Listen HERE This week I talk about something that was inspired through a conversation from the last street stall we did and also by a lot of things going on lately and in fact by all the things I have learned over the last 4 years since I went vegan. Here is the link to the latest Foxconn Protest Here is the link to the podcast episode I mentioned from This American Life Here is the link to the story I talked about from the Horn of Africa (note - ignore the bit about the "cattle" and please inve...
Jan 20, 2012
LISTEN HERE This week I revisit something that is old news but I think still very relevant for the coming year and all years of the vegan movement, which is that we have no excuse for not promoting veganism unequivocally. "All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." ~ Ghandi I mention a discussion where things "clicked" for me and I always recommend to all advocat...
Jan 01, 2012
Listen HERE This week I talk about lots of things, including the wonderful cupcakes offered by the Vegan Education Cupcake Stall from The Alice Springs Vegan Society and their inspiration for offering free cupcakes to people, and I mention the Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights among other things. I also talk about focusing on IDEAS not PEOPLE. "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people" ~ Anonymous or Eleanor Roosevelt. Podcast...
Dec 08, 2011
LISTEN HERE This week I have a very special guest over for dinner and cupcake making and podcasting - Emmy James from Peaceful Abolitionist and the Vegan For Life podcast Emmy is the very talented designer of our NZ Vegan logo and check out these wonderful designs she hand painted onto shirts and sweatshirts also. See also the photo of Clare who we mention who has helped us at the stall and is so much fun! Thanks for listening!...
Nov 30, 2011
Listen HERE This week I talk about the new website nzvegan.com and aava.org.nz and the literature I have been wanting to make for ages. I also mention the interviews that Corey Wrenn the Roanoke Vegan Examiner has recently allowed me to be part of. Finally I say a special thanks to Gary L. Francione . Congratulations Gary, you did it :)...
Nov 09, 2011
Listen HERE Part two of the interview with special guest Gary L. Francione Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there: http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/ Here is a link to the podcast Episode with Diane Ellis about Vegecat Vegan Cat Food : NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 - Special Guest Diane Ellis, spokesperson for Vegecat vegan ca...
Aug 15, 2011
Listen HERE Part one of the interview with special guest Gary L. Francione Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there: http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/ Thanks for listeningPart two is next...
Aug 15, 2011
LISTEN HERE "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 Here is a link to the fantastic Nutritional Pamphlets from the Boston Vegan Association or you can contact them for some copies here Also don't forget ...
Aug 04, 2011
Listen HERE What an idiotic absurdity it is to say that earnest, persistent, uncompromising moral opposition to a system of boundless immorality is the way to strengthen it; and that the way to abolish such a system is to say nothing about it! ~ William L. Garrison ( April 23, 1858 ) From http://quotesonslavery.org/what-an-idiotic-absurdity-it-is/...
Jul 07, 2011
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Jun 26, 2011
LISTEN HERE This week I talk about how important it is that we recognise and help others to recognise that our abolitionist movement for nonviolence is still an abolitionist anti-slavery movement, and our practical focus right now with regard to addressing this problem of violence and animal use has the primary goal, initially, of creating a society in which we can address the abolition of the property status of animals, because that is still where we are at. We haven't even begun to address tha...
Jun 20, 2011
LISTEN HERE Here is the link to the Shirtless Dancing Guy video I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ This is the link to the Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals episode about the Oprah Show that I mentioned: Episode 46 - Oprah Goes... Vegan, "Veg*n","veganish"... Here is the link to the latest Abolitionist Approach Commentary Number 24, an interview by Gary L. Francione with Rob Johnson creator of the blog Animal Rights UK and founding member of Grampion Animal Rights (which in t...
May 20, 2011
LISTEN HERE This is the article about China's factory conditions I mentioned: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/china/news/article.cfm?l_id=28&objectid=10722773 Here is a link to the YouTube channel for Paola Aldana that I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita22 (English) http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita (Español) Here is a quote from Gary Francione on the word "compassion" (in relation to what I talk about at the very end of the podcast): "Is our obligation not to be racist or sexist ...
May 09, 2011
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Apr 27, 2011
LISTEN HERE This week I am very pleased to welcome back William Paul who tells us his latest good news and we discuss some experiences we have at with religious advocates while doing our street stall, and also I recount a couple of personal experiences I have had related to that. Thanks for listening and thank you William for coming on the show!...
Apr 19, 2011
Listen HERE What are we afraid of? It's not like we are being arrested by the KGB: BBC outlook: Belarus Free Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_Free_Theatre And if people stopped doing violent things and stupid things we won't have to worry about anything like that, now would we? Please promote veganism! Peacefully! more to come.......
Apr 13, 2011
LISTEN HERE In part two of the interview we discuss single issue campaigns, in relation to the recent debate that Professor Francione took part in with Dario Ringach which was partly the inspiration of the blog essay: Why Veganism Must Be the Baseline which I recommend as a must read for all advocates. We also discuss the latest Abolitionist Approach blog essay: Nothing to Do with Science in which the latest attempt at using the age old "plant question" is addressed. Thank you, Professor Francio...
Mar 24, 2011
LISTEN HERE This week it is my absolute pleasure to welcome back to the podcast Professor Gary L. Francione. In part one of the interview we discuss his new book: The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? which was co-authored with Robert Garner. Enjoy and stay tuned for part two!...
Mar 24, 2011
LISTEN HERE Relevant links to this podcast: Veganism as a Minimum Standard of Decency by Dan Cudahy from Unpopular Vegan Essays The articles about the Vegan Society's advertising of non vegan establishments, inluding a pdf of a thread on facebook that was deleted after they shamefully deleted Gary Francione from the page: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/i-wonder-what-donald-watson-founder-of-the-vegan-society-would-think/ http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/its-not-1946/ http://www.abolition...
Mar 04, 2011
LISTEN HERE This week I am very pleased to have as my special guest Niilo Van Steinburg who is the founder and one of the directors of the very successful abolitionist vegan university group at the University of Victoria, Canada, the UVic Vegan Association . If you live in British Columbia you can subscribe to the UVic Vegan Association by emailing them at: uvacontact@gmail.com You can also join their facebook fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11596410542 Also check out Niilo's ...
Jan 09, 2011
LISTEN HERE A thought for the future; not knowing is a wiser way to live in a lot of ways. Those who say, do not know; those who know, do not say. ~ Lao Tzu And don't be overwhelmed by those darn animal product use diagrams making the rounds, you know the ones I mean, they are very "popular" amongst poverty of ambition advocates as another excuse for despairing! Let them spur you on to be even more active and even more determined....
Jan 04, 2011
LISTEN HERE (Huge apologies for the terrible audio quality, I hit record without first verifying the input, so instead of my logitech headphones it was set to the inbuilt mic, which is why there is all that noise and stuff. It happens sometimes lol ) Here is the article of the interview with Gary Francione that I mentioned: http://www.free.org.il/english/articles/gary.html (What he says is about "passivity" and exactly is not necessarily what I paraphrased, but it certainly made me understand th...
Dec 22, 2010
LISTEN HERE This week I speak with William Paul my fellow abolitionist street staller and vegan advocate from Auckland. We discuss the NZ Vegetarian Society Festival that was held in October, our future plans for advocacy and we also discuss the Auckland Abolitionist Vegans Association, which we will be launching soon! Congratulations to Jordan Wyatt from Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals for creating the Invercargill Vegan Society! Become a member if you live nearby, or become an honorary member...
Dec 10, 2010
LISTEN HERE This is the link to the thread on the abolitionist approach forum I was talking about: "Fears" Here are the new photos of the stall now that Aotea Square is renovated, the square is behind us we are on the footpath next to the main entrance side....
Nov 29, 2010
LISTEN HERE Revelations! Now I am wondering if that WAS indeed my first exposure to a video showing animal use, or have I repressed other memories from my specieisist past...? Here is a link to the article I mentioned from the UK abolitionists that made the Aberdeen Voice Here is a link to the article I mentioned on the Vegan Salt blog: Guest Post Thanks for listening!...
Oct 24, 2010
LISTEN HERE here is a photo of Duffy in his hopefully new and permanent home: This is the link to Professor Gary Francione's latest commentary where he gives great advice about talking to non vegans about veganism: Five Principles This is a link to Barbara DeGrande's latest podcast about personal relationships as a vegan: Dating While Vegan Here is a link to Mylène Ouellet's latest article: What's Sometimes Hardest Here is a link to Adam Kochanowicz's Vegan Help Bot I mentioned: http://twitter.c...
Oct 03, 2010
LISTEN HERE This podcast is dedicated to Duffy This week I talk about a situation I personally dealt with and how I chose to deal with it, and I ask everyone to comment if there are anything someone feels needs to be said. I also quote from one of my favourite websites, Quotes on Slavery and this is the quote I chose to read: "I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice" Thanks for listening...
Sep 26, 2010
LISTEN HERE I have the absolute pleasure of having Professor Gary L. Francione as a guest. This is part 1 of the interview. Enjoy!
Sep 13, 2010
LISTEN HERE This is Part 2 of the interview. with Professor Gary L. Francione . Enjoy!
Sep 13, 2010
Listen HERE This week I speak of an email I received, special thanks to Doug Hines, and I speak of a wonderful concept that was given to me by Randy Sandberg. Please visit the wonderful Quotes on Slavery website: http://quotesonslavery.org/ Here is a quote I think relevant to the theme of this podcast: "A common criticism is that the time is not yet ripe for our reform. Can time ever be ripe for any reform unless it is ripened by human determination? Did Wilberforce wait for the ripening of time...
Aug 29, 2010
