Ian Cohen catches the big wave

1986 The biggest flotilla ever to enter an Australian port, 26 ships from six navies, assembled in Sydney Harbour. It was larger even than Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet that sailed into the harbour in 1908. Surfing anti-nuclear protester Ian Cohen clung to the bow of USS Oldendorf, appearing on front pages worldwide.

Ian is the author of the book Green Fire, an account of the Australian environmental movement, a movement that has transformed Australian politics. He is also a Green Party member in the Legislative Council ('Upper House') of the Parliament of New South Wales, and, I'm proud to say, an old battle comrade of your almanackist

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