Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets
How to Calm Our Anger and Rebuild Ourselves
Abstract
The essay discusses, from an Indigenous perspective, the French nuclear weapon tests in the southern Pacific islands. It presents a vivid scenario of the detrimental effects and social inequalities produced by the dynamic of ‘industrialization without industry’ brought about by militarisation and extraction.
Submitted: Sept. 28, 2023 | Accepted: Nov. 22, 2023 | Published Dec. 20, 2023 | Language: en
Keywords Pacific islands • Nuclear testing • French Polynesia • Militarisation
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