Are you new to abolition? There’s a lot to learn, and, if you have been a member of one of the large animal welfare charities, a lot to unlearn! If you are interested in learning about the abolitionist approach, I recommend you start with these three essays: 1. Animal Welfare Regulation, “Happy Exploitation,” and Speciesism […]

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********** 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. It’s easy to go vegan and if you agree that animals have moral value, it’s the only rational thing to […]

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Once again, I start my day, sit at my desk, and, before I even get to take the first sip of my tulsi tea, I read, in response to my claim that we need to encourage people to understand that veganism is the only rational response to the moral status of animals: I would love […]

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Media Roots, an alternative media site created by Abby Martin of Breaking the Set, had an essay about the abolitionist approach, entitled The Case for Vegetarianism You’ve Never Heard Before . The article, which includes the video of my December 2012 interview with Ms. Martin, was written in June. I became aware of it only […]

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********** 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. It’s easy to go vegan and if you agree that animals have moral value, it’s the only rational thing to […]

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