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GRANT WINNER: The Save Movement

By on April 29, 2014

The Save Movement is a mass-based, grassroots movement to collectively bear witness at transportation routes and outside slaughterhouses around the world.

Why don’t you care about animals?

Why don’t you care about animals?

By on September 8, 2012

The question “why don’t animal activists care about people?” has many worthy responses, including the toll of animal agribusiness on workers and the environment, and the food and water resources that are used to feed animals that could feed hungry

America: home of the free, brave, imprisoned and enslaved

America: home of the free, brave, imprisoned and enslaved

By on July 1, 2011

Every year, as the Fourth of July holiday approaches, I begin to recoil in disgust. I cannot think of a holiday that makes my skin crawl so much (though Thanksgiving is a close second). Between the nationalism, patriotism, pro-war and

Campus police arrest Vegan Outreach leafletter

Campus police arrest Vegan Outreach leafletter

By on May 5, 2011

Vegan Outreach is a national nonprofit that has distributed millions of pieces of literature worldwide. Its college-based program alone has reached five million students on more than 1,800 college campuses. Its regional outreach coordinator Nikki Benoit, who famously asked Obama

Walter Bond’s statement to the court

Walter Bond’s statement to the court

By on February 11, 2011

Walter Bond was sentenced to five years in prison for arson today. Walter's statement to the court is courageous, truthful and inspiring. You can read more about Walter and his case at his support website: http://www.supportwalter.org/