41. Why We Oppress? Why Animals?
February 16, 2021
The tragic oppression of animals is rooted in the oppressive mindset, which has governed human actions since the dawn of history. Any attempts to end
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38. Our Challenges for the ’20s
January 5, 2021
Social movements, like all living and prospering entities, must evolve and grow, else they wither and die. In the next decade, our movement will face
37. Animal Rights in 2020 Hindsight
December 22, 2020
The slow pace of social change may make us wonder whether our struggle to save animals is bearing fruit. Our success becomes so much more
35. Contributing to Our Movement
November 24, 2020
We all want to help secure the basic rights to life, bodily integrity, and freedom of movement for animals, but don’t always know how. High
34. Engaging Compassionate Holidays
November 10, 2020
Thanksgiving and Christmas have been traditionally and literally “murder” on turkeys. The growing popularity of plant-based roasts and the virus-related ban on large family gatherings
33. Some We Love, Some We Eat
October 27, 2020
The recent Netflix blockbuster My Octopus Teacher chronicles a mutual relationship between a man and one of the world’s most bizarre looking animals – an
30. Memorializing Farmed Animals
September 15, 2020
World Day for Farmed Animals is coming up in two weeks, on October 2nd. The observance was conceived in 1983 and celebrated throughout the world
28. Saving Animals & Toxic Communications
August 18, 2020
Two of our life’s most important functions – parenting and internet communications come without an instruction manual. The toxic communications that stem from this flaw
27. Relating to Other Movements
August 3, 2020
Joining forces with other movements increases our ability to effect change. Animal rights is fundamental to opposing all oppression, and veganism is the ultimate health
26. My Animal Rights Hall of Fame
July 21, 2020
Who launched, nurtured, and shaped the U.S. animal rights movement? What happened to them? Why hardly anyone knows their names? Here, at last, are some
25. The Do’s and Don’ts of Planning a Conference
July 7, 2020
Conferences are an effective vehicle for forming, shaping, and nurturing our movement. They offer documentation of animal abuses, activist training, and lots of inspiration and
24. Our Conferences Shape Our Movement
June 23, 2020
Conferences have proven to be the most effective vehicle for forming, shaping, and nurturing our movement. They offer documentation of animal abuses, activist training, and
23. What Brought Us Together
June 9, 2020
At what point does a vision induce people to act on it? At what point do individual actions become a movement? And, what is the
19. The Enigma of Choice
April 14, 2020
Is our diet an option or a decision? Are our choices based on a rational process, social norms, or chance circumstances? Who makes our choices?
18. Grassroots Activism – Then and Now
March 31, 2020
Grassroots activism gave birth to the animal rights movement and fostered its growth for the next three decades. Then, its role has greatly diminished. Here,
14. Vegan World & Social Change
February 4, 2020
Human behavior, including what we eat, is dictated by our community’s powerful social norms. These norms are shaped by our collective needs, desires, and morals,
11. Animal Rights in 2020 Hindsight
December 23, 2019
Approaching the year 2020 affords an opportune time to look back at the social changes we’ve wrought since the birth of our movement 40 years