number of people who turn out for demonstrations? _ .J.: No. I've been involved long enough to know that Canadians are very apa- thetic; they will complain but not take any action. Like the demonstration on Rob- son st., there were no fac- ulty and where were the other 550 students. 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