The ‘Land of Milk and Honey’: Palestine, state violence, and why veganism is political
KARLO MARCO CLETO: Veganism , being a social movement that aspires for a fairer, better, more just relationship with non-human animals , is…
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: ‘Animalization’ and ‘dehumanization’ as psychological barriers to animal rights legal reform
MANEESHA DECKHA: There are now more than a handful of high-profile court cases where animal rights organizations and advocates have sought legal…
CROSSING LINES: The ‘counterproductiveness argument’ against animal rights violence
NICO MULLER: May animal rights be defended by violent means – and if not, why not? These questions have received renewed attention in the recent…
HOT WAR, COLD HEART: A beloved whale accused of being a ‘Russian spy’ was shot dead
JOSHUA NELKEN-ZITSER: A white beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, beloved in Norway and believed to have been trained to spy for Russia, was found…
‘Fishing is NOT Human(e)’: Stephanie Lane’s haunting art display of humans trapped in fishing nets
ALEXANDER SMITH: Artist Stephanie Lane of Speciesism.WTF premiered her work Fishing is NOT Human(e) on Sandbanks beach. The installation…
The Spiral of Silence: ‘How do you know someone’s vegan? They won’t always tell you.’
JAN WILLEM BOLDERDIJK: A growing number of people (privately) endorse the benefits associated with adopting a meat-free diet. Yet, the societal…
Stages of Activist Development: A study of US animal rights organizers
EVA HAMER: Hoping for a more robust understanding of how people become dedicated organizers, colleagues at Pax Fauna and I designed a study. In it,…
‘The Mirror Test’: Human zoos; the western world’s shameful secret
RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Western world was desperate to see the “savage,” “primitive” people described…
COW IN THE COURT-ROOM: Climate change litigation turns toward animal agriculture
DAINA BREY: Even as the geographical and doctrinal diversity of climate change litigation increases, climate lawsuits—whether they seek to hold…
‘Our Kindred Creatures’: The illogical relationship Americans have with animals
BEN GOLDFARB: American society has a confused, contradictory relationship with animals. Many dog owners have no compunction about eating…