Animal advocacy has existed for millennia, going back to ancient Greek philosophers such as Plutarch, who compared the slaughter of animals to the slaughter of human beings. But for those same millennia, no one has really listened to us. ‘Yes, animal cruelty is not great,’ the authorities say. ‘But it’s not that big of a deal.’ But it is that big of a deal. The average experience of a land animal on Earth is that of a tortured creature trapped in a cage. What is happening to other animals, is an emergency. A crime. An atrocity. And we now have […]
Closed rescues do a significantly better job when it comes to saving the lives of animals, and the numbers prove this without a shadow of a doubt. Over the entire history of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), the lives saved is numbered in the millions. When compared to the number of animals that the open rescue network has saved — roughly a few hundred — it becomes very clear who the winner is if the metric is damage caused to the target or animals’ lives saved. Open rescue is great for media stunts and exposure that can change hearts and […]
The ‘Universal Solvent’: There is no justice without veganism
The ‘Universal Solvent’: There is no justice without veganism
If cruelty is the basic building block of injustice, then veganism just might be the universal solvent. The act of consuming tortured flesh may well be the most fundamental ritual of societal complicity. Very few of us have never indulged in this violent act. We are all adjuncts to capitalism, to exploitation, to mass surrender, to the abandonment of moral principles via the blood ritual that compels us to sign a de-facto vow of silence. The manner in which industrially farmed animals are mistreated, mutilated, beaten, and destroyed eclipses all other human crimes. In fact, many have argued that animal […]
