The Extraction Matrix: Why human liberation is impossible without animal justice
The Extraction Matrix: Why human liberation is impossible without animal justice
Human liberation is entirely bound up in the liberation of the planet. When we poison water for profit, the land cannot heal; when we dominate the living world, our own suffering only deepens. You cannot truly free the worker while the animal stays caged. Ultimately, moving past this exploitation means recognizing a simple structural and personal truth: we were never separate from this ecosystem to begin with. This is one fight. It always was. KRISTIANA MILLIKEN: Language has a funny way of hiding structural violence. We are taught to compartmentalize our activism, operating under the implicit assumption that human rights, labor […]
IT’S ALL ABOUT ‘ME’: The ‘Meconomy’ is coming for animal products
IT’S ALL ABOUT ‘ME’: The ‘Meconomy’ is coming for animal products
A survey of 6,000 adults across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US found that people who regularly buy plant-based meat and dairy alternatives are mainly doing it because animal products are becoming more expensive. Plant proteins can be cheaper and can support health. This is the ‘Meconomy’. A world where people are more likely to act when the benefit feels personal. But if we only sell plant-based products through self-interest, we leave the central injustice untouched. Justice has to explain why they should never have been considered products in the first place. HERBIVORE CLUB: A survey of 6,000 […]
‘March To Abolish Animal Testing’: Join the largest march to end animal experimentation
‘March To Abolish Animal Testing’: Join the largest march to end animal experimentation
The March to Abolish Animal Testing (MAAT) will take people on a 200-mile trek from the State Capitol in New York to the epicenter of dog experiments: Marshall BioResources, a fortress where nearly 20,000 beagles are trapped and awaiting abuse in cages. Echoing marches through history, from the Salt March to Selma, whose toll and toil inspired people across the world, our aim is to have 1,000 people join us as we push for the dogs to be freed. SAVE THE DOGS: The March to Abolish Animal Testing (MAAT) will take people on a 200-mile trek from the State Capitol in […]
