Veganism, Social Change, Solidarity

Posted by Daniel on 12 June, 2008 11:20

In the mid-1940s, when the founding members of the vegan movement organized themselves into The Vegan Society they set out a clear purpose for the movement that "seeks to abolish [humans'] dependence on [other] animals, with it inevitable cruelty and slaughter, and to create instead a more reasonable and humane order of society. Whilst honouring the efforts of all who are striving to achieve the emancipation of [humans] and of [other] animals." (Read more...)

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Re: Veganism, Social Change, Solidarity

James Crump | 29/06/2008, 16:29

Thanks for this blog entry, Daniel. I think it is a very eloquent reminder of the moral necessity of being responsive to the needs of all the beings of the Earth, whether human or nonhuman.