November 1, 2024: Happy World Vegan Day!
NATIONAL TODAY: World Vegan Day is celebrated on November 1 and it's amazing to see how far this movement has come. .. The joys and benefits of…
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‘Spirituale Secretum’: Documentary film Christspiracy available to watch online starting November 1, 2024
AUM FILMS: The documentary 'Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret' will be available to watch around the world starting November 1, 2024, on…
NATIVE TRAILS: Veganism is not anti-Indigenous
SAMAH SEGER: Veganism is often accused of being anti-Indigenous, but in reality it is a response to the anti-Indigenous systems of today... How…
A FORK IN THE ROAD: Attitude, behavior, and social stigma in the adoption of veganism
ANNE RENEE BROUWER: While veganism has been growing and receiving increasing attention, there is a gap on how factors such as health and…
‘A Cage is a Cage’: Why did an RSPCA trustee stop working in animal welfare?
JANE TREDGETT: We’re born free from prejudice when it comes to other animals, and to a child, a horse is just as special as a pig and a chicken is…
The FBI’s ‘biological weapons’ program has a new target: Animal rights activists
GREY MORAN: On a chilly, early morning in January 2019, a group of animal rights activists descended upon a poultry farm in central Texas. Donning…
Vegans & Anarchists: Comparison of personality traits of two anti-oppression groups
SOPHIE DESJARDINS: Veganism and anarchism are burgeoning worldwide, yet very few studies have examined the psychological characteristics of people…
‘War On the Animals’: 100 national animal welfare laws, 117 years of futility
MARKUS WILD: Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war. Today, the…
Veganwashing Israel’s Dirty Laundry? Animal Politics and Nationalism in Palestine-Israel
ESTHER ALLOUN: In popular media and public discourse, Israel has been referred to as ‘the first vegan nation’ and the ‘global centre for veganism’…
‘Prevent’ Ethics: Veganism linked to ‘extremism and terrorism’ in UK government’s training program
VEGAN SOCIETY: Following involvement by The International Rights Network (IRN) and Dr. Jeanette Rowley, The Vegan Society’s legal expert on human…
‘The Suffering Animal: Life Between Weakness and Power’
MARC BEKOFF: It’s not a stretch to say that globally, countless non-human animals (animals) suffer at the hands of humans. But what does that really…
Where the Boys Aren’t: The Predominance of Women in Animal Rights Activism
EMILY GAARDER: One of the most striking characteristics of the animal rights movement is that the majority of its activists are women. They have…
TRANS-FARMING POINTS: The case for ‘socialist veganism’
BENJAMIN SELWYN: A paradox exists in the United States, United Kingdom, and other rich countries. Increasing numbers of people realize that the…
DOG TALES: The speciesism problem with dog analogies in vegan outreach
THE ANIMALIST: "What if they were dogs?" is something we hear a lot in vegan outreach, at least in "Western" countries. The person will be showing…
‘BLACK VEGANS’ RISING: Civil rights activists view meat eating as a form of institutionalized oppression
KATHERINE COMPITUS: Despite the stereotype of veganism being predominantly a white, middle-class trend, Black Americans are increasingly adopting…
‘Purity and Pollution’: Faith-based vegans’ edibility, permissibility, and consumption of food
ELLIE ATAYEE-BENNETT: Ethical veganism is centered upon ethics and animal rights ans is understood to be not only a philosophy and practice of…
‘Mea Culpa’: Confessions of a former carnivore
AARON GELL: One recent afternoon, four black-clad figures, all sporting the same maniacal visage, stood back-to-back in silence on a pedestrian…
‘Farmed Animals on Film: A Manifesto for a New Ethic’
CARRIE PACKWOOD FREEMAN: While the term “farmed animal” may harken us back to children’s tales, the book 'Farmed Animals on Film: A Manifesto for a…