Jun 28
[Press Officer Will Hazlitt quoted in article below.] The new film from Bong Joon Ho is a critique of ethical capitalism wrapped in a heartwarming animal adventure story. But it’s not coming to theaters: it premieres on Netflix June 28. Light spoilers to follow. Summer movie season is upon us, but you won’t find this …
Jun 18
Ivan Fandino had been a star Spanish bullfighter for over twelve years before he was gruesomely gored to death in a French bullring yesterday. The 36-year-old matador had already pierced the bull’s neck with multiple swords when he tripped over his cape and fell to the ground. At the time, Fandino was using his cape …
Jun 16
https://itsgoingdown.org/fbi-visits-north-carolina/ Part I: What We Know In the past six months, over half a dozen people with personal or political ties to anarchists in central North Carolina have been approached for questioning by the FBI. This wave began in early winter after an apparent arson of the Orange County GOP office, and has recently escalated. …
Jun 14
Tom Towers for Metro.co.uk The owners of a restaurant have said they have been forced to remove foie gras from their menu after being ‘bullied and intimidated’ by animal rights activists. David and Samantha McHattie decided to axe the French delicacy after a customer was left ‘visibly shaken’ by a ‘torrent of intimidating abuse’ that …
Jun 13
Aboubakar Fofana’s project includes indigo-dyed sheep by Julia Michalska Animal-rights campaigners smashed windows and threw blue paint on the work space of Aboubakar Fofana in Athens, where the Malian artist is participating in the Greek leg of Documenta 14 (until 16 July). The anonymous assailants had previously disrupted the artist’s performance, which featured live sheep, …
May 15
Turns out, the turkey hunters were stalking each other. Then one of them fired By Michael Pearce mpearce@wichitaeagle.com Soon after his shotgun’s blast, the hunter sprinted toward what he thought was a coveted prize: the wild turkey gobbler he’d been calling to and watching. But Kenneth Dienst found he actually had shot his brother and …
May 01
The FBI has been keeping an eye on the Animal Liberation Front for decades. This story appears in the May issue of VICE magazine. In December 2012, two front-desk clerks at the Inn at Little Washington (pictured above), a posh hotel and restaurant in Washington, Virginia, received some strange and threatening phone calls. “All hell …
Apr 10
By Joey Bruno Deciding to adopt a vegan lifestyle can be a daunting and seemingly challenging task. One may think they need to give up all the foods that they love, cut ties with all their non-vegan friends/family, and drive a Prius. This is simply not the case. Veganism comes in many different forms, but …
Mar 28
Peter Tatchell 28th March 2017 Abusing animals is no more justifiable than abusing people, writes Peter Tatchell. The moral touchstone is sentience, not species, and the ‘humans first’ ideology of speciesism is analogous to homophobia, racism & misogyny. Cruelty is barbarism, whether inflicted on humans or on other species. We need to recognise and accept …
Mar 13
By Belli Research Institute I. The protest marshal wears a neon vest and has a walkie-talkie. The protest marshal sets themself apart in the protest by wearing a high-visibility vest, making their position look like one of expertise and authority. The intention to be seen is paradoxical: even though they stand out visually, the generic safety …
Mar 09
JESSICA MACFARLANE Green Left Weekly In January, the Socialist Alliance decided to embrace animal rights when it adopted a new animal welfare policy. The Socialist Alliance has the twin aims of fighting the capitalist system and pursuing freedom from all forms of oppression. The animal welfare policy continues that goal in aiming to better the …
Mar 03
Direct Action Everywhere posted YouTube video animal-rights activist, 15, ruining meat at Whole Foods’ Ideal Market By JOHN BEAR | bearj@dailycamera.com | Boulder Daily Camera Boulder police have obtained arrest warrants for two animal rights activists accused of ruining $1,000 worth of meat at Ideal Market on Sunday. “They have until tomorrow (Friday) to turn …
Mar 01
By Mitchell Byars Boulder News An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for ruining about $1,000 worth of meat products at Ideal Market in Boulder on Sunday after a teen protester placed flowers on top of raw lamb, pork and beef. An unidentified man and a girl walked into Ideal Market, 1275 Alpine Ave., shortly …
Feb 26
Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. – A man who denied firebombing an animal researcher’s laboratory at Michigan State University in 1992 even as he pleaded guilty now admits he carried out the attack and participated in others across the country, including one at Washington State University. Rodney Coronado told the Lansing State Journal he was …
Feb 25
When is it time to break out the bullhorns, storm the streets, and raise hell for animals? This is one of the most hotly debated questions among animal advocates today. Even the most committed activists argue that confrontational activism hurts the movement by promoting the negative stereotype that we are nasty people who will probably …
