New to Abolition? Start Here.
Are you new to abolition? There’s a lot to learn, and, if you have been a member of one of the large animal welfare charities, a lot to unlearn!
If you are interested in learning about the abolitionist approach, I recommend you start with these four essays:
1. Animal Welfare Regulation, “Happy Exploitation,” and Speciesism
2. The Four Problems of Animal Welfare: In a Nutshell Here’s a PDF of this essay.
3. The Problem With Single-Issue Campaigns and Why Veganism Must Be the Baseline
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If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself.
It’s easy to go vegan and if you agree that animals have moral value, it’s the only rational thing to do!
The World is Vegan! If you want it.
Gary L. Francione
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
©2014 Gary L. Francione