‘Arresting Juxtaposition’: The turkey sandwich hurler and the chicken rescuer
‘Arresting Juxtaposition’: The turkey sandwich hurler and the chicken rescuer
The acquittal of ‘sandwich guy’ Sean Dunn and the recent conviction of animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg form an arresting juxtaposition. Both defendants essentially conceded the facts of the crimes for which they were charged. Dunn hurled a sandwich made from slaughtered turkey parts at Customs and Border Patrol agent in protest of President Trump’s policies. Rosenberg, a member of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), was carrying out an open rescue of sick and injured chickens in protest of factory farming. The fact that a California judge and jury were unwilling to see the cruelty that goes into the supplying of […]
INEXCUSABLE: Not vegan? It’s not your fault… is it?
INEXCUSABLE: Not vegan? It’s not your fault… is it?
A lot of new vegans struggle with adopting their newly adopted moral position that feels both obvious and unspeakable: how can others not see this? That dissonance breeds despair. You’re not just grieving animals or ecosystems; you’re grieving the moral failure of your own kind. The tribe survives on selective blindness, and you’ve lost the ability, (or willingness), to look away. You’re awake in a world that values sleep. It’s a costly form of awareness, but it’s not meaningless. The grief you carry is the proof of conscience: evidence that not everyone has gone numb. WILL RANKIN: Becoming vegan, or […]
‘Too far? I don’t think we’ve gone far enough!’: Ingrid Newkirk on her bloody fight for animal rights
‘Too far? I don’t think we’ve gone far enough!’: Ingrid Newkirk on her bloody fight for animal rights
Forty-five years into PETA’s existence, Ingrid Newkirk can claim to have won many battles. Animal testing is marginally down, with multinational companies having to at least pay lip service to ideas around animal cruelty and environmentalism. And more than 25 million people worldwide have at least dipped a toe into veganism. PETA has certainly played some part in this with its activism. If they didn’t invent direct action, they normalized it. Ingrid Newkirk was 54 when she thought she was going to die in a plane crash. It was late summer and the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment […]
