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FEAR AND LOATHING IN GERMANY

FEAR AND LOATHING IN GERMANY

November 22, 2023 Last weekend, our ship the John Paul DeJoria paid a brief visit to Bremen Germany prior to departing for the Ocean Killers campaign against super trawlers. Our visit was well received and despite the rain we welcomed many visitors. It was also our opportunity to announce the formation of Captain Paul Watson Foundation Deutschland. One group, however, was quite upset with our visit. Yesterday I received the following message from Sea Shepherd Germany director Manuel Abrass: I…

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June 1975 – 48 Years Ago

June 1975 – 48 Years Ago

November 12, 2023 We took on the Soviet whaling fleet in the North Pacific. We had very little to work with, an 85-foot fishing boat and three small inflatables. Fourteen crew, all from Canada. It was, however, the first time anyone opposed the whalers on the high sea, the first time anyone blocked a harpoon to save a whale and it launched the Save the Whales movement. Captain John Cormack (deceased) First Mate Paul Watson 2nd Mate Patrick Moore  Russian Interpreter…

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Amsterdam Court Hearing, November 8th, 2023

Amsterdam Court Hearing, November 8th, 2023

November 11, 2023 Captain Paul Watson and Lamya Essemlali vs Alex Cornelissen, Peter Hammarstedt, Geert Vons and Jeff Hansen.\ BACKGROUND In 2013, in response to the Japanese filing a lawsuit against Sea Shepherd USA, Sea Shepherd Global was established to manage ships and campaigns. Not to manage Sea Shepherd national entities because Sea Shepherd was a movement and not an organization. The Global Board was set up with 6 directors. The 6 directors were Captain Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd France…

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Remembrance Day 2023

Remembrance Day 2023

November 11, 2023 JOHN WILLIAM WATSON. 1897-1918 One hundred and five years ago, my Grandfather’s younger brother,  John William Watson, was killed in action on the 3rd of September, 1918, just 2 months before that horrific war ended. He was 21 years old. He was born in 1897. It has always bothered me that when we refer to soldiers that have died, that the words “Lest we forget” are always stated and yet for the most part, we all forget as…

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Alex Cornelissen

Alex Cornelissen

November 6, 2023 After a year of no response and no explanation from Alex Cornelissen I will see him in court in Amsterdam on Wednesday, November 8th. This is what Alex wrote in 2013 when I supported him being the CEO of Sea Shepherd Global. It seems he’s had a change of heart. Give someone a little power and they may use it against you to further their own ambitions. Alex’s words: “Sea Shepherd is not an organisation, it’s a…

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Adaptation To Diminishment

Adaptation To Diminishment

By Captain Paul Watson The human species has a remarkable ability to adapt to diminishment. This is an ability that served us very well most of our history as a species, today it may be our undoing. To read this article in DIVELOG Australasia #402 October 2023, please follow this link https://user-80925338.cld.bz/402-OCT/36/

THE KRILL DECEPTION

THE KRILL DECEPTION

November 1, 2023 620,000 Tons of Slaughtered Krill is a Victory According to HammarstedtPeter takes a rather slow ship down to the Southern Ocean proudly proclaiming he’s walking in the footsteps of Shackleton, whatever that means. The campaign is to oppose the huge krill trawling fleet which involved taking pictures and videos of ships already previously documented by National Geographic and Greenpeace. There were no interventions, no interferences, no blocking, basically no action and now he is claiming that the…

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The Betrayal of Trust

The Betrayal of Trust

October 31, 2023 A movement is based on trust. When that bond of trust is broken there is no greater betrayal. The Sea Shepherd movement was built on trust. There was no other way. An organization can be controlled, but the very nature of a movement is that it cannot be controlled. Four directors of Sea Shepherd Global have betrayed the Sea Shepherd movement. The Sea Shepherd movement was a democratic association of independent national entities. Each entity had its…

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Mutinous Revisionism and Shades of George Orwell

Mutinous Revisionism and Shades of George Orwell

October 26, 2023 Wow, just saw the Peter Hammarstedt revisionist video. Quite the Orwellian spin. He is celebrating his 20th Anniversary with Sea Shepherd and Alex Cornelissen is claiming that the best decision he ever made was promoting Peter to be First Mate and then Captain. Except that is not true. I took him on as a crewmember in 2002. I also appointed him as Quartermaster then as 1st Officer and then as Captain. Not sure why Alex Cornelissen feels…

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WAVES OF HATE

WAVES OF HATE

October 24, 2030 The waves of hate wash over me, Sonic waves of fire, No escape over land or sea,  The smoke rises higher.  I saw my mother die today, Her body in the mud. All the streets are dusty and gray, Tinted with reddish blood. My baby sister hugs me tight, Her tears fall on my cheek, Shivering through the long dark night We cannot, dare not, speak. There be strangers beyond the wall, So thirsty for our blood….

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