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Activism
for Animals
Letters
to the Editor
Mark Hawthorne — June 2008
Since
the Letters page is one of the most highly read sections
of newspapers and magazines, a letter to the editor
is one of the best tools animal activists have for
making our message heard. Letters to editors are easy
to write, and every community has at least one newspaper...
Why
the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Became Law
Jerry Friedman, essay — January 2007
The modern animal rights movement calls
for a revolution in the way that humans regard other
animals. The revolution's scope is tremendous ...
The conflict between nonhuman rights and nonhuman
exploitation has set the stage for the Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act (AETA)...
Tom
Regan Replies to Peter Singer
Tom Regan, SPEAK, editorial — November 2006
Taken together, these two statements
would naturally lead people to infer that Singer
believes in animal rights, and that the judgment
he makes (that the research is "justifiable")
is one that animal rights advocates would accept.
Neither inference is true...
It's
a Dog's Life
Arkangel for Animal Liberation, article — October
2006
If as a species we argue the ethics of exploiting
and abusing other animals, and pass laws to salve our consciences
with regard to these abuses, it is implicitly because we know
that it is a profound moral issue, which we cannot evade. Passing
a law to make an abuse legal is merely a cover up for a crime...
Gandhi
As Terrorist
Another Day in Empire, article — October
2006
In 1930, Gandhi initiated the Salt
March to Dandi in opposition to the British salt
tax. The British did not arrest Gandhi because
he did not incite others to follow him. However,
under the AETA [Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act],
Gandhi would be considered a terrorist because
his activity resulted in a “loss
of profits” for
the British Raj...
A
Step in the Wrong Direction: A Reply to Singer & Friedrich
Ben Payne, Abolitionist-Online, commentary — October 2006
The view of abolitionism Singer and Friedrich
present is unfortunately the misconception most common
among those who perceive larger cages and more effective
slaughter methods to be the incremental change we
need. Abolitionism, they say, is too much too soon;
a naïve
ideal unrealisable in a practical form of activism...
The
Longest Journey Begins With a Single Step: Promoting
Animal Rights by Promoting Reform
Peter Singer and Bruce Friedrich, Satya Magazine, commentary — September 2006
Not only is it possible to work for liberation
while supporting incremental change, such change is
inevitable as we move toward this goal. The vast majority
of people, if they care about animals, will support
incremental improvements, even if the increments do
not liberate the animals...
Why
Aren't Michelle Malkin or David Horowitz Going to
Prison with These Animal Rights Activists?
R.J. Eskow, The Huffington Post, commentary — September 2006
So why are these animal rights activists
going to jail while cHorowitz, Malkin, and friends
are walking around free? It's a rhetorical question,
of course. Ann Coulter has advocated Presidential assassination,
poisoning a judge, and the killing of Times reporters,
while Bill O'Reilly has encouraged terrorist attacks
on San Francisco...
A
History of Vegan Outreach and Our Influences
Jack Norris, Vegan Outreach Co-founder — July
2006
This article details the history of Vegan
Outreach and the events that have most affected us...We calculate
that our Adopt A College program has spared over
28 million birds and mammals from a life of suffering.
This may seem to be only a drop in the bucket, but
the results of our outreach will grow exponentially
in the coming years...
Fur
Fight
Dan Piraro, Satya Magazine, essay — March
2006
Appalled at the sight, we joked about
what we’d like to do to the coats in the back
of the car. But we were only joking, of course. None
of us is the type to offer ourselves up to the Italian
penal system for the sake of a few urine-soaked coats....
Notes
from Vegan Outreach's Jon Camp
Vegan Outreach, essay — March 2006
My experience in the south was not only
decent; it constituted the most successful, effective,
and meaningful six weeks of my life thus far...
Cruel
To Be Kind
Andrew Adam Newman, Salon, feature — February 2006
The animal rights activist who goes undercover
in the startling HBO doc "Dealing Dogs" speaks
candidly about his willingness to abuse some animals
to save the lives of others...
SHAC
7 Verdict: Guilty on All Counts
Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle, essay — February 2006
On March 2 my friends and colleagues of
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC-USA) were found
guilty on all counts in a case that tested the validity
of First Amendment rights and our freedom, as activists,
to utilize the internet as a platform for dissent...
Statement
by Rod Coronado About the Animal Liberation Movement
Anonymous, InfoShop.org, commentary — November
2005
No amount of discussion and questioning
of our path towards the liberation of all oppressed
individuals should ever be discouraged and
never should those that promote it be chastised
by others in the movement who claim to “know better"...
My
Second Katrina Experience
Tim Gorski, commentary — September 2005
The
search and rescues are now search and recovers
as few who road out the storm remain alive, well — except
for pets, pets who cannot turn doorknobs, who cannot
open water bottles, who cannot dial 911, yet pets
who manage to survive on instinct alone...
Perspectives
on Animal Rights in Utah Valley: Applying Local Ethics
to a National Debate
Michael Palmer, NetX News, commentary — July
2005
As
the issue of animal rights moves into focus on
a national basis, increasingly becoming both
a major social movement and a topic of academic
discourse, some local people and organizations
are hoping to re-adjust that perspective...
Armchair Activist
JJ Swans, Animal Rights Online, essay — June
2005
An
armchair
activist, like an armchair quarterback, is one who
is critical of those activists who are actually in
the "trenches" helping
animals, but who has no experience from which to make
valid criticisms. This last week I've seen several
of these armchair activists condemning PETA for their
work in North Carolina...
Eternal Treblinka Author Returns Columbia PhD in Protest
PR Web, feature — May 2005
On Tuesday, May 17 at 11am — the day before the 251st Columbia Commencement — Dr. Charles Patterson will return his doctoral degree to the Office of the President in Low Library to protest the university’s continuing abuse of animals...
Saved
From the Meat Grinder
Alicyn Leigh, Long Island Press, commentary — March 2005
After Tim carefully tended to and bonded
with the ducklings for over two months at the Babylon
Middle School, only to find that they would be killed,
he made his stand...
Ending
the Canadian Seal Hunt:
Boycott Canadian Seafood Campaign
Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment voters, strategies— 2005
Today,
in Canada, it is in the best political interests of all MPs and political parties
to support sealing...The political strategy outlined here provides residual political
power to influence other animal and environmental issues in Canada...
Memories
of Our Fallen Comrades
Anonymous, Infoshop News, commentary
— 2005
I’ve
been asked to write an article about friends of mine
who have died while fighting for animal liberation — Mike
Hill, Jill Phipps and Barry Horne. Others have
died, but this article is just some simple reflections
upon the people I knew as personal friends...
Enough
is Enough
Sacha Champion, Daily Statesman, feature — April
2005
The
bill has been strenuously supported by the Missouri
Pet Breeders Association. Apparently, they believe
that their rights are being infringed upon by private
citizens who may take pictures of their facilities
and then use those photos against them...
Get
Political for Animals? What Does That Mean?
David Cantor, Responsible Policies
for Animals, strategies — 2005
The
word “political” comes from the Greek
politikos — of a citizen. When we exercise
our citizenship rather than merely act on a personal
level as "consumers," audiences,
or powerless subjects, we are acting politically...
Fighting
Back: Crimes of Resistance
Rod Coronado, No Compromise,
commentary — March 2005
As
with many a practitioner of nonviolent civil
disobedience, my actions were
taken with a full understanding of the consequences
I faced should I
be arrested for opposing and interfering with
this occupying government’s
efforts to kill mountain lions last March...
The
Heart Does Not Deceive
Ed Duvin, Guardian Campaign, essay — 2005
I
have written many hundreds of articles as an essayist
and ethicist, but none to equal the strength
of conviction that prompts me to write you now...
Many
Hands on Many Oars
Tom Regan, Compassionate Living Festival,
speech — October 2004
As
I have said many times before, the animal rights
movement goes forward (if it does) because of the
efforts of many hands, on many oars...
PETA's
Passivity Pays Off
Lauren Peckler, Arizona Daily Wildcat,
commentary — September 2004
Despite
all the emotional turmoil drawn from the educational,
but quirky sticker, PETA hasn't convinced me to
become a vegetarian and protest the defamation
of fuzzy creatures; but I almost felt indebted
to these birds to improve their short and pathetic
lives. News like KFC's cruel de-beaking of chickens
in the slaughterhouse mean so much more to me now...
Trail-blazing
a Corporate Attack
Kevin Jonas interview — Summer
2004
It
all started with a beagle named Barney. As a child,
my life was enriched by my little canine companion.
We shared meals and cuddles and got into trouble together.
These memories of Barney began to haunt me in high
school, after a friend showed me a PETA videotape exposing
the use of beagles in smoking studies...
In
the Spirit of Solidarity
Lauren Ornelas, VIVA USA, & David
Hayden, No Compromise, essay — July 2004
What
are the issues that seem to be dividing us? Is
it whether or not someone goes naked at a circus
protest, or if the Animal Liberation Front torched
a dairy truck? Is it whether or not we are compromising
when working on legislation or animal welfare
reforms? Or is it those animal protection groups
who seem to align themselves with the animal
industries, versus standing by their fellow animal
protectionists?...
The
Success of Our Efforts to Defend Animals Depends on Our
Ability to Make Right Judgements, to Guide our Actions
The
Friends of Guenad Association, response commentary — June
2004
The
problem of the differing levels of awareness of
animal exploitation, as well as what this reflects,
which is the differing levels of commitment to our
struggle, is one which has often disturbed us...
Attack of the Terrorist Fax
Pattrice Le-Muire Jones, Press Action,
feature — June
2004
The
intrepid AIDS activists sprung into action, quickly
organizing a phone and fax blitz that would make
it impossible for the warden to attend to any other
business until the young man was released from solitary
and given health care. It was very effective and
perfectly legal — except that they were committing
domestic terrorism...
A
Bird in A Cage: The Life and Times of Tom Regan
Tom Regan, essay — April 2004
As
a kid of the streets, the animals I knew were mostly the animals of the streets.
Mainly cats and dogs but there were horses, too. In those days vendors and junkmen
rode four wheeled wagons through the city, pulled by stoop-shouldered, weary
creatures who were occasionally aroused from their dolorous fatigue by the high
pitched clang of a trolley’s bell or the crack of the driver’s whip...
Potlucks
and Punches:
Using Appropriate Actions for Appropriate
Circumstances
Kevin Jonas, Satya, feature — March
2004
To
deny animal rights activists the range of tactics
that fall outside conventional forms of ctivism
is to lock this movement in a vacuum away from
the rest of social justice history...
Tips
for Successful Vegan Leafletting
Paul Shapiro, Compassion Over Killing,
feature — Spring 2004
While
we may not have funds at our disposal like the
meat, egg, and dairy industries do, we have a
significant asset: people whose motive is compassion,
rather than profit. Indeed, there are hundreds
of thousands of compassionate people in the country
dedicated to bringing about animal liberation...
Animal
Welfare Or Animal Rights?
Dismantling a False Opposition
Dr. Steve Best, commentary — 2004
...the
challenge is not to struggle exclusively for reform
or liberation, but how to mediate these two goals to
end all industries of animal exploitation, the food
industry above all...
Nonviolence
and the Animal Rights Movement
Jerry Simonelli, commentary — 2004
We
must transcend mere lip service to the teachings
of Gandhi and King and commit to their timeless
and inspirational aspirations which inevitably
lead to the uplifting of the human spirit...
Helping
Animals Through Legislation
Michelle Rivera, essay — 2004
Ten
years ago there was nobody on staff assigned to animal
issues, now, each and every legislator has one on
staff! That’s
progress...
A
Meaningful Life
Matt Ball, Vegan Outreach, essay — 2004
If
you are reading this, I would guess that you are
concerned about more than just the pursuit of your
own happiness...
Humans
are Sentient Too
Peter Singer, commentary — 2004
For
the overwhelmingly non-violent animal movement, consisting
of many millions of people around the world, there
is a risk of serious damage from being identified
with the handful of activists who are prepared to
go beyond peaceful protest...
A
Question of Humanity
P. David Hornik, The American Spectator, commentary — 2004
Are animals being subjected to unjustified
suffering? If so, why is it "liberal" or "conservative" to
be concerned about it?...
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