Jon Castle obituary
by John Vidal from on (#3EPAC)
Captain of the Rainbow Warrior who led many of Greenpeace's most dramatic marine campaigns
The seaman Jon Castle, who has died of cancer aged 67, led many of Greenpeace's most dramatic marine campaigns, including the occupation of the Brent Spar oil platform and the opposition to nuclear testing.
After 25 years with Greenpeace he turned his skills to wider humanitarian causes, including rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean and sailing to the Chagos Islands in protest at the British refusal to allow people to return to their homeland following their eviction to allow the US to build a military base. He always acted, he said, not just out of a love of nature but for right against wrong.
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