Most animal protection campaigns are knee jerk responses to one horror or another. They are driven by immediacy of need or media publicity or emotional shock or public outrage. We seldom have, or take, the opportunity to plot a course of action solely upon the number of animals that might be saved. Impacting animal agriculture…
One of the more absurd political dramas is unfolding as Hillary Clinton attempts to paint herself as further to the left than is Bernie Sanders. The issue? Guns! It would be laughable except for the fact that she advances her arguments with a straight face. What is Hillary’s position on guns? That we should close…
Bernie Sanders may not be nominated. If nominated he may not be elected. But Sanders has already done what most observers thought impossible only a few months ago. He has made the term “socialist” almost respectable! Certainly he has made it commonplace. It is now being discussed, explored, queried. Socialism has been unrelentingly attacked for…
Animal Rights is the belief that all sentient beings have the same right to exist. The same right to life. The same rights to be free of exploitation, slavery, and murder. that we humans declare for ourselves. But saying we believe it and actually acting as though we do are entirely different matters. If we…
Politicians across the spectrum seek the votes of animal activists, some more ardently than others. Many advocate for higher penalties for animal cruelty, for protecting wildlife, or for opposing horse slaughter. Is there a litmus test that animal activists can apply to political candidates and political parties that would ensure our votes deliver the most…
We’ve been inundated with positions, posturing, politics, and pundits. Hillary has moved left. Bernie is stirring up the troops. Argument is rife about who will win and what they will do. Democrats, it’s time for a political reality check. Neither Clinton nor Sanders will be able to get a damn thing done. Period. While the…
Animal Rights advocates believe animals have the same right to be here as do humans. Animal Rights advocates believe animals have the same rights not to be exploited, enslaved, or murdered as we humans claim for ourselves. Animal Rights advocates believe the test of the value of life is not intelligence, reason, or speech, but…
We do not live under democracy. With few exceptions, the governments of the world are totalitarian capitalist states, with the US and Western Europe leading the pack. Totalitarian capitalism can be defined as government controlled by banking, corporate, and industrial interests regardless of the political parties in power. The illusion of democracy is maintained by…
Armory of the Revolution grew out of my Facebook Notes. I published 500 Notes on my profile prior to launching the Armory blog. This is the 500th blog post on the Armory, my 1,000th post! Near as a I can determine, the Armory is one of the most prolific animal rights blogs online, and ranks…
Occasionally, powerful weapons are made available to the animal movement. Blood Lions is such a weapon. Our strategy must be to divide and conquer those who exploit and murder our animal brothers and sisters. Almost the entire human race is an enemy of animals. Humans murder 60 billion animals annually in slaughterhouses. They murder FORTY…
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