Tag: France
Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party has been told that France is “panicking” and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head of the Caledonian...
Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum
Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives with French Prime Minister Élisabeth...
Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord should be reached with France...
New Eyes of Fire hoped to inspire community activism
Pacific Media Watch
Author David Robie and Little Island Press are soon releasing the fifth edition of the Eyes of Fire book, marking the 30th...
Remembering Rainbow Warrior: How French President Mitterrand personally approved the attack on Greenpeace 20 years ago
Democracy Now!
Twenty years ago on 10 July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French government agents and sunk in Auckland harbour,...
Archive: A photographer’s date with a nuclear death
President Jacques Chirac's controversial final round of nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in 1995 unleashed an unprecedented storm of international protest. And...