Take the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge:

Because water is a human right and not a commodity to be bought and sold for profit;

Because bottled water corporations are changing the very way people think about water and undermining people's confidence in public water systems;

Because up to 40% of ( Read more... )

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Confessions of an ex-christian by Ryan Smith xvx

I hope that this is the first of many essays to come on the topic of why christianity in particular and belief in god in general are illogical for people to hold. The best place to start is at the beginning, so I will begin with my story of how I became a christian and then stopped believing. Later, ( Read more... )

So, I've been having a debate on a forum I visit about why it's wrong that PETA is killing animals, and the key points I make are that animals have a fundamental right (just as humans do) to not be treated instrumentally; to not be used as a means to any end, that animals have a fundamental right to not be killed (no matter what the intended goal ( Read more... )

Our planet is undergoing an environmental crisis. That’s a statement that some of you agree with, and some of you disagree with. My intended audience for this article is those who agree, or those who are interested in preventing environmental crisis and preserving our planet’s resources. My reason for writing this is not to convince you that ( Read more... )

There has been an enormous amount of coverage of the alleged dog fighting operation sponsored by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Vick and three other men were indicted on federal felony charges claiming that Vick had sponsored illegal dog fighting, gambled on dog fights and permitted acts of cruelty against animals on his property. The ( Read more... )

My favorite anime, AIR, has been liscenced for release in the US, and now you can preorder the first disk on ADV's website! It's gonna come out mid August. I preordered mine, and I can't wait ( Read more... )

So, here's the article that I wrote for Trasher Zine about the connection between anarchy and animal rights available to download ( Read more... )

Well, today was my birthday. It was mostly uneventful. I played Chrono Trigger, watched a bunch of clips from live concerts of various bands on youtube, wrote part of a song with my brother, and my family took me out to a chinese restaurant to eat ( Read more... )

by Professor Gary L. Francione

Rutgers University School of Law

There are more people than ever before who claim to identify with the "animal rights movement." More and more people are giving up meat and dairy products; more and more reject the use of animals in biomedical experiments; more and more now accept that whatever educational benefits are ( Read more... )