LET’S BE CLEAR: When veganism is mis-framed, everything unravels
People do not 'leave' veganism because it is too clear; they ‘leave’ because it was never grounded as an ethical principle or mindset in the…
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Veganism and Gender: Why are most vegans women?
Adopting veganism means taking responsibility in the face of an injustice inflicted on those who cannot speak for themselves. If you are a man, it is…
2025: The year in review with ‘We Animals’ photos
WE ANIMALS: Progress in animal advocacy isn’t typically neat or fast. It takes one step forward, backslides, and then advances again.
We Animals’…
THE BLAME GAME: Are misanthropic vegans ruining the animal rights movement?
The existence of misanthropic vegans is not an argument against animal rights. Veganism isn’t about us. It isn’t a social club or a personality…
‘Handle With Care’: The fragility of vegan critics, and what you can do about it
The fragility of the vegan critic is not to be understated. A strange phenomenon that takes place when people argue with vegans - it appears many…
POLITICAL ANIMALS: ‘Apolitical’ veganism is a political choice, and a costly one
It is not surprising that Veganism is often dismissed as 'just a diet' rather than understood as a political movement. If animal rights activists want…
‘Holy Cow’: New research shows cows can also use tools
This study calls attention to the fact that thinking of animals such as cows as dumb is robbing science of learning about the evolution of their rich…
‘Shackled and Bled-Out’: Animal rights protesters startle London shoppers pretending to slit woman’s throat
Two female activists, nude but for a beige bodysuit, were hung upside down with shackles around their ankles to simulate the way that many chickens…
MIND SHIFT: Veganuary isn’t ‘veganism’, and why this matters
Veganuary is advocacy primarily aimed at non-vegans. It is the most impactful form of ‘boycott’ in supporting and encouraging the withdrawal of…
Strategy vs. Principle: Has the Vegan Society changed the principle of ‘veganism’?
Academic and cultural commentators have long noted that as movements enter the mainstream, their expression often shifts from abstract principle…
Roger Yates: The welfare grip is too tight for animal rights
Tom Regan, author in 1983 of the ground-breaking 'The Case for Animal Rights', was the prominent animal rights voice in a debate aired on BBCTV to an…
CAFT: Anti-fur protest campaign focused on Milan ‘Fashion Week’
For far too long, the runways of influential fashion weeks such as Milan have normalized the cruel fur industry, turning the suffering of millions of…
Wayne Hsiung: This simple framework predicts progress for animals in 2026
There is one overriding strength above all others that gives confidence in the movement’s prospects in 2026. That is the law of social entropy — the…
‘Brain Tune’: A Manifesto for Harmony With Nature and Animals
Music teaches us that harmony requires fine tuning: when each instrument resonates with care, the orchestra becomes one. In the same way, our minds…
Rescue on Trial: The ‘Right to Rescue’ and voluntary prosecution in animal advocacy
What happens when an act most people instinctively recognise as compassionate—removing an animal from obvious suffering—becomes the basis for…
R.I.P. Keith Mann: Legendary activist and voice of animal liberation movement has died
'Many years ago I found out about the terrible things that people do to other animals and soon discovered to my dismay that there was no politician…
IN-HUMAN BONDAGE: New book examines paradoxical human-animal relationships
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: There is an ever-growing multidisciplinary interest in the nature of human-animal relationships... Professor Laurent…
‘BLIND SPOT’: Why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
The birders' 'blind spot' is a side effect of looking at the world through binoculars. We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t…