Will E. Jackson
William E. Jackson | |
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Born | William Edward Jackson III February 13, 1945 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Canoga Park HS |
Occupation(s) | Author Ret. Maritime Captain |
Known for | Greenpeace Activist Author Musician |
Title | Ret. Captain |
Political party | Social Democrat |
Children | Cory Ryan Quinn Enjoli |
Parent(s) | G. William Marjorie |
William Edward Jackson III (born February 13, 1945) served with
Following on the success of that voyage, Jackson opened the San Francisco office of Greenpeace. With the assistance of Fund for Animals (Cleveland Amory, Virginia Handley), and eco-filmmaker
Prefacing his Greenpeace years, in 1970 as a multimedia artist he won a scholarship to California Institute of the Arts, but allegedly lost it when he offended his mentor Allan Kaprow. He moved on to Serge Tcherepnin's CalArts synthesizer workshop, and co-founded electronic music groups Cellar M with Naut Humon, and 'TO' with experimental percussionist Z'EV.[3] Later he performed with Ethership (Willard Van De Bogart, Lemon DeGeorge). Notably, he played synthesizer "whale music" with saxophonist Paul Winter aboard the GP-5, and at the "Save The Seas International Music Benefit", International Trade Center, Tokyo, 1977, with Z'EV.[4]
In the 1980s Jackson became interviewer/program producer for Miss Wire Waist of KPFK's Sounds of Jamaica (L.A.); and published Jah Guide reggae culture magazine. He recorded, published and broadcast speeches on apartheid by Jesse Jackson, Michael Manley, and Bishop Desmond Tutu; and interviews with Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Big Youth, Mutabaruka, Ras Michael and Peter Tosh. Meanwhile, he managed a 25-year career as a maritime seaman, union captain, and then fatherhood. In 2003 he authored the "reggae" novel Flight From Babylon (Infinity). His second novel and Greenpeace memoirs are forthcoming.
Bibliography
References
- ^ Weyler, Rex. Greenpeace : How A Group Of Journalists, Ecologists And Visionaries Changed The World / Rex Weyler. n.p.: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, c2004., 2004. p. 283.
- ^ Warriors of the Rainbow Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1979; extensive mention
- ISBN 978-1-889307-16-9.
- ^ "Recording Information". 1968-1990 One Foot In The Grave (CD Booklet). Z’EV. Touch. 1991. p. 111.
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