‘LEFT’ BEHIND: Why we need ‘conservative’ politicians advocating for animals
DAVID OLROYD: Animal advocates reflect a diverse group. As well cropping-up in all demographics of age, gender, class, and nationality, those…
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Mission ‘Impossible’: Plant-based meat alternatives are trying to exit the culture wars
S. MAREK MULLER: Increasingly, vegans, vegetarians and others looking for meat alternatives are seeing a new option on the menu: patties that look,…
‘An Angry Cow Is Not A Good Eating Experience’: How global media are shifting from ‘crude’ to ‘camouflaged’ speciesism
NATALIE KHAZAAL: When it comes to the treatment of nonhuman animals used for food (NUF), do global media like The New York Times coddle their…
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Despite the pervasive public interest in animal welfare, the framing of animal rights activism in the media has largely…
Reducing Speciesism: Interventions to change people’s attitudes and behavioral intentions
NICOLE BANACH: Why do we eat pigs, wear cows, and experiment on dogs when most people claim to love animals? Generally, people condemn animal…
MIGHT MAKES ‘RIGHT’: Why do right-wing adherents engage in more animal exploitation and meat consumption?
KRISTOF DHONT: Despite the well-documented implications of individual differences in ideology with regard to reactions toward human out-groups,…
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…
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…
From Compassion to Consumption: Veterinary Ethics and Veganism
ETHICAL GLOBE: Given their oath to ensure the health and welfare of all animals, veterinary professionals have a moral responsibility to reject…
FREEDOM ROAD: How far should we carry the logic of the animal rights movement?
KALEFA SANNEH: There is a name for the cruel, and correspondingly clandestine, process by which many animals become meat: “factory farming,” a term…
STUDY: Impact of social media influencers on conversion towards veganism
SUMEET SINGH LAMBA: Veganism, as a dietary style, emphasises the consumption of primarily plant-based meals while avoiding all animal products.…
Compromised Values: A comparative response during the COVID-19 crisis by ethical vegans
ESTELA M. DIAZ: The enduring concern of animal experimentation sits at the heart of the animal defense movement, propelled by the humanitarian ethos…
KNOW MORE: Psychological differences and similarities between vegans and vegetarians
ROLAND MAYRHOFER: Although vegan and vegetarian diets and lifestyles differ significantly from each other, among other things, notably in their…
John Tallent: ‘How to Unite the Left on Animals’
KIM STALLWOOD: John Tallent is the author and publisher of 'How to Unite the Left on Animals: A Handbook on Total Liberationist Veganism and a…
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE: Having it ‘both’ ways as an animal rights ethical vegan?
VEDA STRAM: Can we have it both ways and remain true to our original commitments? We know it’s possible to have it both ways because we know people…
‘Planet A’: Filming for freedom with Korean animal rights activist Haru Lev
JAMIE FINN: Haru Lev is an activist. It is through this lens, the lens of counter-culturalism and of protest, that we can best understand his work.…
To V or Not to V: What activates people to embrace or reject veganism?
COREY WATERS: The potential of an individual to participate in a particular movement increases if identifications of that individual are recognized…
‘Food for Profit’: Documentary investigates the corrupt relationship between the animal agriculture industry and politics
3BEE: Food for Profit is the first documentary to show the thread that binds the meat industry, the lobbies and political power. At the centre are…