The Thinking Vegan: ‘My interest lies in animal liberation, not making more vegans’
The Thinking Vegan: ‘My interest lies in animal liberation, not making more vegans’
GARY SMITH: The main mission in the animal rights movement at present is towards creating more vegans. Sadly, this obsession has caused us to subordinate animal liberation. It has also created a mentality of “do whatever it takes” to make more vegans. This mentality has moved us away from the ethical/animal argument and more toward health, consumer lifestyle and environmentalism. This has created enormous compromises in the both the message and the outreach. For instance, there is an inordinate amount of attention paid to celebrities who have gone “vegan” – meaning celebrities who have made a self-serving choice to eat […]
Rethinking Revolution: Veganism, animal liberation, ecology, and the ‘left’
Rethinking Revolution: Veganism, animal liberation, ecology, and the ‘left’
STEVEN BEST: Unlike the corporate-state-security apparatus, the entire spectrum of the Left is oblivious to the fact that in the last few decades a new movement has emerged that is of immense ethical, political, and ecological significance. That movement is the animal liberation movement. Because animal liberation — and the inseparably related concept and practice of veganism — challenges the anthropocentric, speciesist, and humanist dogmas entrenched in radical and progressive traditions, leftists as a whole have ignored or mocked rather than engaged these important new movements, and most environmentalists are equally antagonistic and clueless. The vital importance of veganism and […]
WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE: Respecting animal sentience and rejecting human elitism
WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE: Respecting animal sentience and rejecting human elitism
MARC BEKOFF: Science clearly shows that numerous nonhuman animals (animals) are sentient, feeling beings who care about their own well-being and quality of life along with that of their family and friends. For decades we’ve known that numerous animals’ inner lives are complex, rich, and deep, and a new anthology called Animals as Experiencing Entities: Theories and Historical Narratives edited by Drs. Michael J. Glover and Les Mitchell makes the inarguable case that it’s high time to use what we know on their behalf and allow them to live safely and to flourish in a shared world. I couldn’t agree […]
