Hope in action.
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On 18 September 2013, a peaceful protest in international waters targeting the Russian state-owned Prirazlomnaya oil platform ended with 28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists placed in detention.
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The Arctic 30 are a reminder of the power of activism and that hope is a practice - a discipline, not an act of unquestioning belief. It compels us to take action for a better future, in the face of injustice - not because victory is guaranteed but because failure is certain if we don't.
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📸 : Russian security services abseil from a helicopter onto the deck of the Arctic Sunrise and seize the ship at gunpoint (19 September 2013)
© Denis Sinyakov
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