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Advocate against the uncaring attitude that some men feel they need to display that contrasts them with how they see women e.g. beef burgers and steak are somehow manly.
 
Advocate against the uncaring attitude that some men feel they need to display that contrasts them with how they see women e.g. beef burgers and steak are somehow manly.
  
The rescue of dangerous dog breeds and fighting cocks into a calm environment in part to demonstrate that it's our attitude towards animals that is hurting them and not essential to male animals nature or choice. [http://www.bravebirds.org/ 4]
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Petition against the building of and for the closure of slaughterhouse's in your area, as traumatized workers face an increased likelihood of abusing their partners and children.
  
Work to connect domestic violence shelter's to animal rescue organization who will foster their companion animals as a priority, as  frequently this is a reason battered women do not seek shelter.
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Advocate against the bestiality (rape) in industrialized farming:
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“Each boar had his own little perversion the man had to do to get the boar turned on so he could collect the semen… He might have to hold the boar’s penis in exactly the right way that the boar liked, and he had to masturbate some of them in exactly the right way. There was one boar, he told me, who wanted to have his butt hole played with. “I have to stick my finger in his butt, he just really loves that,” he told me….he’s one of the best in the business.”[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aMVmhqpILOAC&pg=PA103&dq=Each+boar+had+his+own+little+perversion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18re3jJDiAhWDtXEKHdYJCx8Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Each%20boar%20had%20his%20own%20little%20perversion&f=false 3]
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Advocate against the rape and gendered exploitation of dairy cows who are forcibly inseminated on what farmers call “rape racks”. Both cows and hens are imprisoned so that their specifically female bodies can be robbed of their milk and eggs.
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Help rescue dangerous dog breeds and fighting cocks into a calm environment in part to demonstrate that it's our attitude towards animals that is hurting them and not essential to male animals nature or choice. [https://www.upc-online.org/summer04/rehab.html 4]
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Work to connect shelters for domestic violence, drug rehab or homelessness to centers who will foster a person's companion animals as a priority to limit the chances of that person refusing help.
  
  

Revision as of 04:14, 10 May 2019

Groups/movements we may be able to offer mutual support to in achieving our campaign goals.


Labor movement

Climate change effects lower income people the hardest as they struggle to weather economic shocks.

Campaigns for example against deforestation can appeal to the unsustainable rate which will leave less jobs in the industry in the future.

Direct action campaigns can reach out to workers to negotiate ground rules for the protest or so they're at least not surprised and worried.

Lobby for the overturning of California’s “50-mile” rule that negatively impacts the education of children of farm workers. Donate or participate in school supply drives for the children of farm workers, as well as food drives. 1


Anti-Racism / Apartheid

Educate about the unhealthy legacy of the slave diet. Promote modern healthy and ethical adaptations of food cultures.

Lobby for the renovation of village/town planning policies to end fresh food deserts. Support community shops & allotments that start up to increase accessibility. 2

Lobby your school board and state for the plant based meals.3 At the moment cow’s milk is a part of all free and subsidized lunches despite the majority of children of color being lactose intolerant.

We should seek to research and support human rights boycotts that align with our ethics against sentient beings unjustified suffering. So advocating the boycott of Israeli goods, drawing attention to recently occupied settlements industries and water theft. Promote Palestinian goods and advocate against foreign gov subsidies and for sanctions to be put on Israel.


Anti-Sexism / Civil rights

Advocate against the uncaring attitude that some men feel they need to display that contrasts them with how they see women e.g. beef burgers and steak are somehow manly.

Petition against the building of and for the closure of slaughterhouse's in your area, as traumatized workers face an increased likelihood of abusing their partners and children.

Advocate against the bestiality (rape) in industrialized farming:

“Each boar had his own little perversion the man had to do to get the boar turned on so he could collect the semen… He might have to hold the boar’s penis in exactly the right way that the boar liked, and he had to masturbate some of them in exactly the right way. There was one boar, he told me, who wanted to have his butt hole played with. “I have to stick my finger in his butt, he just really loves that,” he told me….he’s one of the best in the business.”3

Advocate against the rape and gendered exploitation of dairy cows who are forcibly inseminated on what farmers call “rape racks”. Both cows and hens are imprisoned so that their specifically female bodies can be robbed of their milk and eggs.

Help rescue dangerous dog breeds and fighting cocks into a calm environment in part to demonstrate that it's our attitude towards animals that is hurting them and not essential to male animals nature or choice. 4

Work to connect shelters for domestic violence, drug rehab or homelessness to centers who will foster a person's companion animals as a priority to limit the chances of that person refusing help.


Disability Rights

When meat eaters try to justify the killing of non-human animals they often reach for the idea that humans have some superior ability which entitles them to control the lives of those without that ability, how this intuition plays out in society has lead to disabled people working below minimum wage or the putting off tax payers money towards accessible public amenities like bus stops with the right pavement height for wheelchair users.

In the same vein if a vegan person is the one bringing up the argument of you wouldn't treat marginal human cases like you would animals, there should be time spent acknowledging both the unique capabilities of non-human animals and the unique perspectives of disabled people that would improve our understanding of society. So as not to come to the end of a discussion solely focused on connecting two negative intuitions about disabled and animal rights.


Indigenous land rights / Investment

Advocate for treaty rights to reject fossil fuel national infrastructure projects and because they shouldn't be forced to bring further climate chaos on themselves.

Advocate for investment in seed diversity; seed banks and rare food markets. Stave off soil erosion as opposed to climate change causing animal farming.

Offer workshops and resources to indigenous commmunities who want to be be involved in the fight against for example industrialized fur farms.

Allie your organization with and follow indigenous land rights struggles and be available to support for example when indigenous Tahltan people blockaded a road to try to reverse over hunting on their territory or a proposed dam would harm the native ecology. 56