January 2015
Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
We've all lost a kind and caring friend, Norm Phelps. Paul Shapiro shares the news of Norm's passing, and some of his thoughts on Norm's life and work:
It's wit…
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Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
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February 2014
Dr. Will Tuttle Interviewed on ABC Sunshine…
Jasmin Midgley the Saturday Breakfast show host on ABC Sunshine Coast Radio in Queensland, Australia interviewed Dr. Will Tuttle on February 1, 2014.
Please click this link to hear Will speak about h…
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Dr. Will Tuttle Interviewed on ABC Sunshine…
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October 2013
ARZone Podcast 70: Ruby Roth - V is for Vegan
ARZone Podcast 70 features Ruby Roth.
Ruby Roth is an artist, designer, writer, and blogger with degrees in Art and American Studies; she’s now in her tenth year of living vegan. Ruby speaks with ARZ…
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ARZone Podcast 70: Ruby Roth - V is for Vegan
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ARzone Podcast 71: Kate Stewart and Matthew…
ARZone Podcast 71 features sociologists Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole.
Kate Stewart is a medical sociologist working at the University of Nottingham; Matthew Cole is a sociologist teaching with The O…
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ARzone Podcast 71: Kate Stewart and Matthew…
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ARZone Podcast 72: David Nibert - Domesecrat…
ARZone Podcast 72 features a return visit with sociologist and activist Prof. David Nibert.
A professor of sociology at Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio, USA, David Nibert is the author of…
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Demolishing the Absurd Myth of Complacency w…
In this new essay from Dr. David Sztybel, David questions the logic and implications of a study that suggests that when 10% of the population agree on something, the rest will follow, and whether thi…
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Demolishing the Absurd Myth of Complacency w…
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Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not…
Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not supplant earlier intuitions.
Andrew Shtulman and Joshua Valcarcel
ABSTRACT: When students learn scientific theories that conflict with their earlier, naï…
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Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not…
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April 2013
Who Decides Who Is a Feminist? ~ Tim Gier
Who decides who is a feminist?
Written by Tim Gier
Who decides who is a feminist? I don’t know, but I do know that the answer isn’t as obvious as some might think.
For example, I know that wh…
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Who Decides Who Is a Feminist? ~ Tim Gier
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February 2013
A World Without Suffering ~ An Interview w…
A WORLD WITHOUT SUFFERING?
An interview with David Pearce - by Marcia Rosane
(1) In which sense are abolitionism and veganism important in the construction of a more ethical and solidary society in…
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A World Without Suffering ~ An Interview w…
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ARZone Podcast 63: Melanie Joy - Speaking Tr…
Episode 63 features professor of psychology and sociology, Dr. Melanie Joy. ARZone speaks with Dr. Joy about her recently published article “Speaking Truth to Power” and how the dominant ideology of…
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ARZone Podcast 63: Melanie Joy - Speaking Tr…
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Wanting vs. Expecting ~ Tim Gier
Wanting vs. Expecting
Written by Tim Gier
It’s easy to want something, it’s as easy as a dream. You may want a mansion, I may want a Ferrari, she may want Prince Charming, he may want to kiss Slee…
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Wanting vs. Expecting ~ Tim Gier
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3000 ARZone Members
ARZone Reaches Another Milestone
ARZone would like to welcome our 3000th member, and take this opportunity to thank all of our valued members who, by utilising and contributing to the many resources…
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3000 ARZone Members
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What Comes After The End of Factory Farming?
What comes after the end of "factory farming"? Is there any real point in speaking about ending "factory farming" without addressing veganism or working to end the use of other individuals as "food"?…
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What Comes After The End of Factory Farming?
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Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pa…
Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pain
Written by Dr. Jonathan Balcombe
Two new scientific studies illustrate the current scientific interest in animal pain, and a stark contrast in viewp…
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Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pa…
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January 2013
ARZone Podcast 61: Looking Back, Moving Forw…
In this special Looking Back, Moving Forward podcast, ARZone presents the thoughts of 35 advocates and activists from around the world - looking back on 2012 and moving forward into 2013. We hope you…
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ARZone Podcast 61: Looking Back, Moving Forw…
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Leave No Dolphin Behind: Dolphin Pod Carries…
This video shows a pod of dolphins trying to save their companion. It's quite sad, but I think it shows a small insight into the complex social behaviour, and emotional inner lives of dolphins, and o…
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Leave No Dolphin Behind: Dolphin Pod Carries…
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Defending Animal Rights
Defending Animal Rights by Professor Tom Regan.
In a set of essays that reflects his thinking on animal and human rights over the past decade, Tom Regan sketches the philosophical positions espoused…
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Defending Animal Rights
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Statement From Captain Paul Watson
Statement from Captain Paul Watson
Captain Paul Watson on the bridge of the SSS Steve irwin
Photo: Tim Watters / Sea Shepherd
For the 35 years since I founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society…
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Statement From Captain Paul Watson
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On why you shouldn’t eat meat
On why you shouldn’t eat meat
You wouldn’t smash in the head of a horse with a sledgehammer, if the horse had done you no harm, because you know that smashing its head in with a sledgehammer would b…
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On why you shouldn’t eat meat
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December 2012
More Moral Than You ~ Tim Gier
More Moral than You
Written by Tim Gier
One person, I’ll call her Rita, claims to be more moral than you because she believes that trees and flowers are the sort of thing to which we are morally obl…
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More Moral Than You ~ Tim Gier
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Some Good in the World ~ Tim Gier
some good in the world
Written by Tim Gier
It can be good for someone to sit and watch the sunrise, it can be good to watch the rain. For someone else it can be good to sing a song or two, or read…
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Some Good in the World ~ Tim Gier
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