I was talking with a friend the other evening about meat. We had just eaten a perfectly vegan dinner (tabouli, mushrooms, potatoes, soy-based dessert) and my...
Ciao! I am new on this group and I introduce myself. I am an Italian activist for the animals from quite a long time; I live now in France, but am still...
Hello Agnese, You're quite right not to use words like vegetarian and vegan, they're not cool at all. Useful, but not cool. But, if you don't use words like...
... Hello Jane! This is a good question, but dont forget that the Veggie Pride is not "my" march! :-) There are some persons in Italy - among which, myself -...
Some months ago, I read the UK Government response to the petition asking the ban of Foie gras in the UK <http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11803.asp>....
... Ciao Andrea, good to meet you here! Vegans who are obsessed by purity should also consider the number of the animals who die because of what vegans *don't*...
Yes free trade rules are a topic we have to deal with. Several animal rights organizations are already aware of it and are intending to find solutions. We have...
... Thanks Antoine (but I will read it in the original version ;-) ) Agnese -- Agnese Pignataro benio il nottambolico :: http://www.benio.it/ Salviamo le cavie...
Yes free trade rules are a topic we have to deal with. Several animal rights organizations are already aware of it and are intending to find solutions. We have...
This is perhaps a case where we can work with other groups. I have just read an article in an English newspaper about Indian workers making clothes for Gap...
This article from today's Independent coincides with a conversation I am in the middle of with a friend about our (ie vegetarians') attitudes to ecology, wild...
... I'm not sure that human rights organisations are anti-capitalist! :-D I mean that they want to improve the working conditions, but their aim is not to...
... In France, the governement stated that it is illegal to raise and slaughter cats and dogs for meat. At least that is what an official advisor to a previous...
... Unless I have missed some more recent information the ban will probably start in January 2009 and has not yet received all the necessary approvals, ...
Andrea Argenton
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Sep 4, 2007 7:10 pm
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In respect of your final remark, Agnese, your English is very good and clear. And the more English messages you send, the better your English will become. ...
... You are too kind... :-) ... Maybe. But I'm not sure. Do you think that it is possible to change the system of animal exploitation without putting ourselves...
All French activists are not antispécistes. All English activits are not antispeciesists. Most English speakers never use the expression. It's just one way of...
... Of course. As I said, it is just my opinion. My opinion is that anticapitalism and antispeciesism are two ways to "change the system". Other people think...
Well Agnese, first of all I would like to know what do you mean by anticapitalism and antispeciesism. In my point of view it means desagreeing with both...
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/experts/allegramcevedy/story/0,,2162657,00.html British farmers are not allowed to produce veal inhumanely, yet cruelly...
... Jane, I said more than once that this is *my* opinion about what can be defined "revolutionary" and what does it mean "to change the system", I said that...
I'm sorry Agnese, I don't know what is your opinion! I just wanted to find out what you meant by anti-capitalist, that's all. It's no big deal. ... that ... ...
... Hi João, In my point of view, it means desagreeing with capitalism and speciesism as systems (and not ideas) which make sentient beings suffer, and acting...
... Hello Agnese! ... speciesism ... acting ... Totaly agree with you! ... waiting ... have to ... their ... Well, you can prevent or stop murderers from...
Hi, There has been some discussion on this group about various matters, and all those matters are quite relevant to the movement as a whole, and will certainly...
http://www.reseau-antispeciste.org/kiwi/wakka.php?wiki=BanniersMIAV These are suggestions for banničres for the abolition movement. Do we say banners in...