The Animal Rights Movement: Moving Backwards
Here is a video of the talk I gave at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada, on August 12, 2016: ********** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself. […]
Essay on Domestication and Pet Ownership
Our essay on domestication and pet ownership was published by Aeon. It’s generated quite a bit of controversy, including being the subject of a comment by Wesley Smith in the The National Review. The Abolitionist position on domestication is also explored in other posts on this site, including here and here. ********** If you are […]
A Plea To Feminists Who Are Vegetarian But Who Still Consume Dairy or Eggs
Please rethink your position. Dairy products represent a fundamental violation of the rights of nonhumans. Dairy is not morally distinguishable from meat. Indeed, dairy represents a violation of rights that should be of great concern to feminists: Cows are repeatedly and forcibly impregnated using a device called the “rape rack.” Their babies are taken from […]
“If Animals Matter Morally, Then We Cannot Treat Them As Commodities”: Interview with Prof. Gary L. Francione
Prof. Francione was interviewed by Earth Island Journal on his latest book, his animal rights theory known as the Abolitionist Approach, and his views on animal welfare and the moral personhood of animals. The online interview can be found here A pdf of the interview can be downloaded here ********** If you are not vegan, […]
Animal Rights and Slavery/Rape Analogies
Ever since the early 1990s, I have been arguing that the regulation of animal exploitation is not only immoral (if it is morally wrong to exploit animals, it is wrong to promote the supposedly “humane” exploitation of animals), but is, as a practical matter, doomed to failure because the property status of animals means that […]
Advocacy Tip: Judge Action, Not Individuals
You cannot have a useful discussion intended to change the behavior of another if you approach that other person as someone who is evil. That’s just common sense. So always make sure that the person with whom you are talking understands that you are focusing on the immorality of animal exploitation as an institutionalized practice […]
The Importance of Veganism in Economically Deprived Communities
In economically deprived communities in the United States, health problems hit people harder than they do in other places because, despite Obama Care, there is still a tremendously inequitable distribution of health resources. Therefore, it becomes even more important to educate people in those communities about how animal foods are harming them, and how a […]