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On this day, 10 July 1985, the French intelligence service carried out a terrorist attack in Aotearoa (New Zealand), which killed Fernando Pereira, a Portuguese photographer. The target of the attack was environmentalist group Greenpeace, and their ship, Rainbow Warrior, which was headed to protest against French nuclear testing in the Moruroa Atoll. Agents of the DGSE attached two limpet mines to the hull, which exploded. France initially denied responsibility but NZ police arrested two of its agents and charged them with murder. Eventually they were sentenced to periods of seven and 10 years' imprisonment for manslaughter and “wilful damage”. However, the United Nations negotiated a settlement under which they were transferred to a French colonial prison. They were then set free after just two years. The terrorists were promoted and decorated upon their return to France. After the bombing, the damaged ship was relocated to Matauri Bay, in order to become a living reef for marine life. Greenpeace purchased a new ship, and also named it Rainbow Warrior, after a fictional Native American prophecy, which stated: “When the world is sick and dying, the people will rise up like Warriors of the Rainbow…” The attack galvanised resistance to nuclear weapons in Aotearoa. Learn more about environmental resistance in these books: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/environment

May we all receive good news in July.

Sending love to everyone struggling with something they don't talk about.

ALSO..some more masturbation facts about me. theres a nonsexual scene in a book where a kid gets spanked for some reason. it was set in like the 40s and he was in a boarding school i forget. but i think i either misread the scene . or maybr the author actually did write this and theyre just fucking weird. and i thought the protag got hit (with like a ruler or something). on the penis instead of on the arse. and i remember my 11 year old brain being like. i wonder why i think that would feel good.