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Forty years after the bombing of its Rainbow Warrior vessel, Greenpeace International’s executive director Mads Christensen tells RFI that the attack not only failed to silence the movement, but made it stronger than ever. In an exclusive interview, he reflects on how an act of violence became a rallying cry.

Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace International’s executive director Mads Christensen says the attack only made the movement stronger and proved that “you can’t sink a rainbow”. He tells RFI how one act of violence inspired generations of activists and continues to fuel their fight for the planet.

Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. The bombing, which killed photographer Fernando Pereira, was intended to halt Greenpeace’s campaign against French nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll. Instead, it galvanised the global environmental movement and left…

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