Mainstream Veganism: An Obstacle to Animal and Social Rights Movements
ANJA VIDAKOVIC: Until recently veganism has held a negative image in the public. There was a large amount of discrimination and resistance directed…
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Against the ‘Cult’ of Veganism: Unpacking the social psychology and ideology of anti-vegans
REBECCA GREGSON: Despite the established health and ecological benefits of a plant-based diet, the decision to eschew meat and other animal-derived…
The Vegan Resistance: The ideological pushback against the rise of veganism
JOACHIM STOBER: A recent survey of hundreds of veg*ns found that over half of them had experienced situations of everyday discrimination because of…
‘A Day in the Life of a Farmed Animal’: Watch new documentary of what farmed animals go through during a 24-hour day
FABIANA GONZALEZ: A new animal rights documentary premiered on World Farmed Animals Day, October 2nd 2023. "A Day in the Life of a Farmed Animal” is…
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION: New legal fights to end discrimination against vegans
JORDI CASMITJANA: As the number of vegans grows, so does the number of vegans who say they are experiencing discrimination in their workplace, in…
‘Vegan Vigilantes’: The vegans breaking the law to liberate animals
THE FEED: It’s the middle of the night, and a small group of vegan activists are sneaking through a darkened egg farm. They enter the sheds and film…
‘Women Are Also Animals’: An art exhibition where feminism meets veganism
VISIT NORWAY: What defines feminism and veganism, and are there similarities? Through the art exhibition “Women are also animals”, Aurora Huldra…
Beyond ‘Ethical Veganism’: Veganism as political solidarity
ALISDAIR COCHRANE: Veganism is commonly described as the attempt to avoid, as far as possible, the exploitation and consumption of animals and…
Laying Down with the Lamb: Abolitionist veganism and the rhetoric of human exceptionalism
DAVID STUBBLEFIELD: Today the animal rights community finds itself at a critical impasse. On one hand, the Abolitionist Approach argues that all…
EXOTIC GLUTTONY: Cultivated meats could actually threaten wildlife and endangered animals
JUDE WHILEY: Which animals we find acceptable to eat vary from person to person, according to our values, palates, and upbringing. Many consider…
‘Poisoned’: New documentary about the sick truth of animal agriculture
MACKENZIE FILSON: The latest thriller to hit Netflix isn't some slasher film. Instead, it's the documentary Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your…
HELL ON EARTH: Human progress has come at the expense of animals
BRYAN WALSH: The human present is better than the past, and barring catastrophe, we can likely expect the future to be better than the present. The…
Carlo Alvaro: ‘Ethical Veganism, Virtue Ethics, and the Great Soul’
CARLO ALVARO: Millions of animals are brought into existence and raised for food every year. This has generated three serious problems: first,…
Gary L. Francione: Are you a Vegan or are you an Extremist?
GARY L. FRANCIONE: You probably think animals matter morally. That is, you don't think that non-human animals are merely things to whom we can owe…
Animal (De)Liberation: Should the Consumption of Animal Products Be Banned?
JAN DECKERS: In this book, Jan Deckers addresses the most crucial question that people must deliberate in relation to how we should treat other…
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: Animal rights advocates censored and arrested for peaceful advocacy in public park
KATIE KORTEPETER: The Law & Religion Clinic at the University of Texas and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a lawsuit…
The Voices Behind the Chalk: The Vegan activists fighting for animal liberation
CHARIS FUNG: “For you, it’s a meal. For them, it's their life.” This is one of the many slogans tourists and locals encountered beneath their feet…
What If Veganism Is Not a Choice: The Moral Psychology of Possibilities in Animal Ethics
SILVIA PANIZZA: Discussion about the ethics of buying and consuming animal products normally assume that there are two choices equally available to…