NZVP Ep.132 - 'The Earthlings Experience' and similar new activism (or is it really new..?)

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Please check out the Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/

Please read ALL Gary Francione and Anna Charltons' books: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/

Please read this article about violent imagery in advocacy:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/violent-imagery-in-animal-advocacy/#.Vz2nmmMyeA0

Here is that article I mentioned by Frances McCormack that coincidentally was published on the weekend about graphic imagery http://www.ecorazzi.com/2016/05/13/vegans-dont-need-graphic-imagery-to-advocate/

Thank you for listening.


Dedicated to Buda the cat.

RIP my darling.  Miss you forever.

NZVP Ep.131 - Street stalls: a vegan oasis

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Here is the must see video which I want to present to people if I ever get the chance to get enough people in a room willing to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChElJ4CjhY

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NZVP Ep.130 - Domestication must die! and same goes for SICs

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here is the debate between Gary Francione and Bruce Friedrich at the North American Animal Welfarist conference in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1qFdR1cHA


Here is the debate about SICs I mentioned:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHr5bwNvLA


Here is the FANTASTIC new book by Gary Francione and Anna Charlton Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach  http://abolitionistapproachbook.weebly.com

So thrilling!!

Here is the Facebook page for the mice - Lefty and Big Daddy need a home NOW https://www.facebook.com/18NZMice/?ref=hl

NZVP Ep. 129 - Welfarist obfuscation strikes again

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Here is the article I talked about:

https://humaneleaguelabs.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/report-is-animal-cruelty-or-purity-abolitionist-messaging-more-effective/

Here is the link to all of Gary Francione's books please read them ALL:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/

Here is the link to the groundbreaking debate with Erik Marcus and Gary Francione please set yourself down with a pot of tea or coffee or whatever and listen to the whole 2.5 hours.

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/#.VgEpU-mFu0c 

Here is the direct link to the audio in case you missed it:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3

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NZVP Ep.128 - baking soda rocks and trolling the trolls

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Here is the link to the Vegan For Life podcast I mentioned from Nícolas Noriê  http://plainsfm.org.nz/programme/vegan-life/

Here is a link to the article I was trolled and trolling on (I wasn't really intended to troll per se and I don't think what I was doing classifies as trolling but it felt like it in the end especially the way I started behaving) http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_haven_from_the_animal_holocaust_20150802

Here is a basic recipe I found for baking soda and coconut oil toothpaste - I use an old baby food jar (I used to give the cats some pureed baby food squash until I just started making it myself) but any jar will do:

• Fill your jar with a heaping scoop of soft (but not melted) coconut oil (about 1/4 to 1/2 way full if you’re using a tiny jar). If your oil is super solid, you can place place the jar in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes.
• Sprinkle the baking soda on top (about 1/2 the amount of coconut oil) and stir well.
• Add some peppermint oil to taste (Optional)
• Test it. It should pretty grainy, paste like (creamy, not hard), and leave your mouth feeling super fresh. If you can’t feel the grain, add some more baking soda. If it feels crumbly, you need more coconut oil. If you don’t feel the freshness, add some more peppermint oil.

Here is the mouthwash again:

8 drops peppermint oil

8 drops tea tree oil

250 mils of water

Hey so regarding the baking soda and vinegar shampoo - there are apparently a lot of articles out there saying it damages hair but I have used it for about 3 months and i am loving it more every day but whatever.  There are lots of homemade vegan shampoos online for you to check out.  I won't post links there are too many.

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NZVP Ep.127 VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN!!!!! By hook or by crook we are going to end the misrepresentation of this word

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VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN 

Here is the link to Gary Francione's book Eat Like You Care:  www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com  

Here is the link to all the rest of his books please read them:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/

Here is a link to the videos please watch them:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/video/

Please also explore the rest of the site www.abolitionistapproach.com

Here is the speech by Chris Hedges please watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA41ggsdeXE

NZVP Ep.126 - treatment treatment treatment

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or here 

here is the documentary on abortion that I mentioned:

https://archive.org/details/when_abortion_was_illegal 

Here is the link to that thread I mentioned on the Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/photos/a.393908680628892.94280.156275557725540/965200420166379/?type=1&theater

Here is the video I talked about that is the best in the world and changed my life and made me an abolitionist vegan:

NOTE: there are some upsetting photos but lots of beautiful photos and the context is so on point.  I wouldn't ask you to watch it if I didn't think it was worth it.

https://vimeo.com/4808525 - to watch at the link or watch below (make it full screen if it is not showing properly)

Theory of Animal Rights from Gary L. Francione on Vimeo.


Thanks for listening and please please remember to READ GARY FRANCIONE'S BOOKS http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/

Here are some photos from Jam on Toast and Eco Day

NZVP Ep.125 - random stuff

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thanks for listening :)

NZVP Ep.124 - Happy Vegan New Year 2015

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Key word: Focus!

Here is the song I mentioned - it's very beautiful and sad, but more beautiful than sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by0xnJStass



Here is the poster I mentioned of the pigs:

Here is information about the plastic gyres in the ocean I mentioned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
Thanks for listening and happy vegan new year.

P.S The word I was looking for was DICHOTOMY

NZVP Ep. 123 - there is no such thing as "Ahimsa" cow's milk

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I am reluctantly putting a link to the FAQ I talked about although I dislike even promoting their site at all:
http://www.ahimsamilk.org/faq/

This is the photo of the little bull with the ring in their nose on the Facebook page that I talked about: https://www.facebook.com/266909179987461/photos/a.293516217326757.79424.266909179987461/883563834988656/?type=1

Here is the article about nose ringing a bull I mentioned:
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/lifestyle-file/livestock-a-pets/cattle/item/21-nose-ringing-a-bull-.html

Here is the article about artificial weaning of cows I mentioned:
http://www.awionline.org/lab_animals/biblio/jaaws7.html

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NZVP Ep. 122 - tales from a damp and noisy street stall, and Gary Francione - the voice of our conscience

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Here is the CNN interview: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/10/04/smerconish-cat-kicked-10042014.cnn&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abolitionistapproach.com%2Fandre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics%2F

Here is the NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/01/enforcing-the-legal-rights-of-animals/eating-meat-is-also-animal-abuse

And there was a Daily News article too!  I forgot to mention! : http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gary-francione-stop-scapegoating-cat-kicker-article-1.1969363

>>This is, I am pretty sure, the unedited and originally titled version of the NY Times article or at least that's what it seems to be:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/andre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics/#.VEH4pL4Qe3w

This is the Facebook discussion I was talking about re: "mock" animal products: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/867250949961327

Thanks for listening!

Here is me at my damp stall!  I wouldn't normally go in weather like this to be honest, but I had 2 dozen cupcakes and there was nuthin gonna stop me!

NZVP Ep.121 - first winter street stall and the disintegration of The Vegan Society

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Here is the link to the Vegan Printer: www.veganprinter.com

Here is links to heaps of the articles and Facebook postings about The Vegan Society debacle:

THE "VEGAN" SOCIETY WITHDRAWS "THERE, WE SAID IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VEGAN." - Facebook post about the 'rebrand' and the changes they made after the first protest of the new TVS campaign

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U-9o90sQcbS

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-veganism-not-for-everyone-probably-not-many-people/#.U-9cK0sQcbS

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/manager-vegfestuk-tim-barford-many-people-get-ill-vegan-diet/#.U-9clEsQcbQ

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/cant-make-stuff-vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-says-promoting-veganism-moral-imperative-causes-damage-animals/#.U-9cF0sQcbQ

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-corporate-partners-sustainable-animal-agriculture/#.U-9cBEsQcbQ

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/brought-vegan-society-disrepute-insisted-vegan-society-vegan/#.U-9cb0sQcbQ

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-decide/#.U-9cqEsQcbQ

Part 1 of the debate between Tim Barford and Gary Francione: http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/04/3-august-2014/

Part 2 of the debate:  http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/13/10-august-2014/

Facebook events page for the debate: https://www.facebook.com/events/809889079061401/

This is the debate between Gary Francione and Erik Marcus: a MUST listen for any advocate:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/#erik-marcus-20070225  There is also a pdf of the transcript the relevant part I was referring to is here:

"...as far as what we say to people who don’t ... I’m not really interested in designing campaigns – I mean look, Erik, there are going to be people who disagree, they’re going to be people who aren’t interested at all. So shall I design
my campaign and shall I target my efforts to the people that don’t care?

You know, last night I saw this movie Amazing Grace, it wasn’t a perfect movie, but it was certainly, given the grand scheme of horrible movies these days, it was a worthwhile movie to see. It was about Wilbur Wilberforce, who actually with Richard Martin, I
think this is accurate, that he started the RSPCA in England, but William Wilberforce
was also an abolitionist with respect to slavery. And it was very interesting, because he had to confront this very issue. That, at the time that he decided slavery should be abolished most people thought slavery shouldn’t be abolished, and yet, he didn’t propose that we ought to make slavery more humane. He took an abolitionist position continuously, and eventually he prevailed. So I’m not really interested in worrying
about – yeah, are there some people out there that don’t care?
You used the expression “gratuitous cruelty” I don’t even know what the hell that means, Erik. I really don’t even know what that means, gratuitous cruelty. What does that mean? We don’t need to eat animals at all. Nobody maintains – its 2007, nobody, not even the United States government maintains that we need to eat any animal products to be optimally healthy. Indeed an increasing number of mainstream healthcare people are telling us that eating animal products isn’t good for us. So, all suffering in connection with animals that we’re raising for food is gratuitous. So I don’t know what you mean when you say gratuitous cruelty.
But, are there people who don’t care? Yes, Erik, there are people who don’t care, and there are a lot of people who do care. And what I’m interested in doing is reaching those people, and when I reach them, the last thing in the world I want to tell them is, “Hey look, you’re going to go from Abu Ghraib to a minimum security Connecticut prison if you buy cage-free eggs.” I’m not going to tell them that. I’m going to tell them if they care about this issue there’s one choice: go vegan. And you know what? Some people are going to turn off to that, and some people are going to turn on to that, and what I’m interested in is the people who turn on to it, because every person I turn on to it decreases demand. That’s what we’ve got to do, is decrease the demand. And the way you decrease demand is you get people to stop using these products altogether. You don’t do it by imposing opportunity costs that are so deminimist that producers can pass those costs along to consumers and not lose a cent of profit. Indeed, there is a huge markup. I don’t know if you’ve shopped at Whole Foods recently, but they’re making a lot of money. Those products are marked up tremendously. Those producers are making a tremendous profit. I don’t think that’s the solution. As a matter of fact, I’m sure it’s not."

Here is my Facebook status I read out:  https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/541388332629761

"Listening to the second part of the debate between Gary Francione and Tim Barford. So far we are at just the first question, re: having groups like "Part-Time Carnivore" attend Veg Fest. Tim is justifying this by saying cutting down to say 20% animal products is still going to have an immensely positive effect on the environment and human health, as well as decreasing by 80% the amount of animals used.

Nobody is disputing that less harm is better. Nobody is disputing that or has ever disputed that. It is not an issue that is focused on in human rights campaigning against fundamental human rights abuses like rape (I mean, less rape is better right? So should we campaign for 'less rape'? NO!!! We should and do campaign for NO RAPE!)

The main theme of Tim's position and of every single other welfarist I have debated myself in various places, is the same one. Their position is: if you advocate for veganism unequivocally, not only will people not even begin to think about these issues at all, and therefore because they won't even begin to think about them that means they will therefore never start to examine their animal use, leading them to start to cut down on their animal use anyway, of their own volition, based on these issues they are beginning to think about because they were talked to about veganism - not only will they not do that, but that they will completely and utterly, down to the last person, freak out, reject the entire thing entirely, and will make NO reductions and might even increase animal use out of some kind of perverse notion and will never, ever go vegan, or ever cut down, or ever have their consciousness awoken in the slightest bit about the immorality of animal use.

This is their claim. Based on this erroneous belief, they claim we *have* to promote "meat free Mondays" or "part time Carnivore" or welfare 'reforms' or 'cutting down' etc and we cannot promote veganism unequivocally or hold veganism as the moral baseline. Otherwise, they claim, NO ONE will make ANY CHANGES. EVER. That's their position.Does that make sense to you? That doesn't make sense to me either." 

Thanks for listening

NZVP Ep.120 - Why I oppose SAFE's 'ban factory farming' campaign

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Here is the link to the Facebook thread: https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/532236813544913

It has died down now so I wasn't as time consuming as I thought.  Good!  Because I plan to do this more often as it needs to be done, as a lot of new vegans get sucked into welfare which is a terrible thing to happen.  We need to expose new vegans to abolition as quickly as possible - if only at the very least to give them the option to see the alternative.  Rather than them not even knowing it exists, or them only being exposed to the deliberate distortions of abolition by the welfarist movement.

Please read the following essay:

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-four-problems-of-animal-welfare-in-a-nutshell/#.U9FdgFYQcbQ

Please listen to the following debate (they talk a lot about the HSUS sow crate campaign in this debate so it's worth a listen and is relevant to this SAFE campaign which is focused on 'factory farmed pork'): http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/

NZVP Ep.119 - self realisation is painful but necessary

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Here is the link to the article debunking 'reverse racism' that I mentioned and quoted from, *please* read it: http://feminspire.com/why-reverse-racism-isnt-real/

Here is the link to the articles on the modern feminist movement that I mentioned, I especially learned a lot from the second article, especially the similarities and conflicts within the feminist movement that mirror a lot of the welfarist/abolitionist debate.

http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/03/sex-positive-feminism-doing-patriarchys-work-it

http://feministcurrent.com/8879/the-divide-isnt-between-sex-negative-and-sex-positive-feminists-its-between-liberals-and-radicals/

I especially LOVE this comment by one of the commentators on the article whose moniker is "MLM":

"I think part of the problem, and part of what makes certain radical thinkers so easy to demonise, is that the very notion of compassion itself has also been hijacked and distorted. People think compassion is about protecting somebody’s feelings, and sometimes it is. But sometimes it’s having an understanding that there are more crucial issues at stake. And doing the right thing may actually hurt someone’s feelings, and not make you or them feel good. Sometimes the deepest compassion is the type that requires you to be the sword which cuts through the bullshit and say “No, Im sorry. I can’t and won’t go along with that. It’s not good for me or you or anyone”. (I’m learning this more and more as a parent…)

Going along with falsehood and delusion just because you are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings or because you feel sorry for them is not compassion, it’s a type of sycophancy. And while it’s so important not to lose sight of the fact that you are dealing with another human being when you find yourself in opposition with them, it’s every bit as important to point out that facilitating injustice in the name of “compassion” is actually precisely the opposite. Fierce defence of justice is actually the truest kind of compassion, but often also the easiest to mischaracterize." 


Here is a link to one of the articles by Gary Francione on the Kapparos Campaign:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-kapparos-campaign-a-good-example-whats-wrong-single-issue-campaigns/#.U7dbBxYQcbQ

Here is a link to the articles about The "Vegan" Society's betrayal of the moral baseline:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U7fUEhYQcbQ

Thank you for listening.

NZVP Ep.118 - my first vegan party!!!

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Here is the link to Kaiaroha Nut Cheeses who also do the Vegan Deli at the Parnell Farmers Market: http://www.kaiaroha.co.nz

Here is the link to La Noix Vegan Cake Shop: http://lanoixvegancake.com/Home/Cakes

Here are the photos!  I couldn't get decent ones of the food because it was flying off the plates too fast for me to get it all haha:

Here is the cake!  It is the chocolate mousse cake:

NZVP Ep. 117 - work conundrums

***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS

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Thanks for listening.  Feel free to share any great vegan gluten free ginger cake recipes for my mother's birthday cake :)

Here is the link to the clip about Muhammed Ali's Poem "Me, We" -something which should be the baseline for all our vegan advocacy I reckon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQ_IjzWN7A

NZVP Ep.116 - Veganism is EASY

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NZVP Ep. 115 - Please stop making people feel better about exploiting others

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This is the quote from Gary Francione I mentioned:

"To believe in a principle of justice and promote that principle clearly is not be "angry." That term is simply a way of putting the principle down by not focusing on the substance and, instead, focusing on the person articulating the principle. 

People always "like" people who don't challenge them but in the world in which you and I live, challenging others is what morality *requires*. It's not optional!"

(In response to a comment on the Gary L. Francione: The Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights page in which the commentator said: "I was overwhelmed by all the "angry vegan" personal attacks this week and wanted to be seen as 'nicer' by encouraging this, which did not prove to be effective and went against my conscience anyway.")

Original thread where above comment happened: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/734694363216987?comment_id=7664908&offset=0&total_comments=26

Original post on the thread, by the way, was: 

"*All* animal products involve suffering and death. All of them. We should be crystal clear that the *only* rational response to recognizing the moral status of nonhumans is to go vegan. If animals matter morally, then *any* exploitation--however supposedly "humane"--is immoral. To say that being "compassionate" requires that we promote something other than veganism is to say that we are morally obligated to promote immorality. That makes no sense, If you agree that animals matter, veganism--and only veganism--is what makes sense."

Here are the links I mentioned from the SAFE Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153770995105434/?type=1&stream_ref=10
https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153707967115462?stream_ref=10
https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153693040105434?stream_ref=10
https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153686609385434/?type=1&stream_ref=10

Hope I got them all

Here is the link to the Esther the Wonder Pig posting:
https://www.facebook.com/estherthewonderpig/posts/532716096835619?stream_ref=10

Here is the link to My Face is on Fire Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Face-Is-on-Fire/177471362269051
Here is the one I mentioned (but there are heaps more): 23 de noviembre de 2013

And finally here is the link to the Abolitionist Approach Article: Making a Mockery of Gandhi:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/making-mockery-gandhi/#.UxKJ9NzDqv8

NZVP Ep.114 Special Guests Gary Francione and Anna Charlton, the authors of Eat Like You Care!

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Please go to this link to get a copy of Eat Like You Care: www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com

Just read some of these amazing reviews so you get an idea how profoundly this book is helping people: http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/what-people-are-saying.html

Abolitionist Approach Website: www.abolitionistapproach.com

Please read ALL of these books:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/


Thanks for listening and a huge thanks to my lovely guests Anna Charlton and Gary Francione

NZVP EP. 113 -UPDATE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS

***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS

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NZVP Ep.112 - UPDATE: WE ARE NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS AND THERE IS NO NZ TAVS CHAPTER

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NZVP Ep.111 - What's in a name? Nothing, as it turns out.

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Here are some photos of Tuainekore at the stall at Waitakere (we had SUCH a GREAT DAY):

Here is the link to that awful status update I ranted and raved about for an hour lol: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/686541261365631

NZVP Ep. 110 -Update about long lost Duffy the cat.

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NZ Vegan Episode 109 - on being a smart educator

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sorry it's so all over the place

Here is the article I read from: Making a Mockery of Gandhi

Here is the poster I mentioned:

here is the Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach

NZVP Ep. 108

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Relevant quote:

"The fact that people won't go vegan immediately does not mean that we should ever promote anything less than veganism as morally okay. We ought always to be clear that if animals matter morally, we cannot justify consuming them. If someone who cares about animals wants to do less than go vegan, or want to go vegan in stages, let that be their choice and not our recommendation. We should *never* promote non-veganism as a morally good thing. We should *never* put a stamp of approval on animal exploitation--however "humane" it is (and it's never "humane" anyway)."  ~Gary Francione

NZVP Ep. 107 - Stall stories from the first week of Spring 2013.

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Here is the article I spoke about: Enabling Exploitation

Here is one of the discussions on Gary Francione's facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/647496038603487

Oh and you HAVE to read this article!!!:

Animal Welfare Regulation, “Happy Exploitation,” and Speciesism

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NZVP Ep.106 - Don't get participation in animal slavery mixed up with involuntary harm

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Here is the facebook post I wrote: "Anyone who thinks there is no moral difference between, say, driving a car or taking public transport in vehicles that to our dismay may contain animal by-products, and for example eating a piece of cow's milk cheese, obviously doesn't realise that animals are property and what we are trying to abolish is slavery.

There is a *huge* difference between the two examples. As vegans, we are frustrated, horrified and dismayed when we learn that there are some things that we must use that against our will contain animal by products. Such as sidewalks or footpaths, plastics, car tyres etc. Huge difference.

The difference is thus: those things, those industries, those products, are not products based upon animal slavery. They are simply not. It is perfectly conceivable to have cars, concrete, paint, plastics etc, without any animal by-products in them whatsoever. And we are going to abolish that too, you just wait.

However, cow's milk cheese is a product entirely based upon, produced by and dependant on animal slavery, and slaughter. You will *never* have cow's milk cheese without exploiting cows. It is a *slave* industry.

So while as vegans we are working towards eliminating as much harm to others as we can, such as living in a world that doesn't use plastic at all would be lovely, a world in which no vegetable or fruit is produced with nonhuman slaves' manure, and in which we develop alternatives to a lot of harmful products and practices while of course eliminating any animal by products in their making, the NUMBER ONE THING we must do now is ABOLISH SLAVERY. And you *don't* do that by making twisted, incorrect comparisons between products such as vehicles (nothing to do with animal slavery, and yes we hate that there are the products of exploitation in there against our will, and watch us abolish that too! - but those products are in no way dependant on animal slavery) and animal products that people eat, wear or use that are *intrinsically* and *unavoidably* from slavery.

I hope that clears up this silliness so we can get on with being consistent in our advocacy and no more making excuses for "vegans" who deliberately and directly participate in slavery by reminding us that we can't levitate, build entire new vegan painted city buildings/homes on our own (yet) or avoid the use of transportation to our jobs.

Hey - if you can levitate - more power to you I am jealous. If you own a vegan car I love you for it. If you live in a custom house that is completely vegan painted/no animal by-product containing plastics/computer and phone the same - more power to you that is where we *all* should be headed.
But don't get it twisted, and please don't EVER EVER justify or defend slavery."

Here is the link to Gary Francione's Videos:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/video/#.Uf4k_BZD38s

Please watch them all.  You can see the Animals As Property video directly here also: http://vimeo.com/4807775#at=0

Read this book to inform yourself also (read ALL HIS BOOKS): http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-property-and-the-law/#.Uf4lXhZD38s

And of course the new book Eat Like You Care  Here is the official website: http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com  If you have something positive to say, please leave a review!

Finally here are those GORGEOUS new street stalls I told you about:

NZVP Ep. 105 - The Abolitionist/Welfarist Debate goes live

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 ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS

Here is the link to Gary Francione's Plenary Speech: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-plenary-talk-audio-at-the-animal-rights-2013-national-conference/#.Ud_0PBZD38t

There is also a link to the audio from the debate in the above article however here is the Youtube video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=akFdn-sa3EM
Thank you to Alanna Andrews for uploading it, much appreciated.

Here is that pdf I mentioned that talks about human rights (from Bruce Friedrich's part of the debate): NZ Vegan Facebook posting

Here is that poster I mentioned (FB Link only sorry): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=386347634800499&set=pb.124140001021265.-2207520000.1373629842.&type=3&theater



Hope I remembered everything!  Thanks for listening.

NZVP Ep 104 - Street Stall evidence of the paradigm shifting. ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS

***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS

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This is the essay I mentioned:  Revolution of the Heart

Quote from the essay: "The abolition of animal exploitation requires a paradigm shift. It requires that we reject violence at its most fundamental level. It requires a recognition that violence is inherently wrong.The abolition of animal exploitation requires a nonviolent revolution–a revolution of the heart."

This is, of course, the WONDERFUL vegankit! www.vegankit.com

The Boston Vegan Association:
Facebook page (to see all the activities they do!  Always have wanted to emulate them) https://www.facebook.com/bostonvegan?fref=ts
Here is their website: http://bostonvegan.org
Their wonderful Nutritional Pamphlet:  http://bostonvegan.org/system/files/page/attachments/BVA_Nutrition_Pamphlet.pdf


Please excuse the terrible sound quality (all the popped p's and t's for example) - it's just going to be that way for a while till I get Pro Tools again.  I am really sorry!!!!

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 103 - Please don't link veganism with animal welfare

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Things I mentioned:
 My podcast episode about being unequivocal: http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-57-key-word-is.html

Article I mentioned from the Abolitionist Approach website: Veganism: Just Another Way of Reducing Suffering or a Fundamental Principle of Justice & Nonviolence?

The supremely important book I mentioned:  Introduction to Animal Rights - Your Child or the Dog?

Here is an example of an article from The My Face is on Fire blog that is quick to analyse misrepresentations of veganism in mainstream media: http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/vegan-challenges.html

My website: www.nzvegan.com and the page I mentioned about sanctuaries and rescue orgs I link to: Sanctuary

Here is the group in Brasil that I mentioned: GEFRAN (run by http://www.veganospelaabolicao.org)

An example of the posters from the Abolitionist Approach facebook page with the motto: Go Vegan, Educate Others, Adopt/Foster: POSTER

Finally the New Series: TIWISBD (Things I Wish I had Said But Didn't) that I spoke about on my NZ Vegan facebook page lol. I am sure I will be adding to this repertoire:  https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/371795796255683

Here is the link to the Huffington Post article that I mentioned in the beginning(NOTE - I forgot to mention that it only addresses diet *sigh* oh and don't look at the "celebrity 'vegan'" slideshow - MFIoF could write a few articles about that alone):  Interest in Vegan Diets on the Rise

Thanks for listening. :)

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 102 - This is a MORAL issue

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Welcome back to the continuing series of NZ Vegan Podcast!

My final episode was not my final episode after all :)

This episode I address the one of the common issues arising from the dialogue about vegan advocacy, specifically those who say it is preferable to concentrate on the dietary and health aspect of veganism when advocating to people, rather than the moral issue.  Needless to say, I disagree.

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 101 - What do we MEAN by vegan education? What don't we mean? Plus a special announcement!

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In this episode I hope to address many misconceptions.

Thanks for listening to my final episode of NZ Vegan Podcast!

New podcast coming soon....... stay tuned :)

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 100 - Part Three of interview with Special Guest Renata Peters!

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Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page

Email Renata at: renata@alicevegan.org

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 99 - Part Two of interview with special guest Renata Peters!

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Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page

Email Renata at: renata@alicevegan.org

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 98 - Special Guest Renata Peters! (aka Desert Girl :)

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Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page


Email Renata at: renata@alicevegan.org

NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 97 - On always keeping the focus on the victims

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NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 96 - on speciesist vegans

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NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 95 - NO! to "stealth" veganism! and other stories

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"People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isn't that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether it's racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position." ~ Gary L. Francione

Links and articles and other things I talk about:

The Vegan Times  (website is http://vegan-times.com/) and also the Vegan Times Facebook page by  Maya Shlayan

Vegan Cupcake Cards by Emmy James - PLEASE NOTE: correct link address is: http://emmyjames.com/vegancards.pdf

Vegan Information Stall at School by Clare Wu

Shame, Shame: Vegan Stereotypes by Mylène Ouellet

"Please stop apologising for refusing to participate in violence" ~ Live Vegan

"Wherever the truth is injured, defend it" ~ George Bernard Shaw (not Bertrand Russell - my apologies!)

Gary Francione's Facebook Page

Animals, Property and the Law by Gary Francione - a must read for all animal advocates!

Am I Vegan? Clearly defining who is and is NOT vegan by Butterflies Katz

"The Challenge of Going Vegan" (As Explained by a Non-Vegan) also by My Face is on Fire