‘Spring Lamb’: New controversial billboard vegan advertisement
GO VEGAN WORLD: The new Go Vegan World ‘Spring Lamb’ advert has resulted in some grievances from members of the public who find it upsetting and not…
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Communicating Veganism: Challenges to mainstreaming its ideas across society
NOAH J. WESCOMBE: Veganism, as both a philosophy and social movement, faces numerous challenges to the communication of its ideas across society. As…
Ladislav Kuc: Support animal liberation activist after 12 years of incarceration
NAALPO: Ladislav Kuc is a Slovakian animal rights supporter imprisoned in the aftermath of an explosion in front of a McDonald’s on December 28,…
‘You Have Blood On Your Lips’: Experiencing and articulating animal-related violence in veganism
REBECCA THRUN: This article uses exemplary analyses of empirical data collected through qualitative interviews with vegans to shed light on how they…
PAY-TO-SAY: Animal agriculture’s secret weapons — ‘expert’ academics
GEORGINA GUSTIN: When researchers at the United Nations published a bombshell report in 2006 called “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” the livestock…
BREAKING BAD: Public opinion of Animal Rising’s protest of Grand National horse race
SOCIAL CHANGE LAB: Animal Rising (AR) disrupted the 2023 Grand National (GN), the biggest horse racing event in the UK, causing a delayed start to…
‘Et Tu Brute?’: Veganism and betrayal
SILVIA CAPRIOGLIO PANIZZA: One of the most common, and most obvious, reasons for ethical veganism is to save animal lives and reduce suffering. This…
Stunningly ‘Pignorant’: Documentary exposes the horrific use of gas chambers in animal holocaust
CLAIRE COLLEY: New undercover footage showing British pigs being gassed prior to slaughter has led to renewed calls to investigate the use of CO2.…
‘Creaturely Racism’ in the Media: Issues and solutions for speciesism in the Anthropocene
FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION: Decades of political struggles and social pressure from enlightened publics have forced the media to heed its ethical…
‘Mother Cow, Mother India’: The sacred and the profane exploitation of cows in India
AMBIKA AIYADURAI: In India, it is not rare to see the veneration of the cow on one street corner, and the same animals feeding on trash at the next.…
OMNIVORE DILEMMA: Moralistic stereotyping of vegans
BEN DE GROEVE: Attitudes toward vegans can be markedly ambivalent. On the one hand, vegans may evoke admiration among omnivores for their moral…
‘Christspiracy’: Documentary set for release in over 600 movie theaters around the world
POLLY FOREMAN: Christspiracy will be screened in over 600 movie theaters around the world on March 20th and March 24th in all of the US, UK,…
MILESTONE: Vegans are protected by human rights, Danish court rules
VEGETARISK FORENING: On February 8th 2024, a lower court in Denmark, the court in the city of Hjorring granted the vegan movement in Denmark a…
‘Moral Impossibility’: What if veganism is not a choice
SILVIA PANIZZA: In their daily practices, many ethical vegans choose what to eat, wear, and buy among a range that is limited to the exclusion of…
Glenn Greenwald: The multi-pronged evils of factory farming
SYSTEM UPDATE: Glenn Greenwald interviews Wayne Hsiung (Direct Action Everywhere) and John Oberg (animal advocate) on the multi-level atrocities of…
‘Zero-Compromise Veganism’: Should vegan parents raise their children as vegans?
JOSH MILBURN: Should vegan parents raise their children as vegans? In a recent paper, Marcus William Hunt contends that there are good reasons not…
FAUX OUTRAGE: Animal rights activists have carried out a ‘shocking’ protest
NEIL SHAW: Animal rights activists have carried out a shocking protest in London - displaying a dead dog, cat and pig. Farm investigations group…
The ‘Animal-Based Food Taboo’: Climate change denial in media and journalism
NURIA ALMIRON: Climate change denial refers to the stances that advocate against the evidence posited for human-induced global warming... Since the…