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Category Archives: Single Issue Campaigns
Petitions and single issues – where’s the harm? – FAQ
I was recently asked the following very well articulated question by a friend who is a committed activist and vegan advocate; I understand why we don’t want to put effort into single-issue causes, especially those that are so blatantly speciesist … Continue reading
Posted in FAQ, Single Issue Campaigns, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, animal rights, antispeciesism, betrayal, campaigner, campaigns, counter productive, death penalty, euthanasia, execution, harm, Harm reduction, innocent, otherisation, petitions, promoting harm, regulation, regulatory reform, rights, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, speciesist, veganism, welfare, xenophobia, xenophobic
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A thought about what ‘better’ means
All of us are sentient individuals, the majority of whom have never been confined, never been tortured, never been mutilated deliberately and without anaesthesia, never been forcibly impregnated, never had our babies taken from us, never been hooked up to milk … Continue reading
Single issues and me
There is much written about single issues and petitions. The two go hand in hand. It’s a hot topic and I’m not going to wade into the debate. If you read this and feel moved to seek to justify your … Continue reading
Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns
Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfarism
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One problem, one solution
One problem or many? It is not surprising that there is so much confusion in the ‘animal rights’ movement. It is all too easy to be misled into thinking that there are lots of different problems, and a range of different … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Single Issue Campaigns, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, baby steps, extremism, moral choices, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, veganism
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My thoughts on petitions and single issues
I started today reading yet another article claiming that those who oppose all animal use are against alleviating suffering now in favour of promoting what some contemptuously label ‘abolitionist theory’. This of course could not be further from the truth. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Single Issue Campaigns
Tagged abolition, petitions, Single Issue Campaigns, vegan, veganism, welfarism
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