A well-funded and monstrous shift of the “animal rights movement” we must resist I have just read this incredibly disturbing piece by Collectively Garywhich lays out clearly the monstrous trajectory of the so-called animal rights movement. I urge you to read it. This shift is opprobrious and we as advocates must resist both the narrative and the consistent mediocrity pushed…
Veganism
Envisioning a Pro-Animal Foreign Policy – a short response for CounterPunch
A short response for CounterPunch
Ethical Veganism as a Protected Belief: What the European Court of Human Rights Just Affirmed
This judgment matters because antispeciesist ethical veganism is a comprehensive moral framework. It’s one the state can no longer dismiss as mere lifestyle choice In a first, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) has held ethical veganism meets the required level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance for protection under Article 9 of the European Convention on…
Are vegans inherently Leftist? A short response for the HuffPost and a personal Texas anecdote
Recently, the HuffPost contacted me to ask why veganism seems to continually align with critiques of certain political parties and ideologies? Why do people equate diets with politics? The journalist’s question arose in relation to the Talarico/Texas gubernatorial election. I sent the journalist two pages on the matter, adapted from something else I’m working on….
Where the Animals Pass Through
On graves unmarked, grief unclaimed Viewing the world through an antispeciesist vegan lens is like putting on the truth-revealing sunglasses from the 1988 film They Live. Wherever you look, you spot animal use. Sometimes it’s direct, whether a butcher shop, a sandwich, ice cream, or a pet. Other times, it’s indirect, lurking in media like adverts…
The Political Left and the Overlooked Power of Veganism: Toward a Marxist-Animal Liberationist Framework for Ecological Revolution
Published in January 2026 in the Animal Studies Journal. This paper followed my presentations at the Marx in the Anthropocene conference and the 2025 International Animal Rights Conference. There’s a good video of the IARC presentation on YouTube. And I’m working on the book version
Animals like us
Exploring shared struggles across species What if the fight for animal rights and the fight for human dignity were the same fight? I was honoured to present this talk to the inspiring Grow Civic community in the north of Cyprus, exploring the deep, systemic connections between the: This talk is about seeing the whole picture. Must read:…
Turkey’s street-living dogs
Thoughts in light of Turkey’s controversial “adoption” law In response to a growing population of street-living dogs and approximately 75 human deaths attributed to such dogs, Turkey is on the verge of adopting a controversial law which will mandate the rounding up of all street-living dogs. The law has been approved by the legislature and is awaiting…
If the whole world went vegan, what would we do with all the farm animals?
If the whole world went vegan, what would we do with all the farm animals?
A classic gotcha question answered simply
Sharing a table with non-vegans
I often think about this piece Sherry Colb – brilliant author, lawyer and vegan advocate – wrote a couple of years ago concerning taking the liberation pledge, where a vegan pledges not to share a table when there are non-vegan items being consumed. Sherry visits many of the concerns and considerations I too have made about the pledge from why…