Category Archives : 1000.French Polynesia

“Basically, I am a rebel: at school, I was always in trouble for not following the rules.” Tahitian activist Unutea Hirshon campaigns for a nuclear-free and independent French Polynesia and for peace in the wider Pacific. Unutea’s work covers many spheres: as a member of the independence party Tavini Huiraatira no Te Ao Maohi, supporting […]

“The United States has voted a budget of 393 billion US dollars for military operations in 2001. If we can spend so much on the military, I am sure we can spend as much on HIV and AIDS.” Colonization, nuclear testing, and the Aids pandemic have broken the peace and paradise of the Pacific islands. […]