In the past 40 years I have witnessed the leadership of the Animal Rights movement turn gray. Most animal organizations are run by people in their 50s and 60s. Most of us who were involved in the movement’s infancy were too busy rescuing and organizing to grasp the fact that Animal Rights is a philosophical…
I posted the title of this article as an apothegm on my Facebook profiles. Several friends asked me to expand upon it. Really not much more to say. The title says it all. One myth is no more valid than another. Why do people believe in myths? Much of it may be learned behavior from…
We socialists hope for world revolution. Social justice and animal liberation will not be achieved under capitalism. However, we are nowhere near the tipping point for revolution, even in most of the Third World. Our primary task is to educate and recruit potential comrades to join us. A task seemingly ignored by most of the…
My purpose online, indeed, my purpose in life, is to radicalize the animal movement. Animal Rights has been my full time avocation for twenty years. I am not here for self-aggrandizement or personal popularity. I run campaigns and my blog out of own pocket. Everything I do is for the animals. And i have enough…
Modern society does not tolerate child molesters or rapists. Ethical people naturally wish to protect children and women from being victimized. It is a natural aversion to violence against the weak and powerless by predators and the powerful. But it is a worldview through the prism of speciesism. Most people share no such concerns for…
One of the most blatant, in-your-face, ugly, demonstrations of racism since the days of Jim Crow, occurred recently at the University of Oklahoma. A fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (S-A-E), engaged in a racist chant on a bus tour. The participants were young, well-to-do white kids and their white house mother. Supposedly educated! Supposedly enlightened! Many…
The Left is overlooking what could be the most strategic constituency in practical revolution: urban gangs. There is little actual revolutionary preparation being pursued by anyone, no doubt because revolution is hardly imminent. Likewise, there are few who even contemplate the mechanics of revolt and social upheaval. Even most of us supportive of the concept…
One would be hard pressed to identify a greater cause of evil in the world than conservatives. Conservative Members of the US Congress, in particular. Both US foreign and domestic policy are in service to corporate interests, and both are the products of conservatives in Congress. Capitalism rules the American political system, and corporate profits…
Do you see a pattern emerging? You can be on the side of the animals and people or you can be a conservative. Not rocket science. Who oppose social justice? Conservatives and capitalists. Who oppose Animal Rights? Conservatives and capitalists. Who oppose universal healthcare? Conservatives and capitalists. Who oppose gay rights and marriage equality? Conservatives…
Most people would agree that other people’s religions are belief systems based on fantasy and myth. Curiously, those same people are convinced their own religion is in service to the true, actual, only, legitimate god. In actuality, people’s assessments of other people’s religions are much more accurate than their analysis of their own. All religions…
Armory of the Revolution 