All Discussions Tagged 'oppression' - Animal Rights Zone2024-03-29T09:07:30Zhttps://arzone.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=oppression&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTrev Weeden & Kristy Alger ARZone Total Liberation Episode 17 Interviewtag:arzone.ning.com,2019-04-01:4715978:Topic:1747012019-04-01T04:02:07.989ZAnimal Rights Zonehttps://arzone.ning.com/profile/admin
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very pleased to welcome our special guests, Trev Weeden and Kristy Alger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trev has been an active member in the animal movement since becoming vegan in 2016. Co-organiser for the March to Close All Slaughterhouses since 2017, and co-organiser for both the World Day for the End of Speciesism march in 2017 and the Dominion March in 2018, he also helped organise Be Fair Be Vegan events in 2018.…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very pleased to welcome our special guests, Trev Weeden and Kristy Alger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trev has been an active member in the animal movement since becoming vegan in 2016. Co-organiser for the March to Close All Slaughterhouses since 2017, and co-organiser for both the World Day for the End of Speciesism march in 2017 and the Dominion March in 2018, he also helped organise Be Fair Be Vegan events in 2018. Trev has also been a volunteer and employee of Animal Liberation Victoria.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He’s recently helped form the new Collectively Free Melbourne Chapter - an activist community working for animal liberation, human liberation, and earth liberation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kristy is an animal liberation activist living in Tasmania. She is a co-founder of Tasmanian Animal Save, and was elected current President of Animal Liberation Tasmania in October 2018. Both organisations are active within the Tasmanian and interstate animal advocacy communities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Her approach to animal activism is informed by a strong commitment to feminism and the ideals of consistent anti-oppression. Ultimately Kristy is focused on dismantling systems that actively oppress all beings, human and other than human, whilst seeking out alternatives for a future that is inclusive and supportive for all.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trev and Kristy joined us to speak about the Melbourne March to Close all Slaughterhouses, which they are helping to organise as well as their ideas about advocacy and or in general.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were pleased to welcome Phoebe Frampton to ARZone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe is a vegan activist and artist and has been organising various activism events and campaigns within the vegan movement for 7 years. She and her sister together founded activism groups ‘London Vegan Actions’ and then ‘The Earthlings Experience’ which became a new form of activism, with events taking place in more than 100 cities worldwide.…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were pleased to welcome Phoebe Frampton to ARZone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe is a vegan activist and artist and has been organising various activism events and campaigns within the vegan movement for 7 years. She and her sister together founded activism groups ‘London Vegan Actions’ and then ‘The Earthlings Experience’ which became a new form of activism, with events taking place in more than 100 cities worldwide. She also performs spoken word and poetry to raise awareness about different injustices towards humans and other animals and encourage one love for all beings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We spoke with Phoebe about The Earthlings Experience, about 'infighting', about showing footage without the consent of passersby, showing happy footage and much more.</span></p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Earthlings Expereince website: <a href="http://www.theearthlingsexperience.com/">www.theearthlingsexperience.com</a></span></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe's Instagram: : <a href="https://www.instagram.com/veganmagick/">https://www.instagram.com/veganmagick/</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Casey is co-owner of Vegan Publishers and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He’s an internationally recognised psychologist and clinical researcher, winning prestigious awards for his work. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and scientific reports, and has recently authored “Millennial Vegan,” “Motivational Methods for Animal Advocacy,” and “Trauma-Informed…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Casey is co-owner of Vegan Publishers and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He’s an internationally recognised psychologist and clinical researcher, winning prestigious awards for his work. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and scientific reports, and has recently authored “Millennial Vegan,” “Motivational Methods for Animal Advocacy,” and “Trauma-Informed Treatment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence.” Casey spoke with us about trauma and bullying inside the animal movement, about goal setting and why having solid goals matters, and about much more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Casey joined us to speak about goal setting and the importance of having solid goals to work toward. About abuse, bullying and trauma from within the animal movement, about how we can most effectively motivate non-vegans to become vegan, and about what we can look forward from him at Vegfest UK this year. </span></p>
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<p></p> ARZone Vegfest London 2018 Series ~ GEERTRUI CAZAUXtag:arzone.ning.com,2018-10-25:4715978:Topic:1726112018-10-25T23:52:18.717ZAnimal Rights Zonehttps://arzone.ning.com/profile/admin
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very pleased to welcome our special guest, Geertrui Cazaux</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Geertrui (Trudi) graduated in criminology and environmental sciences . As a research assistant, she explored the sociology of human, animal relations, and has a (PhD in anthropocentrism and speciesism in contemporary criminology). Geertrui edited the book 'Mensen en Andere Dieren' (Humans and Other Animals) in 2001, which is in…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very pleased to welcome our special guest, Geertrui Cazaux</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Geertrui (Trudi) graduated in criminology and environmental sciences . As a research assistant, she explored the sociology of human, animal relations, and has a (PhD in anthropocentrism and speciesism in contemporary criminology). Geertrui edited the book 'Mensen en Andere Dieren' (Humans and Other Animals) in 2001, which is in Dutch</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">She later worked in youth care and as a policy adviser.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now full time at home because of chronic diseases, she enjoys gardening and taking care of other animals. She writes about veganism and animal rights at Graswortels.org and Brugesvegan.com.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Geertrui will be speaking at Vegfest UK London this year and joins us to give us some insight into those talks and her work in general.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview Roger and I were pleased to welcome Clare Mann as</span> <br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">our special guest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Clare is an Australian based vegan psychologist, communications trainer and animal advocate. She consults with people around the world to help address the personal and social challenges of living vegan in a non-vegan world, and has recently released a book called Vystopia: The anguish of…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview Roger and I were pleased to welcome Clare Mann as</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">our special guest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Clare is an Australian based vegan psychologist, communications trainer and animal advocate. She consults with people around the world to help address the personal and social challenges of living vegan in a non-vegan world, and has recently released a book called Vystopia: The anguish of being vegan in a non vegan world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Clare also runs training programmes in communication, team building and ethical leadership.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Clare will be speaking at Vegfest UK London this year and joined us here to give us a preview of her talk there as well as an insight into her work.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview, the first in our new series for Vegfest UK’s London event this year, we were very excited to welcome our good friend, Carol J Adams. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carol is the author of many books, most famously, The Sexual Politics of Meat, now in a 25th anniversary edition, Burger, part of the Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons Series, and the recently released Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time. </span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Anti-natalism is a philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth or that views non-existence as preferable to existence There is an increasing population of vegans publicly expressing aggressive anti-natalist views and here, Dr. Casey Taft explores how doing so can have a negative impact on our vegan advocacy efforts. </em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038401039?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="250" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038401039?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250" class="align-right"/></a>In a patriarchal society there is great pressure on women to have children. Women are taught from an early age that one of their primary functions is to have babies. When they don't fulfill this societal role, they may be subtly or not so subtly pressured by those around them to get with the program.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have great respect for those women who decide that having children is not right for them despite the pressure they're under. For many, the decision not to have children represents a reclaiming of their personal identity and what it means to be a woman.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other women make a different choice and opt to have children. This choice also may connect them with their womanhood.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is perhaps nothing more personal than one's reproductive choices. I don't think that anyone should be shamed for their choices, whatever they may be.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unfortunately, within the vegan movement, many women and men who refer to themselves as "anti-natalists" engage in shaming women for their choice to have kids, creating an unsafe space for many women in the movement. In anti-natalist spaces, and even in other vegan spaces, women with children are derided as "breeders" and far worse, and jokes are made about women who have miscarriages or babies with disabilities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038401100?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038401100?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-right"/></a>The ugliness I've witnessed knows no bounds. But yet, even when direct calls for violence towards women and babies are exposed and made public, there is often a disappointing silence among other "child-free" vegans who otherwise are strong anti-violence advocates. I suppose it's human nature to ignore violence and hatred by those whom we may share certain other beliefs or characteristics.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The anti-natalist argument is based primarily on scientific claims that rapid overpopulation will be the death of us all. The science behind these arguments is weak, with data showing that birth rates are actually declining in developing and developed nations.1 The birth rate in the United States is the lowest rate ever recorded.2,3 Despite this, 16% of the world’s population in developed nations consumes 80% of its natural resources, indicating that the real problems lie with overconsumption and misallocation of resources.4 This overconsumption is clearly occurring at the corporate rather than the individual level, as we have a global economic system that has no regard for the damage that our major industries cause to the planet.5 Vegans are as mindful of this as anyone, since our vegan advocacy helps combat climate change. The data seem to be telling us that focusing on people having babies is placing the focus in the wrong area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But one should not engage in shaming, coercing, or abusing women based on interpretations of scientific data regardless. Our reproductive choices are protected human rights, and efforts to take away these rights are oppressive and abusive. Looking the other way when others in the community do the same is also an injustice. Just like veganism is an issue of justice and not merely an issue of nutritional science, so too is the issue of reproductive choice.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Another tenet of anti-natalism is that it's cruel to bring other humans into this terrible world. If one believes that living on this planet is a form of cruelty, I absolutely agree that having a child may not be a good decision for them. But many of us feel gratitude for each day that we exist on this planet. Many of us are vegan because we believe that being alive is amazing and no animal should be deprived of this gift.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Yet another argument made by anti-natalists is that there's no guarantee that a vegan child will grow up to be vegan, and thus they will do greater harm. As a father of a 3-year old vegan girl who just grilled all our neighbors about veganism while trick or treating for Halloween, I call BS. Our little girl is stronger in her vegan convictions than many adults we know. When kids are not brainwashed to do harm to non-human animals, it becomes unthinkable to do so, and it’s highly unlikely that anything is going to change that.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038403975?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038403975?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-right"/></a>Having a vegan child has forced us to engage in vegan education efforts in all kinds of spaces that we otherwise would not have: with neighbors, pre-school, family, and friends. If we truly want a vegan world, we need to raise awareness everywhere, not only with those from a singular demographic or lifestyle choice.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our veganism has been strengthened by having a vegan child. It was the impetus for starting a vegan-themed publishing company with a mission to raise vegan awareness. Our connection with our child has made the bond between non-human animals and their babies more real and personal for us. When we see a young non-human animal in an animal use industry, we see them as we see our own child and it pushes us to try even harder to make a difference for animals. Our parenthood is a fundamental part of our veganism.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That is just us, of course, and others will have a different experience. I'm not trying to suggest that every vegan should go out there and reproduce, but at the same time, we should not gloss over the good that can come from parenting and we should avoid thinking of vegan babies as some kind of plague for humanity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Before somebody blurts out "Just adopt!" they should educate themselves on the difficulties and costs of the adoption process. I wish this was a more accessible option and I urge anyone with the inclination and the means to please do so, but adoption of a human is simply not the same as saving a companion animal, and I know of no vegan anti-natalist who has actually adopted a human child.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since I've become more vocal against anti-natalism, I've had several vegan mothers thank me and tell me stories about how they've been bullied and abused by others in the community, and how their "friends" have failed to speak out for them. Many have also described not feeling safe in the vegan community anymore because of this. It should go without saying that this is the opposite of what we should be doing. We should be inviting others from various backgrounds and lifestyles into our movement, including parents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How are we going to convince others that we're a social justice movement if we promote violence and injustice among ourselves? How can we be taken seriously when we speak out against violence towards other animals while promoting or ignoring abuse towards our fellow humans? It's time to get serious as a movement and cut out the oppression, in all of its forms.</span></p>
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<p><span>1Nargund, G. (2009). Declining birth rate in developed countries: A radical policy rethink is required. Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2009; 1(3): 191–193.</span></p>
<p><span>2Park, M. (August 11, 2016). U.S. fertility rate falls to lowest on record. CNN. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/health/us-lowest-fertility-rate/">http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/health/us-lowest-fertility-rate/</a></span></p>
<p><span>3Rossen LM, Osterman MJK, Hamilton BE, Martin JA. (2016). Quarterly provisional estimates for selected birth indicators, 2014–Quarter 2, 2016. National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Vital Statistics Rapid Release Program.</span></p>
<p><span>4Utley, G. (October 12, 1999). World’s wealthiest 16 percent uses 80 percent of natural resources. CNN. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/12/population.cosumption/">http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/12/population.cosumption/</a></span></p>
<p><span>5Global Sisterhood Network (Fall 2006). 10 Reasons to Rethink “Overpopulation.” <a href="http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/view/1319/59/">http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/view/1319/59/</a></span></p>
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<p></p> ARZone Total Liberation Interview 16 ~ Michelle Carreratag:arzone.ning.com,2018-06-13:4715978:Topic:1711042018-06-13T00:15:15.437ZAnimal Rights Zonehttps://arzone.ning.com/profile/admin
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we welcome our special guest, Michelle Carrera.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michelle is a professional translator, writer, and founding director of the vegan non-profit Chillis on Wheels, which is an organisation that helps to provide people in need with warm vegan meals via chapters across the US and in Puerto Rico.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we welcome our special guest, Michelle Carrera.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michelle is a professional translator, writer, and founding director of the vegan non-profit Chillis on Wheels, which is an organisation that helps to provide people in need with warm vegan meals via chapters across the US and in Puerto Rico.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michelle has worked with a wide range of animal advocacy organisations, and has also worked in adult literature, immigration, food justice and reproductive rights initiatives. Such a wide spectrum of activism has shaped her view of connected struggles. She also leads talks on veganism and hunger, low income vegan living and community building.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michelle joins us today to speak about all of these issues, as well as her contribution to the new book, Veganism in an Oppressive World.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were thrilled to welcome our special guest, Carol J. Adams.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carol is the author of more than 20 books, including the ground breaking The Sexual Politics of Meat now in a 25th anniversary edition. Burger, just released in Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons Series and the forthcoming Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time. She is also the author of…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were thrilled to welcome our special guest, Carol J. Adams.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carol is the author of more than 20 books, including the ground breaking The Sexual Politics of Meat now in a 25th anniversary edition. Burger, just released in Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons Series and the forthcoming Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time. She is also the author of over 100 articles on the topics of vegetarianism and veganism, animal advocacy, domestic violence and sexual abuse, with a focus on the interconnections between forms of violence against humans and against other animals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carol has been an inspiring leader of the animal movement for decades, is highly respected for her work and has been a mentor to countless other advocates. <span>To read Carol's article on DxE that was discussed in the interview, please <a href="http://caroljadams.com/carol-adams-blog/why-i-am-boycotting-events-if-dxe-is-also-an-invited-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE.</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very excited to welcome our special guest, Harley McDonald-Eckersall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Harley is one of the directors and founding members of an exciting new Australian group called Young Voices for Animals or YVA (pronounced ee-vah).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Founded in early 2017, YVA is a group run for youth, by youth, with a vision to educate, and empower the next generation of young…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this interview we were very excited to welcome our special guest, Harley McDonald-Eckersall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Harley is one of the directors and founding members of an exciting new Australian group called Young Voices for Animals or YVA (pronounced ee-vah).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Founded in early 2017, YVA is a group run for youth, by youth, with a vision to educate, and empower the next generation of young people working towards animal liberation. This year they have launched their first project, Catalyst, which is a youth leadership and development program designed to allow young people the opportunity to take a concern for other animals to the next level and start building a better future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Harley is also passionate about using stories to change our perception of other animals and see them for who they really are. With a deep interest in social justice, she's spent the last two years serving as a volunteer for a number of organisations while studying a Bachelor of Arts (Theatre) and a Master of Cultural and Creative Industries at Monash University.</span></p>
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