FIVE DECADES: U.S. animal rights movement celebrates golden anniversary
October 2nd is celebrated each year as International Day of Non-Violence. This year, it also marks the golden anniversary of the U.S. Animal Rights…
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A Rock-Solid Case: Why all progressives must be vegan
In every sphere that matters to progressives — justice, equity, sustainability, health, and non-violence — animal agriculture is one of the world’s…
Shifting Tactics: Could the fight against animal testing help farm animals?
The push to reduce the number of animals used for scientific tests and experiments is several decades in the making. The movement has found…
‘Animal Freedom Movement’: Are our messages as persuasive as we think?
Animal Think Tank launched a most ambitious public opinion study, testing 60+ of the most commonly used messages from the animal freedom movement –…
DEAD-ENDERS: What the murder of a leading conservative activist means for the animal rights movement
An ideology that holds "speech is violence, so therefore actual violence in response is justified" is a 100% dead-end ideology that will most…
Echoes of Oppression: Human slavery and animal exploitation
TOBIAS LEENAERT: In the very impressive Legacy Museum in Montgomery (AL), among the many testimonials from formerly enslaved people, it reads: “The…
‘The Real Cost of Eggs’: A global investigation exposes the hidden lives of caged hens
WE ANIMALS: From Brazil to Bulgaria, a new investigation lays bare the price hens —and humans—pay for cheap eggs. In collaboration with the Open…
Warped Logic: In Israel, veganism and genocide go hand-in-hand
ALEXANDRA ISFAHANI-HAMMOND: A lesser-known element of Israel... is its self-proclaimed status as the leading nation in animal rights. A rich body of…
BEYOND MEAT: No, our ancestors weren’t the carnivorous cavemen we once thought
HATTY WILLMOTH: Data from Google Trends shows that searches for the term “carnivore diet” roughly tripled in the UK and US from 2022 to 2025, and…
Tactics In Practice: The impact of vegan documentary and video
Björn Ólafsson: Footage of animal suffering taken in factory farms, slaughterhouses, or other contexts is undoubtedly controversial — but is it…
HELL ON EARTH: The bone-chilling evil of factory farming
BENTHAM'S BULLDOG: Extreme suffering is bad. Anyone who has been tortured, beaten, or severely hurt in some other way knows that. Its badness…
The Descent Into Horror: How activists risked everything to expose the truth about ‘gas chambers’ in the meat industry
PALA NAJANA: Animal rights activists Anna and Hendrik did something most of us would never dare. In the middle of the night, they broke into a…
Unparalleled Suffering: The first person to investigate an Eid Al-Adha massacre in North America
UNPARALLELED SUFFERING: Back in June countless millions (or billions) of Muslims participated in the annual tradition called Eid Al-Adha, the…
‘The Price of Milk’: A new docuseries digs into the dairy industry’s widespread influence in America
NINA B. ELKADI: A new documentary series, “The Price of Milk,” details the influence the dairy checkoff has on American eating habits, from putting…
THE TIPPING POINT: How a small minority of vegans can cause a social paradigm shift
SERHII DOVHAN: Social justice movements are often met with harsh criticism, misunderstandings, and a lack of interest from the broader public. This…
You’re not an ‘AI Vegan’? No wonder actual vegans get frustrated
ED WINTERS: The Guardian has an article with the headline ‘Meet the AI Vegans’. It seems there are those who claim that avoiding using AI is somehow…
Animal Farm at 80: Why the animals really matter in Orwell’s parable about Communism
CHARLOTTE SLEIGH: George Orwell’s Animal Farm turns 80 on August 17 2025. If there’s one thing every student of history or politics knows, it’s that…
Systemic Veganism: Veganism as a super-phenomenon
DIOGENIS: Veganism is an interesting phenomenon, In that it is an almost exclusively urban and Middle-class+ (This refers to those in the middle…