Veganism as the Standard: ‘Opting-out’ rather than ‘opting-in’
KEVIN LINTON: 'The legal end goal of veganism is to make illegal the practices which unnecessarily harm, exploit and kill sentient, non-human…
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The Plant-Based Shift: Supporting or undermining veganism?
ANNA BOARDMAN: Veganism questions human-animal relationships and gives moral consideration to non-human animals, primarily through advocating the…
THE BEAST WITHIN: Animal cruelty is the price we pay for cheap meat
PAUL SOLOTAROFF: Sarah, like anyone who’s spent much time working farms, is functionally built through the thighs and trunk, herding pregnant hogs…
RUN, CHICKEN, RUN: What should kids know about factory farming?
KENNY TORRELLA: The children’s movie Chicken Run is one of the darker and more subversive films made for kids: The story follows a flock of lovable,…
EDEN WAS VEGAN: Human Wrongs Tribunal of Ontario rejects protections for ethical vegans
CAMILLE LABCHUK: In a surprising and troubling decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled against Adam Knauff, a firefighter who…
The Vegan Dilemma: Do peaceful protests worsen attitudes to veganism?
RACHEL E. MENZIES: The vegan movement promotes non-violence towards animals, and a rejection of speciesism; veganism has therefore been proposed to…
Meat and Dairy: The far-right’s new battleground for ideological wars
RIPPLE RESEARCH: In partnership with the Changing Markets Foundation, Ripple Research spearheaded an in-depth examination focused on the…
COP-OUT 28: There’s less meat on the menu at this year’s climate talks, but there’s plenty of ‘bull’
KENNY TORRELLA: Over the next two weeks, an estimated 70,000 people will gather in Dubai for the United Nations COP28 summit. It’s the world’s…
Eric Purdy: Open letter to a Sonoma County jail cell
ERIC PURDY: Wayne Hsiung, founder of DxE (Direct Action Everywhere) is sort of the Malcolm X of the animal rights movement... Wayne has just been…
The Farm Animal Movement: The fight to end factory farming in America
JEFF THOMAS: America is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. This book tells its stories from…
Eating E.T.: Carnism and Speciesism
RAGNHILD SOLLUND: The categorical divisions humans make of non-human animals largely determine how we treat them—for example, ‘production animals’…
‘The Vegan Studies Project’: An exploration of veganism as an identity and ideology
SARX: Laura Wright is Professor of English at Western Carolina University and author of the book The Vegan Studies Project, which explores veganism…
‘The Disconnection’: Short film nominee at International Vegan Film Festival (2023)
FRANK METIVIER: The award-winning short film 'The Disconnect' highlights the disconnect between our fellow earthlings, the animal and the shocking…
‘UNCAGE: Total Liberation’: Campaign launched for animal rights video game to be released by year’s end
PATRIK BABOUMIAN: UNCAGE – Total Liberation is a video game project based on an original idea by Patrik Baboumian. Baboumian, renowned for his…
‘The Unmasking’: The far-left and its effects on animal rights
CHARLES HORN: Historically speaking, every modern justice movement obtained rights in stages. There was a major struggle to achieve basic rights,…
‘Losing the Plot’: Can animal liberation make environmental laws more powerful?
LEE HALL: Environmental laws codify our right to kill. They sanctify our mechanical and chemical warfare against systems that sustain life. They…
THE COURAGE OF COMPASSION: You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: Wayne Hsiung, an attorney and leading figure in the animal rights movement, was convicted of two counts of misdemeanor trespass…
R.I.P. Karen Davis: Leading voice for animal rights and factory farmed birds passed away
HARRISON SMITH: Karen Davis, an academic turned animal rights activist who campaigned on behalf of chickens, turkeys and other barnyard fowl,…