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Te Parau Mau e Te Parau Ti’a: French Nuclear Colonialism in Mā’ohi Nui

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From 1966 - 1996, France conducted 193 nuclear explosions in their South Pacific colony known as French Polynesia, on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. The nuclear explosions were apart of France’s nuclear weapons expansion at a time of Cold War geopolitical tensions and when the US and the UK were equally testing nuclear weapons in the Pacific. Despite decades of local, regional and worldwide protest, such as the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement, France continued to impose their nuclear testing agenda in French Polynesia until 1996. While France claimed that these were “clean bombs,” and used this as their official narrative until 2016, there have been numerous and continual environmental issues due to the radiation exposure of the 193 nuclear bombs. These consequences continue today, but are largely unknown, as there are a lack of studies and transparency of these impacts. In the ongoing spirit of the NFIP movement, Mā’ohi activists today continue to seek “Te Parau Mau e Te Parau Ti’a” or Truth and Justice to these ongoing issues, and seek accountability from France for better environmental clean-up in the territory and an end to French colonialism in the Pacific. This talk will go over French nuclear colonialism in Mā’ohi Nui, the ongoing environmental impacts and Mā’ohi actions towards nuclear justice. On Zoom & In Person

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Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Mānoa Campus

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foleycp@hawaii.edu, 808-956-2202, foleycp@hawaii.edu