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How are you spending your vegan dollars?

How are you spending your vegan dollars?

By on April 29, 2011

I was saddened to hear today that two of L.A.’s most beloved vegan restaurants announced that they would be closing shop. I wonder how much of their downfall was due to vegans spending their dollars at non-vegan restaurants. This week,

Beware of happy meat

Beware of happy meat

By on April 26, 2011

When you advocate for “humane” meat, dairy and eggs, you are not doing anyone a favor. You are certainly not doing any favors to the animals that will be brutally slaughtered. You are not doing any favors to the health

The suffering you cause may be your own

The suffering you cause may be your own

By on March 17, 2011

All religions, spiritual philosophies and ethical codes teach that when we come upon suffering, we do all that we can to help alleviate it. Most of us would agree that we have both a moral and ethical duty to help those that are suffering. I think we would also agree that it is our moral and ethical duty to avoid causing suffering.

In support of total liberation

In support of total liberation

By on March 17, 2011

Animal liberation will only come with total liberation. Until there is total liberation we will live in a world of inequality, in which those in power will seek out ways to confine and control the masses.

Supreme Court protects corporations, not free speech

Supreme Court protects corporations, not free speech

By on March 8, 2011

The Supreme Court has no interest in protecting our rights as activists, so we need to continue the fight for free speech on our own. Animal rights and environmental activists are the low hanging fruit that the government has decided to go after first, but antiwar, civil rights, immigrant rights, and other activists must take notice as well.

Judgmental Block

Judgmental Block

By on March 6, 2011

People feel “judged” by vegans because they are experiencing guilt or shame about their choices.

Farm to Fridge Tour

Farm to Fridge Tour

By on March 2, 2011

Starting next week, Mercy For Animals is taking Farm to Fridge on the road in a custom-built truck retrofitted with 80” TV screens, speakers and billboard-sized banners. They will be traveling nearly 12,000 miles to more than 40 cities with the film to educate millions of consumers across the country.

Veganism is a social justice movement

Veganism is a social justice movement

By on March 1, 2011

Veganism at its core is about justice. Veganism is a social justice movement that places an animal’s right to be left to his or her own devices as the center of justice.

Love and selfless acts on Valentine’s Day

Love and selfless acts on Valentine’s Day

By on February 14, 2011

The truest meaning of Valentine’s Day is the expression of love and deep appreciation for another. Valentine’s Day allows us to move away from our selfish focus on ourselves and our needs, and to move towards a selfless focus on another.