Friday, December 28, 2007

Battleship Antartica

Did anyone see the documentary last night about Greenpeace's attempt to stop the Japanese whale hunt last year? Very interesting given the twist of fire on the Japanese factory ship resulting in Greenpeace offering to tow them out of the quickly forming sea ice.

What interested me was the complaint form various crew members that Greenpeace has become more corporate in recent years with decisions being made on high and passed down to the activists, rather than the decisions being discussed and agreed on by the activists. I wonder whether this organisational trait is inevitable as groups mature? Is this what will happen to the Green party now it has decided to elect a leader?

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