57. Honoring Our Pioneers: Peter Singer
September 28, 2021
We stand on the shoulders of dozens of pioneers who built our movement, but may now be forgotten. They displayed an uncommon vision, creativity, conviction,
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51. Honoring Our Pioneers: Henry Spira
July 6, 2021
We stand on the shoulders of pioneers who conceived, built, and nurtured our movement, yet are now forgotten. They displayed uncommon vision, creativity, conviction, daring,
47. What Has Brought Us Together
May 11, 2021
The basic elements of a movement are vision, campaigns, publications, and conferences. How did those elements play out in forming, shaping, and nurturing our own
39. Holocaust Survivors Launch a Movement
January 19, 2021
Looking ahead to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, it’s altogether fitting that we recall three Holocaust survivors who were instrumental in launching
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
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
10. Animal Rights or Animal Lives?
December 10, 2019
I have been championing animal rights since organizing the first national animal rights conference in 1981. But how do I explain this concept to my
07. Three Holocaust Survivors Launched a Movement
October 29, 2019
The concept that animals should be endowed with certain basic rights, as an extension of human rights, was first proposed by British social reformer Henry