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…
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…
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/
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…
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…
October 20, 2023 It is amazing that because I made a couple of posts of concern for children, children of Gaza and children of Israel that a few people have accused me of anti-Semitism. This is absurd. I have no animosity, hatred nor anger for Jewish people, never have and I never will. What Hamas did was monstrous but the revenge killing of over a thousand children in Gaza is also monstrous. Being critical of the IDF and of the…
October 19, 2023 Today I had the great honor and pleasure to be part of the official launch of the Sea Shepherd France vessel The WALRUS. This vessel commissioned and custom built for Sea Shepherd France is fast, efficient, and outfitted with cameras to document every action in a campaign. This vessel is named for my lifelong friend David Garrick also known as Walrus. Sadly, David passed away earlier this year on Vancouver Island, Canada. Walrus was an incredible environmental…
October 14, 2023 I intend to throw everything I have at it, even my life if that is what it takes, but it will end. That is a promise! https://bit.ly/48QpeZk
October 13, 2023 COMMENTARY BY CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON I have never been much of an administrator. My forte has always been the action, the confrontations, the long voyages and the challenging of the unlawful operations threatening life and diversity in the sea. My entire life has been guided by my experiences with defending and protecting the citizens of the natural world. I began my career at the age of eleven when I began to walk the traplines in Eastern Canada,…
October 13, 2023 Commentary by Captain Paul Watson Some people have been asking me what is my position on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Politically, I don’t have a position; but ethically I have a very clear position, and that is I don’t condone the killing of children by anyone, for any reason, anywhere, at any time. What I care about is that children are being murdered. Israeli children and Palestinian children. No matter what the reason, there can be no justification…