January 2012
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Live Free Collective: 2011: Year in Review. →
livefreecollective:
The Live Free Collective launched on January 5th 2011. We’ve had a full year. Now, to reflect.
Oppression is a collective process that surrounds us. It is easy to despair in response. It is our hope that this will provide perspective and motivate. Too often we lose sight of the important work…
My mother fucking heart y’all!
December 2011
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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words...”
– T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding.” (via paperbackgirl)
“Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...”
– [Leora Tanenbaum (Harper Paperbacks, 2000.): Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, p. 238.] (via ratbrat)
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2012: The Year of Walt →
This movement lacks historians and it also lacks longevity. Walt Rave brought a resolute conviction and perspective that was rare to this movement and his influence can be charted in everything from the initial development of some of North America’s largest animal advocacy groups to a mountain of grassroots initiatives. Although I never had the pleasure of meeting Walt I want to carry Walt’s...
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“There is the case of Janet, a Great American Circus elephant. During her rampage...”
– Jason Hribal, Fear of the Animal Planet - The Hidden History of Animal Resistance (via mikexvx)
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Painkiller 10 times stronger than Vicodin worries... →
thefruitlands:
…”The latest drug studies come as more pharmaceutical companies are getting into the $10 billion-a-year legal market for powerful yet highly addictive opioid narcotics.
“It’s like the wild west,” said Peter Jackson, co-founder of Advocates for the Reform of Prescription Opioids. “The whole supply-side system is set up to perpetuate this massive unloading of opioid narcotics on...
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Really regretting not using tags. Trying to mass edit over a years worth of tumblr madness.
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John Prine - Christmas in Prison
The searchlight...
People, please suggest some blogs.
Things I like:
Critical Theory
Community Building
Organizing/Organizers
Straight Edge/Radical Sobriety/Harm Reduction
Guided by Voices
Crushing Captivity and Destroying Domination of Other Animals
Cute pictures of other animals
Intersectionality Theory
Ted Leo
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Having a great holiday. House is clean. Shit is organized. Dogs and cats are all cute as fuck. New couch rules. Stoked on family and friends. Life is good.
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Losing the Shark Fin PR War →
…If this ban is to gain steam and actually pass I think it is time that it’s authors and our movement acknowledge that it’s scope was not broad enough and that it needs to be more comprehensive – no shark products (cartilage pills) and no captive sharks. By centering on shark fin’s only, this attempt was (rightly) seen as cultural imperialism – people made the tactical choice to target...
headsinavice asked: I cant reblog any of your things :(
Here's Your Chance to Have Dinner with Derrick... →
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Solidarity with the Niagara Migrant Hunger...
Today is my third strike day on a rotational four day cycle that matches the hunger strike campaign taken up by Sergio Puerto, Sandro Philippe, Jesus Galban and Ibrahim Ali Farah at the Niagara Detention Centre. That means every fourth day I do a solidarity 24 hour hunger strike to mirror theirs (Sergio’s specifically).
I’ve been involved with their support since December 3rd and...
Breaking Free Video Magazine #2! →
Breaking Free #2 (1999, Eugene, OR.)
The second and final episode of Breaking Free has some glaring faults: jokes that are not funny, computer animation that is antiquated and was already embarrassing upon it’s release, and no shortage of bad titling choices. It also contains footage of some of the most important and influential campaigns of the era it was produced, especially the Consort...
I thought I would miss eating chocolate more than I actually do. Even with the holidays and everything. Weird.
Creative people!
supportjordan:
We need your help with the design of a postcard and flyer for Jordan, send me a message for more info, your help would be really appreciated! :)
Seal Hunt Update: China – “Unsealing the Deal” →
…As we mentioned in the post at the start of this year, activists on the ground in China had already mobilized in resistance against this “dump” of seal products. However, the story “Unsealing the Deal” that broke in China Daily on December 6th, 2011 paints a fuller picture. Resistance and outrage has been widespread – but so much more than previously thought…
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