Ben Stewart
EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE ARTIC 30 - THE GREENPEACE ENCOUNTER WITH THE RUSSIAN APPARATUS.
In September 2013 the crew of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise scaled a Russian oil platform, but their protest was met with brutal force as Putin's commandos seized their ship. Towed to the mainland under armed guard, they were charged with piracy and faced fifteen years in Russia's vicious prison system. A movement of millions demanded their release. This is their story.
Ben Stewart--who spearheaded the campaign to release the Arctic 30--tells an astonishing tale of passion, courage, brutality, and survival. With wit, verve, and candor, he chronicles the extraordinary friendships the activists made with their often murderous cellmates, their battle to outwit the prison guards, and the struggle to stay true to the cause that brought them there.
336 pages, 140 x 210mm, hardcover, The New Press, 2015
Product Code: 9781620971093
