Go Vegan Scotland

Reflections will cover recent activity on our page which has proven controversial or which invites a bit of reflection / further discussion. In this week's reflections we comment on a share on our page from Professor Gary L Francione, who in turn was commenting on the non-veganism of Paul McCartney. What was our share really getting at, what were we not saying, what is our view on Abolitionism and the Abolitionist Approach? This is our first Reflections recording and our first audio recording with podcast in mind, so it is something of an experiment. It was not scripted, there was no planning and so it may be something of a ramble. It may also not be word perfect in terms of conveying our viewpoint. We're not perfect ;-) Notes for further reading and listening: Francione and Charlton, Abolitionist Approach: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/ http://www.howdoigovegan.com/ https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/videos/1436568696362880/ https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/ http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/category/podcast/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/animal-rights-the-abolitionist-approach-commentary/id327041563?mt=2 Tom Regan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_pNsWs6_Ho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0dl1BMEZCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj-MJKFM0Zs Introduction to Tom Regan’s The Case for Animal Rights: https://animalstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=acwp_awap http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-m/regan03.htm Charlton and Francione discussion of the history of the animal rights movement, following the death of Tom Regan: http://onhumanrelationswithothersentientbeings.weebly.com/the-blog/charltonfrancionelinden-countermovment-on-tom-regan Francione, Between the Species: Reflections on Tom Regan and an Animal Rights Movement That Once Was: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.co.uk/&httpsredir=1&article=2165&context=bts On Specieism: https://theresanelephantintheroomblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/22/speciesism/ On Intersectionality: Human rights and non-human animal rights: http://arzone.ning.com/page/arzone-intersectionality-interviews https://sanctuarypublishers.com/ Go Vegan Scotland: www.goveganscotland.com

This is the audio version of the talk: Vegan Rights in the UK: Using Vegan Rights to Promote the Rights of Non-Human Animals, given in Dundee, Scotland, December 2017 Are you struggling to obtain food suitable for vegans in hospital, in school, at work events? Is your employer refusing to consider providing you with a non-animal alternative to work clothing? Are you required to purchase cow's milk as part of a milk run at work? We have the right to live in recognition of the rights of other animals. We have the right to live vegan. It's not an absolute right, but it applies to many situations. Get to know your rights so that you can educate, inform and encourage change. This talk summarises our rights and gives some examples. It is also available in video format on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYa5wm5_ns I recently self-published a book on this subject along with Jeanette Rowley, which includes sample letters people can use to write to schools, hospitals, employers etc referring to the specific rights that apply in those situations. We're trying to recover our print costs and get in some money to develop the book (we are not taking any money ourselves), so have asked for £10 for the hard copy, £5 for the ebook, but if anyone can't afford this we can send the e-book for free, just email us at goveganscotland@gmail.com: https://www.goveganscotland.com/product-page/paperback-vegan-rights-in-the-uk-promoting-animal-liberation-using-vegan-rights https://www.goveganscotland.com/product-page/ebook-vegan-rights-in-the-uk-promoting-animal-liberation-using-vegan-rights More detail is set out in the book. Thanks for listening and for your support. If you're not yet vegan please go vegan. It's a matter of justice. www.goveganscotland.com