Podcasts about Direct Action Everywhere

This week, we welcome hero activist Zoe Rosenberg, who generously joined us amid her ongoing legal battle to discuss Direct Action Everywhere’s campaign against Petaluma Poultry. Zoe provided valuable context about the deceptive marketing of this Purdue subsidiary, which claims to offer “free range” and “organic” chickens while investigations reveal deplorable conditions. She shared her personal journey from early investigations to…

A bullied boy finds companionship in his animal friends, but as he grows up and finds himself trapped in a soulless career, he discovers a new purpose: freeing animals from captivity and facing the dire consequences. Today's episode featured Wayne Hsiung. You can reach out to Wayne at info@simpleheart.org or on Instagram, YouTube and Substack @waynehhsiung. Wayne Hsiung is an animal cruelty investigator, former faculty member at Northwestern School of Law, and co-founder and Executive Director of The Simple Heart Initiative. He has led teams that have investigated and rescued animals from factory farms and slaughterhouses across the nation – challenging unconstitutional “ag-gag” laws in the process – and has organized successful campaigns to ban fur in San Francisco and California. He served as lead counsel (and, sometimes, defendant) in four “right to rescue” trials in which activists were prosecuted after being charged for giving aid to sick and dying animals in factory farms, garnering media attention from The New York Times. He is also a co-founder and former lead organizer of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere. Wayne's work has been covered by WIRED, ABC's Nightline, and on The Ezra Klein Show. He has published on the right to rescue in Harvard Law Review and climate change's impact on animals in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Prior to his work as an animal advocate, Wayne practiced law at two national firms and studied law and economics at the University of Chicago, where he was an Olin Law and Economics Fellow, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. He is the proud parent of Oliver, who was rescued from the dog meat trade. LINK TO OUR LISTENER SURVEY! We've come up with a short audience survey, which you can find linked in our show notes and in the bio of our Instagram page @actuallyhappening. We'd love to hear your opinions and feedback, and we'd really appreciate your point of view. Link below:LISTENER SURVEY Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason BlalockContent/Trigger Warnings: bullying, animal cruelty/abuse/torture/killing, domestic animals as food, breaking and entering, arrest/jail/interrogation, explicit languageSocial Media:Instagram: @actuallyhappeningTwitter: @TIAHPodcast Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.comWebsite for Jason Blalock: jasonblalock.com Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Wondery Plus: All episodes of the show prior to episode #130 are now part of the Wondery Plus premium service. To access the full catalog of episodes, and get all episodes ad free, sign up for Wondery Plus at wondery.com/plus Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com Intro Music: "Illabye" – TipperMusic Bed: Cylinder Four ServicesIf you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Aidan from Pro Animal Future and Almira from Direct Action Everywhere. A really interesting episode about their recent US ballot initiatives which actually has a lot of cross applicable learnings about fighting strong opposition to campaigns, the benefits of loosing forward, and how frequently narrative outperforms spend when it comes to campaigns. Almira and Aidan share insights on collaboration, leadership, and the courage to experiment with new strategies in the face of fierce opposition. Their stories underscore the importance of perseverance and adaptability in the fight against well-funded adversaries.For a more in-depth deep dive on ballot initiatives, head to the episode with Josh Balk as he gave a really thorough run down of these measures and how we can use them to push pro animal issues in the US.Resources:Aidan:narrative.paxfauna.orgMedia recsThe Engagement, Sasha IssenbergGet Political for Animals, Julie Lewin https://www.getpoliticalforanimals.com/Almiradirectactioneverywhere.comThis Is An Uprising (chiché, I know)Waging NonviolenceRead fiction!If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

A Conversation with Cassie King from the Coalition to End Factory FarmsDuring this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie and Michael welcome Cassie King, from Direct Action Everywhere, to talk about our relationship with animals, and more specifically about proposed legislation in California that aims to end factory farming. Together they explore the way our treatment of animals reflects and in fact is an expression of how we treat each other and ourselves. The depths of the cruelty with which animals are treated is revealed when we look inside ‘factory farms' or CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations). In this kind of a profit driven environment, everyone suffers: workers, owners and animals:"When you have over 700 cows [in a CAFO], I mean, can you imagine having 700 dogs and trying to care for them with a handful of people who, you know, are running a business and don't have all day to provide that care? And there's also a profit incentive not to provide whatever medical care they need if it's going to exceed the costs of what you can get in return from that animal. That's just how business works."Through this new Sonoma County legislation, Measure J, activists like Cassie are hoping to make people aware of the brutality of factory farming and offer some clear steps and support on the way to ending it. In doing so, Cassie suggests we can transform our relationship to those with whom we share this planet from one of violence and domination to one of harmony and deep respect.

Christopher Carraway and Steffen Seitz of the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project join us on this episode to talk about the case that didn't happen. You may have heard about a criminal trial that was supposed to take place back in March in Wisconsin, where three activists affiliated with Direct Action Everywhere, Wayne Hsiung, Paul Picklesimer, and Eva Hamer, were charged…

Will some of California's biggest factory farms be shut down? A groundbreaking ballot measure to ban massive animal factories, aka CAFOs, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, will be decided by Sonoma County, California voters this November! Will this spread across the nation? UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with leaders of The Coalition to End Factory Farming which collected over 37,000 signatures, easily qualifying for the ballot, including: Samantha Faye, Coalition to End Factory Farming, Sarah Van Mangtem, co-founder of Farm Animal, Climate and Environmental Stewards of Sonoma County and Cassie King, Direct Action Everywhere's Communications Lead.

Unlock the secrets of enterprise with a conscience with Maria Cebrian, the visionary behind the vegan supplement company, Terraseed. Hear her riveting journey from personal conviction to creating a supplement brand that stands as a beacon of sustainability and transparency in the vegan community, particularly through the tumult of a global pandemic. Maria's narrative is a powerful reminder that dedication to one's values can forge success, even when faced with daunting challenges like supply shortages and a competitive market. Venture further into the heart of controversy as we confront the ethical quandaries of the meat industry alongside activists from Direct Action Everywhere. Prepare for a candid discussion that dispels the fog around vegan nutrition, while contrasting the diverse cultural attitudes towards health and supplementation in the US and Europe. This is not just talk; it's an invigorating examination that could reshape your understanding of sustaining a healthy, plant-based lifestyle. Finally, embrace the optimism for a greener future as we highlight the incredible advancements in eco-friendly packaging within the supplement industry, championed by leaders like Terraseed. We'll reflect on the success stories, like the Lomi countertop composting device, that demonstrate a significant shift in consumer behavior toward sustainability. This episode is a rallying cry for anyone who cares about their health and the health of our planet, offering practical ways to contribute to change and an insight into the role the younger generation is playing in the movement. Join us for a conversation that's not just about living — it's about living with intention. Guest Bio: Maria is a third-time entrepreneur and a Forbes 1000 honoree. She has 14 years of experience in the digital and wellness industries, and her second company was acquired by Gaia, the world's biggest conscious media platform. Now, she is set out to build companies that support the health of the people and the planet. Her current company Terraseed has created the most ethical and sustainable supplements on earth and was the first vegan company to be selected by the prestigious accelerator Techstars! Try Terraseed today! Get 50% off your first month of vegan vitamins at: https://lddy.no/11h0l or use code CARLY50 Thanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Work with me. Join the conscious community on Patreon. Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Youtube | Tiktok Music by Matthew Baxley

✨Episodio 108 del podcast VEGANISMO Y SOSTENIBILIDAD de Infovegana✨ ️ En este episodio hablamos de: ►Repasamos el Spotify Wrapped para creadores de contenido y comentamos el crecimiento del podcast en cifras y datos este último año. ¡Muchísimas gracias por vuestro apoyo! ►Comentamos brevemente dos casos de problemas con la justicia de activistas u organizaciones climáticas. Dos activistas de Futuro Vegetal han sido arrestados en Madrid acusados de pertenecer a una banda criminal y Wayne Hsiung, líder de Direct Action Everywhere, ha sido condenado a 3 meses de cárcel y 2 años de libertad condicional por rescatar animales enfermos o moribundos de granjas estadounidenses. ►Joaquin Phoenix se niega a usar un sombrero de lana en su último papel protagonista como Napoleon Bonaparte a las órdenes de Ridley Scott pero accede a montar a caballo durante el rodaje. La polémica está servida. ►Analizamos la estrategia de la industria cárnica en la presente edición de la COP, la número 28, dónde buscan blanquear su imagen y negar las abundantes evidencias científicas que relacionan la producción de carne con un gran impacto de emisión de gases de efecto invernadero. ►Y como siempre, recomendaciones, repaso de la semana, anécdotas y mucho más ;) ⚡️CADA DOMINGO UN NUEVO EPISODIO DEL PODCAST (disponible en Ivoox, Spotify, Apple Podcast) donde charlamos tranquilamente sobre anécdotas, comentamos noticias, os planteamos dilemas morales y compartimos recomendaciones. Todo relacionado con el antiespecismo, el veganismo y la sostenibilidad. ★Si te apetece, puedes ver nuestro contenido de otras RRSS★ ►IG: https://www.instagram.com/info_vegana/ ►TW: @infovegana ►WEB: https://infovegana.com/ ►CONTACTO: hola@infovegana.com

Shocking new developments in the Open Rescue Trial in Sonoma County, California. Numerous animal activists were initially arrested for the rescue of about 70 chickens and ducks from 3 factory farms in 2018 & 2019. They say they have the legal right to rescue suffering animals. Now, only ONE defendant remains, charged with conspiracy and trespassing, Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere, a large animal rights organization considered a threat to the meat industry. Is the government trying to “cut the head off the snake” as one prosecutor is alleged to have declared? Why is the defense gagged and defense witnesses forced to appear in court, prior to the start of trial? Our expert panel includes former Assistant DA Nathan Semmel, TheirTurn's Donny Moss, OMG! LA host Michelle Celestino, Animal Alliance's Ellen Dent, Action Hour's Lindsey Baker and DxE's Carla Cabral, LIVE at the courthouse. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell hosts this panel.

Shocking new developments in the Open Rescue Trial in Sonoma County, California. Numerous animal activists were initially arrested for the rescue of about 70 chickens and ducks from 3 factory farms in 2018 & 2019. They say they have the legal right to rescue suffering animals. Now, only ONE defendant remains, charged with conspiracy and trespassing, Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere, a large animal rights organization considered a threat to the meat industry. Is the government trying to “cut the head off the snake” as one prosecutor is alleged to have declared? Why is the defense gagged and defense witnesses forced to appear in court, prior to the start of trial? Our expert panel includes former Assistant DA Nathan Semmel, TheirTurn's Donny Moss, OMG! LA host Michelle Celestino, Animal Alliance's Ellen Dent, Action Hour's Lindsey Baker and DxE's Carla Cabral, LIVE at the courthouse. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell hosts this panel.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: New Jury Analysis of the Smithfield Piglet Rescue Trial, published by JLRiedi on August 31, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Faunalytics analyzed transcripts from interviews with jurors of the Smithfield Foods criminal trial - in which two animal rights activists were found not guilty of "stealing" two piglets from a factory farm in Utah. This qualitative analysis will help advocates understand why jurors sided with the defense, how to potentially apply these findings to future trials, and what forms of animal activism are most convincing. Key Findings: The "not guilty" verdict hinged, in part, on the monetary value of the piglets to Smithfield, which was argued to be less than zero. The piglets required veterinary care that exceeded their value to Smithfield. The jury was initially hesitant to say the piglets had no worth because they saw them as having inherent worth as living beings, however they ultimately decided the theft charges hinged on monetary value only. The jury members believed the defendants, Wayne and Paul, did not have the intent to steal. Before their investigation of the Smithfield facility, Wayne said on video "if there's something we'll take it." The jury interpreted the "if" as meaning the two activists did not enter the facility knowing they'd have the opportunity to take piglets. However, one juror noted that if the defendants had a pattern of doing this in the past, the jury might have been more likely to find them guilty. The participants all reported being more receptive to animal advocacy and animal welfare after the trial. One participant reported that they no longer eat ham. Another reported that while they still believe that pigs are here to be eaten, as a result of the trial they now believe that pig welfare should be improved. Another was even inspired to pursue animal activism. Despite what media coverage indicates, the "right to rescue" was not a major factor in the jury's decision. Some media outlets (such as The Intercept and Democracy Now!) have characterized this trial as a test case for the "right to rescue" argument - the idea that one should be able to rescue animals, sometimes farmed animals, from distressing conditions. However, only two jurors mentioned this concept at all, and no jurors mentioned this idea as critical. Background The Smithfield Trial refers to the prosecution of two animal advocates who were charged with felony theft and burglary after they removed two piglets from a Smithfield Foods facility in Utah, United States. Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer, a co-founder and member of Direct Action Everywhere, respectively, are activists "working to achieve revolutionary social and political change for animals in one generation." In 2017, Wayne and Paul entered the Circle Four Farms facility in Milford, Utah, and removed two injured piglets (later named Lily and Lizzie). Circle Four Farms is one of the largest industrial pig processing facilities in the United States and a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, which is the world's largest pork producer. Once rescued, the piglets were provided with veterinary care and relocated to a sanctuary where they currently reside. The removal of the piglets was filmed and posted on social media under the title "Operation Deathstar." In September 2022, Wayne and Paul went on trial in Washington County, Utah on charges of felony theft and burglary for removing the piglets. They were acquitted (i.e., found not guilty) by a jury on both counts. This trial may interest animal advocates because it provides potential guidance for future trials and investigations. Additionally, this analysis provides insight as to which pro-animal arguments are more persuasive more generally. In this study, we analyzed themes from interviews with five Smithfield Trial jury members (referred t...

"Mother of Pigs" as WMUR9 News called her during an interview, Kim Musticchio was moved after watching an open rescue by Direct Action Everywhere. Six years later she got her first rescue pig, Petunia, and plans to expand more this summer.Kim on InstagramKim on WMUR9 NewsFarmHopLife websiteFarmHopLife #2023projectFarmHopLife links

Well-known Canadian animal activist Jenny McQueen and some of her co-defendants join us to discuss their guilty verdicts for breaking and entering and obstructing a peace officer. In 2019, they entered a Canadian pig breeding facility in a Direct Action Everywhere campaign and videotaped the horrific conditions, demanding action for the helpless animals in very grim conditions. While handing down the guilty verdicts, even the judge noted that “several of those images are impactful, poignant, troubling, and disturbing.” So, why are they being punished for blowing the whistle? UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell hosts this compelling panel discussion.

Well-known Canadian animal activist Jenny McQueen and some of her co-defendants join us to discuss their guilty verdicts for breaking and entering and obstructing a peace officer. In 2019, they entered a Canadian pig breeding facility in a Direct Action Everywhere campaign and videotaped the horrific conditions, demanding action for the helpless animals in very grim conditions. While handing down the guilty verdicts, even the judge noted that “several of those images are impactful, poignant, troubling, and disturbing.” So, why are they being punished for blowing the whistle? UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell hosts this compelling panel discussion.

Hannah Grant, with the Animal Law Firm, interviews Tajinder Uppal, the President of UC Berkeley's Animal Legal Defense Fund. Taj is involved in multiple animal welfare groups including Direct Action Everywhere, the Sierra, Legal Impact for Chickens, as well as being involved in a variety of current animal welfare cases.

Eva is a co-founder and Operations Lead of Pax Fauna, a nonprofit that seeks to revitalize the grassroots animal advocacy movement through conducting original research on messaging, strategy, and culture. In this episode, we discuss Pax Fauna's 18-month narrative research project where they conducted over 100 hours of interviews with 200 meat-eating Americans, along with analysing hundreds of academic papers and running their own large-scale public opinion polling.  In addition, we also speak about the importance of work to shift societal norms,  Eva's experience within Direct Action Everywhere and Pax Fauna's upcoming work on ballot initiatives.Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Pax Fauna's narrative researchPax Fauna's two-part blog on "Welfare vs Abolitionism" is obsolete - Part 1 and Part 2An overview (by Pax Fauna) on Direct Action Everywhere's recent acquittal of animal rights activists who rescued pigs (see also coverage in The Intercept).A Vox article on another open-rescue acquittal, who rescued factory-farmed chickens from Foster Farms.If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

I want to be like Ruth when I grow up.. here's why! Ever since going vegan at age 62, Ruth has given the animals her all. An absolute all-star at Edgar's Mission, Ruth retired and began mucking out barns twice a week. It wasn't long before she moved closer to Edgar's and was trusted to transport surrendered animals to the sanctuary and veterinary appointments. Ruth extends her support to other sanctuaries and rescue organisations in Victoria. If that's not enough, Ruth is equally as passionate about activism. Having found activism through Facebook, Ruth joined the Save Movement to participate in rallies and vigils. Recognising the benefit in disrupting activities that exploit animals, Ruth has been involved in disruptions at slaughterhouses, factory farms and a rodeo with Direct Action Everywhere, Meat The Victims, Dominion and most recently Vegan Rising.  In this episode, Ruth also chats about abolition vs welfarism, the concept of animal "ownership" and the importance of activists not taking on too much.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002844522819

When asked how he identifies, Wayne Hsiung says one word. "Animal." Hsiung is the co-founder of DxE, Direct Action Everywhere, known for reviving the art of protest in the animal rights movement through "open rescue," a dramatic, effective, and memorable tactic. He reveals insights on DxE's victory over Smithfield's factory farm operation in Utah where Hsiung faced felony charges for saving two baby piglets. In conversation with Emil Guillermo, Hsiung gets personal about growing up in Indiana, and how his Taiwanese family's spiritual beliefs have informed and motivated his animal rights mission. Hsiung also predicts his prospects in an upcoming beagle rescue case in Wisconsin.  Hsiung's blog is The Simple Heart (simpleheart.substack.com). Register for the Animal Liberation Conference,  June 9th - 14th (LiberationConference.com), in Berkeley where Hsiung will facilitate an interactive workshop called The Open Rescue Experience. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks.  Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.  Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok  vlog: www.amok.com or read my columns. Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  Originally released April 12, 2023 ©copyright 2023

Lori begins the show with the story of the five activists who, in 2017, entered Circle Four Farms in Utah, intent on documenting animal abuse at Smithfield Foods huge pig facility housed there. But not only was extremely graphic video obtained, but the men also rescued 2 nearly dead piglets, which was not part of […]

Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. Presenters Faye and Lex bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. In this episode, Faye and Lex discuss Viva!'s collaboration with Extinction Rebellion (XR), Greta Thunberg's plans to sue the Swedish government over “insufficient” action on climate change, and they celebrate the not guilty verdict of two Direct Action Everywhere activists!  ABOUT OUR SHOW  Listen now . We're also on ,  and . If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Summary of “Animal Rights Activism Trends to Look Out for in 2023” by Animal Agriculture Alliance, published by Aashish Khimasia on February 23, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. A blog-post by a member of the Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) has identified several trends in animal rights activism that they project for 2023. These trends are likely to be causes for concern for the animal agriculture industry, and the piece was written to make AAA supporters aware of them. Recognising these trends and identifying the views held on these animal advocacy tactics by proponents of animal agriculture may provide advocates with valuable insights. In this post, I list the key trends identified by the article and bullet point tactics highlighted by the article which are of particular interest. I'm thankful to “The Cranky Vegan” for bringing this article to my attention through their linked video. Linking CAFOs to negative human and environmental health Drawing attention to the detrimental effects of CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) to human and environmental health Using historical precedents of CAFOs being charged in court such as in North Carolina and Seattle in messaging Exploring cases where ethnic minorities have experienced disproportionate negative health impacts of CAFOs This strategy may create opposition to CAFOs from individuals and organisations that may not be compelled by animal-focused driven arguments, and could be further integrated into outreach and media messaging. Referring to historical precedents of CAFOs being charged with breaching environmental regulations may help to legitimise messaging against them. The use of undercover footage in court and media Using undercover footage from factory farms to motivate arguments in court that such operations engage in unfair competition, false advertising, market distortion and fraud Using undercover footage from factory farms pressure retailers to cut ties with such farms Using undercover footage from animal rescue missions from factory farms as evidence against charges of trespassing and theft The continued and increased use of undercover footage from factory farms is clearly concerning for animal agriculture, given the extensive efforts to block this such as through so called Ag-gag laws. However, the suppression of undercover footage from factory farms may lead to increased media attention on these items and public scrutiny on the conditions of factory farms. Indeed, in a recent case, Direct Action Everywhere activists who were being prosecuted after liberating piglets from a Smithfield Foods farm and releasing footage from their mission, were acquitted by the jury, despite the judge blocking the jury from viewing the footage taken. The aforementioned ways in which undercover footage may be used to aid the acquittal of activists, challenge farms in court and pressure retailers to cut ties with farms highlight the potency of combining undercover footage with legal action. Prioritising Youth Engagement Engaging young people in programmes that rival agricultural programmes like FFA and 4-H Fostering social disapproval of animal product consumption and normalising plant-based foods in classrooms, presenting the suffering caused by factory farming in an emotive way Educating young people and creating a shift in culture towards empathy, through recognising the suffering caused by animal agriculture and normalising plant-based foods, may challenge the image that animal agriculture is trying to maintain. This may be an important factor in changing consumption habits of future generations. Deconstructing legal personhood The use of the writ of habeas corpus, a right that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment, as a way to challenge the legal personhood of animals by the Nonhuman Rights ...

The Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, led by renowned attorney Carter Dillard, is now representing animal activists all over the United States. Recently, there was a fascinating legal summit unpacking the historic acquittal of two Direct Action Everywhere animal activists who faced over a decade in prison for rescuing two sick piglets from a Utah factory farm. The summit tried to figure out what exactly what made the jurors, in a conservative Utah county, find the defendants, Wayne Hsiung and Paul Picklesimer, NOT GUILTY on all counts. And, the summit also discussed the legal underpinnings of the Right to Rescue movement, which says: when you see an animal suffering you have the right to rescue that animal, even if it means going onto private property and removing the animal. Now, attorney Carter Dillard talks to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell about all of this! Are we hitting the animal rights LEGAL tipping point?

The Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, led by renowned attorney Carter Dillard, is now representing animal activists all over the United States. Recently, there was a fascinating legal summit unpacking the historic acquittal of two Direct Action Everywhere animal activists who faced over a decade in prison for rescuing two sick piglets from a Utah factory farm. The summit tried to figure out what exactly what made the jurors, in a conservative Utah county, find the defendants, Wayne Hsiung and Paul Picklesimer, NOT GUILTY on all counts. And, the summit also discussed the legal underpinnings of the Right to Rescue movement, which says: when you see an animal suffering you have the right to rescue that animal, even if it means going onto private property and removing the animal. Now, attorney Carter Dillard talks to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell about all of this! Are we hitting the animal rights LEGAL tipping point?

The Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, led by renowned attorney Carter Dillard, is now representing animal activists all over the United States. Recently, there was a fascinating legal summit unpacking the historic acquittal of two Direct Action Everywhere animal activists who faced over a decade in prison for rescuing two sick piglets from a Utah factory farm. The summit tried to figure out what exactly what made the jurors, in a conservative Utah county, find the defendants, Wayne Hsiung and Paul Picklesimer, NOT GUILTY on all counts. And, the summit also discussed the legal underpinnings of the Right to Rescue movement, which says: when you see an animal suffering you have the right to rescue that animal, even if it means going onto private property and removing the animal. Now, attorney Carter Dillard talks to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell about all of this! Are we hitting the animal rights LEGAL tipping point?

Priya and I talk about our experiences inside Whole Foods' highest-rated turkey farm, our efforts to change our families' traditions around Thanksgiving, and the best time to drink coffee. Priya Sawhney is co-founder of the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere. Jeff Bezos disruption: https://youtu.be/QKuNZdGsQ_I Bernie Sanders disruption: https://fb.watch/gXwN7jSIYM/

Hannah Grant, with the Animal Law Firm, interviews Almira Tanner, lead organizer at Direct Action Everywhere! Direct Action Everywhere's mission is to create revolutionary social and political change for animals in one generation. Listen in as they discuss her background in animal welfare, DXE's work on the Smithfield trial in Utah, and how you can get involved to help fight for animal rights! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A widely watched case pitting animal welfare advocates against a Fortune 500 company has come to a conclusion and the results could have far-reaching implications in how the courts view the concept of “theft” versus “rescue.”In 2017, two members of an animal rights group called Direct Action Everywhere (or, DxE) were investigating conditions for pigs being raised for slaughter at Circle Four Farms, a Utah-based factory farm owned by Smithfield Foods.While on site, the two men – Wayne Hsiung  and Paul Picklesimer  – reportedly discovered two newborn piglets they determined to be sick and dangerously underweight. They then removed the piglets, took them for veterinary care, and transferred them to an animal sanctuary.When the incident was discovered, the two men were charged with felony burglary and theft and were facing up to five and half years in prison pending the results of their trial.In what's being viewed as a huge victory for opponents of animal cruelty, a jury has unanimously agreed that the two men be acquitted for their actions, with legal experts suggesting this could lay the groundwork for a legal “right to rescue” – establishing a difference between what took place and what would be considered theft.The pig rescue operation reportedly occurred during an attempt by DxE to verify whether Smithfield had ceased to use highly-criticized “gestation crates” that were too small for pregnant pigs to turn around in. They contend they did find these, despite Smithfield pledging to no longer use them at Circle Four. Throughout the course of this, the men from DxE say they also found dead and sick piglets, including the two in question – who they named Lilly and Lizzie.

Big Pork is tipping the scales of justice in Utah Jonathan Frohnmayer, Organizer and Corporate Counsel at Direct Action Everywhere - a global network of activists working to achieve revolutionary social and political change for animals in one generation joins Mark Thompson to discuss animal rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big Pork is tipping the scales of justice in Utah Jonathan Frohnmayer, Organizer and Corporate Counsel at Direct Action Everywhere - a global network of activists working to achieve revolutionary social and political change for animals in one generation joins Mark Thompson to discuss animal rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt is Press Coordinator and an investigator for Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). As part of his activism he has conducted animal farm investigations, been threatened with prison for rescuing farm animals from abuse and pranked NewsMax and FoxNews by posing as the CEO of Smithfield Foods – exposing to millions of viewers the damage their industry does to non-human animals, human animals and to the planet. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 02:50 Matt's Intro - DxE press & investigations 03:28 Eyes open to animals - Deer hunting uncles. "Factory farms everywhere" in Iowa - 4 yrs old "I don't want to eat animals" - Family push back - A religious family "God gave us animals for food" - Being "a silent vegetarian" at school... in secret... feeling shame - "Good friends of mine... through 13 yrs of grade school... never knew I was vegetarian" - An aunt: "you're going to die if you don't eat animals" - Uncles painting a dead deer's nose red for Xmas - "These people around me are monstrous" - The dissonance of "be kind" messages in kindergarten 10:24 What's Real? - "In adulthood I'm not a religious person" - New atheists, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris - As a child: "The ethics smacked me in the face" (Problem of Evil) - As an adult "facts & rationality" - Jehovah's Witness dad... "I was hating the prospect of doing the door to door evangelising" - Shunning. It's worse where the JW community has more power - "#Freewill is an illusion" so "I don't... have any anger towards anybody" - JW "We have will, we make choices, but they're not 'free'". Removing #retribution from the justice system? #MoralLuck - An investigation "As cruel a practice as you can imagine" #VentilationShutDown... "The COO shows up ... I was straining my free will determinism in that moment" - "Guilt & shame can be useful" 25:11 What & Who Matters? - #Utilitarianism ? - "High-minded philosophical ideals... often used to launder right-wing ideas" - "Sorry humans... but I have to put my energy towards the 99.99%" - #Offsetting & totalising utilitarianism - Animal agri as a core case most ethical systems should reject ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us there! Thanks Graham.

Almira Tanner is lead organizer of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, which I co-founded in 2013. In that role, she's been carefully watching the rise and fall of not just the animal rights movement, but movements across a whole range of social justice issues, from climate change to workers' rights. And something has gone wrong; people seem to be losing hope. She's seen this in her own work trying to challenge factory farms in California – including an underhanded corporate campaign to kill a moratorium on factory farms before it even came to its first committee vote – but also in our broader society. Despair seems to be the feeling of the day. How do we overcome that feeling and drive progress? As I approach a trial that, in many ways, seems hopeless, I thought it was important to have this conversation with Almira, so we could answer this question together. And what we found – what you'll find – is that there's more reasons to be optimistic than you might think. For example, the moratorium on factory farms in California was killed, but the fact that the bill was even introduced, in a state that has one of the largest animal ag industries in the nation, is a minor miracle. In short, not just hope but reasons for real confidence are there. Sometimes, we just have to take a deeper look. We do that together in this conversation. I hope you enjoy it!Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) - WebsiteMusic by Dayzee Deva (cover of "Everybody Have Fun Tonight”)

We started The Green Pill Podcast in September 2020 to create a space to talk about change. Now we're going through a major change ourselves: in about one month, I head to trial to face criminal charges that could transform the rest of my life. And it's for that reason we're transforming the podcast, too. There's the obvious reason: I may not be here much longer to serve as host. Priya, Ronnie, Dean, and Chloe will step up in various ways to ensure the show continues. But there's a more fundamental reason, too. To truly create change, we need you to be a part of this. So while we're changing the name to Everybody *Wayne Hsiung* Tonight!, the two characters that are most important in the new titles are the two asterisks. You see, in code, the asterisk stands for a wildcard. And while the show will go on, following me via letters from prison if necessary, what will really sustain it is if *you* get involved. I can think of no better people to discuss this idea than the team who joined me for this first episode of the rebranded podcast. Ronnie Rose is co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere – and the first animal rights activist I met when I moved to the Bay Area in 2012. He helped us establish not just the intellectual foundation, but the values, which supercharged the grassroots animal rights movement in California and beyond. Priya Sawheny is co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere. She's been one of my most important partners in crime (figuratively, of course) over the last 10 years, and is helping launch a new org, The Sanctuary Initiative. Dean Wyrzykowski is the former President of the Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy and grassroots director in my 2020 campaign for Mayor of Berkeley. He's leading the operations for The Sanctuary Initiative. Finally, Chloe Leffakis, who joined us by Zoom, has been my social media lead (and sometime avatar) for the last 5 or so years. She's joining us as a founding staff member of The Sanctuary Initiative – and will continue to play a crucial mostly-behind-the-scenes role in everything we do. We talk in this podcast about what we've learned from the past 10 years, and our plans for the future. But, most importantly, we talk about how to get you more involved.No matter what happens next month, as long as we find ways to stay connected, and stay kind, we'll make progress. Thanks for joining the journey so far – and believe me when I say, the best is yet to come.The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor (book)Axolotl by Julio Cortázar (short story)Mad World by Gary Jules (song)Donnie Darko by Richard Kelley (film)Music by Dayzee Deva (cover of "Everybody Have Fun Tonight”)

Matt Johnson is press coordinator for Direct Action Everywhere, the organization behind the animals rights protests that are disrupting Minnesota Timberwolves playoff games. I asked Matt about the protests and about Wolves owner Glen Taylor, the factory farming tycoon whom the protests are aimed at. Matt’s is a subculture I’m not entirely familiar with, so I wanted to ask some questions and get his perspective. What’s it like to trying to outfox the authorities at Target Center? What are the moral questions involved in his work? We address these topics and a lot more. Enjoy. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit houseofstrauss.substack.com/subscribe

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Jalapeno Pineapple Pilsner from Omaha's Brickway Brewery. She's fascinated with Warren Buffett, and not only drove past his house in Omaha but also asked the local bartenders at Billy Frogg's bar and the Spaghetti Works if they've ever met him. She has rave reviews of her stay at The Farnam hotel and as a true pyro-Termite, describes the immense joy she had drinking wine and watching steaks grill in the hotel's restaurant. “GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for new and delicious not-so-nutritious junk food AND in continuing her search for the best Ranch, Kathleen samples Dorothy Lynch salad dressing, which she LOVES the tang of and applauds Nebraska for the taste. She also tastes Iowa's Farmer's Bootleg Homestead Ranch, which has a dill kick that she likes but prefers a tangier Ranch. She finishes her tasting with Dolly Parton's new Duncan Hines Buttercream icing, which is the best thing she's tasted in ages. QUEEN'S COURT: Kathleen is thrilled to announce that with the help of Queen Dolly's influence, Taco Bell is bringing back the Mexican Pizza. Dolly's been very busy lately, as her new line of Duncan Hines cake mixes have been released and Kathleen was fortunate enough to find a few of the Banana Cake mixes. UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on the Maryland snake owner, the Villagers who were charged with voting more than once in the last Federal election, more mask fighting results in the highest FAA fines in history, Japan's Monkey Queen prevails, Germany seizes a massive Oligarch-owned yacht, and France seizes Roman Abramanovich's luxury chateau. “HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the return of Charles Darwin's missing original notebooks to Cambridge University, and scientists have found a new body part in the human lungs. 300K BABY EELS FOUND IN DUTCH SUITCASE: Kathleen rereads an article multiple times to determine the reason that 300K baby eels, otherwise known as “elvers” or “glass eels,” were being illegally shipped through Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. The elvers are a protected species and were destined for sale in Asia, fetching an approximate price of 6.2M Euro.GEN Z + MILLENNIALS DISRUPTING POST-PANDEMIC WORKFLOW: A big fan of “the children,” Kathleen laughs out loud reading an article advising that Gen Z and Millennial members of the workforce are not just demanding flexible work hours and environments, but they want to work for companies that align with their own personal beliefs and values and will go jobless rather than compromise this position. PROTESTER GLUES WRIST TO FLOOR AT NBA GAME: Kathleen laughs reading an article about a member of Direct Action Everywhere, an animal rights activism group, who attempted to glue herself to the floor of the Minnesota Timberwolves arena. The group is concerned with an egg farm owned by Glen Taylor, the longtime former Timberwolves governor.BRITISH DJ HORRORS REVEALED: With the recent release of Netflix's documentary on British DJ Jimmy Savile, Kathleen reads the backstory about the deceased DJ's life and career, his history of committing sexual abuse, and the scandal that occurred after his death in 2011 when numerous complaints were raised about his behavior.STUCKEY'S PECAN LOG MAKES A COMEBACK: Kathleen loves a fun gas station on a road trip, and is excited to read that Stephanie Stuckey, the granddaughter of the man who founded the famous Stuckey's convenience store chain, recently purchased back her family's business and wants to return the diminished brand to national prominence.WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed” on Discovery Plus, and “Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story” on Netflix. SEE KATHLEEN LIVE: See Kathleen live on her “Do You Have Any Ranch?” Tour. Tickets available at kathleenmadigan.com/tour See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

By now you've seen the vids of animal rights activists disrupting NBA games. Vid: https://bit.ly/3kdldpVVid: https://bit.ly/3LptwL5Vid: https://bit.ly/3xZduUiThese disturbances stem from Minnesota TWolves owner Glen Tayor's chicken farm in Iowa. 5.3 millions chickens had to be killed by "ventilation shutdown" because of Avian Flu. That's about all I knew, and I wanted to hear more, so I reached out to the group behind the disturbances, Direct Action Everywhere - DxE. I told them going in that I thought they were nuts, but I'd hear them out if they wanted to chat on my show. I was joined by John Frohnmayor, a group organizer and attorney on their team. Also joining me was Dr. Crystal Heath, a veterenarian who helps the group. Do with this what you will. If you find it informative, great. If you need more info, reach out to them. I tried to challenge as best I good, but my feeble brain can only do so much. Enjoy.PS...Warning! Their Twitter feed has lots of awful stuff that WILL trigger you. . Direct Action Everywhere website: Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-eric-zane-show-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If you are a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves or a fan of the NBA, you know the playoff games have only been a part of the story between the Wolves and Grizzlies... On this edition of Minnesota Sports Chat, Ross is joined by Direct Action Everywhere's, Alicia Santurio, aka "Glue Girl." Alicia discusses what exactly is DAE's issue with Timberwolves owner, Glen Taylor. PLUS, are more protests planned for game 5?  Please don't forget to subscribe. rate, review and tell your firends. :) 

Before this week...the majority of NBA fans had likely never heard of Direct Action Everywhere. However...with the group staging two separate protests during NBA Playoff games this week...the organization has made the mainstream. We discuss the two incidents that happened during both Minnesota Timberwolves games this week. We explain why Direct Action Everywhere is upset with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor...and how their methods aren't the best way to get their message to the masses.

If you're curious about dipping your toe into activism,  this is a must listen! I chat to WA based activists, Melanie Fay and MJ Kim about their experience protesting for animal rights last year by walking through Perth CBD in lingerie. The demonstration was a follow-up to the Melbourne based lingerie protest featuring model Stefania Ferrario and activist Tash Peterson. Both Mel and MJ are new to activism and openly share their experiences. Although this interview recording only features Mel and MJ, I should let you know there was actually another guest on this episode, Liv Richardson, but unfortunately her audio file was lost

In 2013, I co-founded a ragtag grassroots outfit called Direct Action Everywhere. We did street theater in grocery stores and silly flash mobs in Louis Vuitton and spoke truth to power wherever we could, even when our voices would shake. And while we earned some fans for our passion, most of the mainstream media, and even the world of nonprofit activism, scoffed at us. The things we were asking for – a world where every living creatures is safe and free; a transformation of our political system towards compassion and away from corporate profit – seemed somewhere between stupid and delusional. Dr. Drew brought us on his new national television show at Headline News, and mocked us for being obsessed with chickens.But Donny Moss, a long-time journalist and public relations expert with blood as blue as blue can be (Ivy League credentials; Big Pharma alum), did something very different. He listened. And something odd happened: he liked what he heard. Donny and Jane Velez-Mitchell, a former news anchor who Donny partnered with in the early 2010s, gave us a platform when few others wouldn't. And I never really understood why. Donny lived in a beautiful apartment in the best part of Manhattan. He was married to the general counsel for one of the largest corporations in the world. His life seemed so perfect and successful and normal. Why would he start associating with, well, someone like me?This conversation explains why. Donny, you see, went through a massive personal challenge (and transformation) in the years before he was a journalist and activist. He was a young gay man, in the late 80s and 90s, at the height of the AIDS pandemic. But unlike the gay men mobilizing in the streets to ACT UP and fight back, as powerful men laughed at them (and their friends and lovers wasted away and died), Donny worked for a major pharmaceutical company that was the target of protests. But, secretly, while working for their enemy, his heart was with the underdog. His heart was with the people on the streets. I think that's what Donny saw in me and DxE. We were earnest and angry, but we wore our hearts on our sleeves. And it's why, a few years later, he decided he wanted to do more than just share our story. He walked with us into a massive factory farm and walked out with a sick and tortured animal in his arms – and then broadcast everything he did on his news platform, Their Turn, at great personal risk. This is a fascinating conversation with one of my favorite people in the world. And there's a lot to learn – about privilege, about courage, about change. Give it a listen, and let me know what you think!Read Donny Moss' journalism on Theirturn.netMusic by Moby: Everything That Rises

Welcome back to Admire the Vegans Podcast! It has been a while so we are excited to get back and talk about what's been going on. The Big Topic is Anna's 'Leap of Faith.' For many years, Anna lived in the comfort zone, but over the past two years she's aligned many thing in her life that has resulted in an unmistakable growth in confidence. And this January she decided it was time to finally take the leap our of her comfort zone and chase a lifelong dream of being her own business owner. We also talk about 'What's on our Mind' including an incredible Ag Gag case in Iowa that involves animal activist's, Direct Action Everywhere, uncovering of a mass ventilation shutdown at Iowa Select Farms. In the Spring of 2020, thousands of pigs were being roasted alive and left for waste but it was the people that caught this execution on camera that were being prosecuted. Michael discusses that plus the new New York Mayor's change to more plant-based meals in NYC Public Schools.  

Attorney and animal activist Wayne Hsiung has repeatedly risked serving prison terms to wake the world up to the horrors of modern day animal agriculture! This co-founder of the groundbreaking animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere is using high-tech Virtual Reality cameras and Livestreams to bring viewers along with him as he, and other activists, engage in what DxE has coined Open Rescue. This is when activists trespass onto modern day Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, farms and slaughterhouses to rescue animals they identify as sick and/or at risk of death. Wayne Hsiung and others have been prosecuted for these actions. He was recently convicted in North Carolina for removing a baby goat from a farm in 2018, an action which he LIVE STREAMED on Facebook. He got a suspended sentence. Wayne Hsiung represented himself in the case and tried to bring issues of animal rights into the trial but was blocked by prosecutors and the judge. What's next for Wayne Hsiung? Upcoming trials? This brilliant, changemaker discusses this and more with UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Attorney and animal activist Wayne Hsiung has repeatedly risked serving prison terms to wake the world up to the horrors of modern day animal agriculture! This co-founder of the groundbreaking animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere is using high-tech Virtual Reality cameras and Livestreams to bring viewers along with him as he, and other activists, engage in what DxE has coined Open Rescue. This is when activists trespass onto modern day Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, farms and slaughterhouses to rescue animals they identify as sick and/or at risk of death. Wayne Hsiung and others have been prosecuted for these actions. He was recently convicted in North Carolina for removing a baby goat from a farm in 2018, an action which he LIVE STREAMED on Facebook. He got a suspended sentence. Wayne Hsiung represented himself in the case and tried to bring issues of animal rights into the trial but was blocked by prosecutors and the judge. What's next for Wayne Hsiung? Upcoming trials? This brilliant, changemaker discusses this and more with UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Attorney and animal activist Wayne Hsiung has repeatedly risked serving prison terms to wake the world up to the horrors of modern day animal agriculture! This co-founder of the groundbreaking animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere is using high-tech Virtual Reality cameras and Livestreams to bring viewers along with him as he, and other activists, engage in what DxE has coined Open Rescue. This is when activists trespass onto modern day Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, farms and slaughterhouses to rescue animals they identify as sick and/or at risk of death. Wayne Hsiung and others have been prosecuted for these actions. He was recently convicted in North Carolina for removing a baby goat from a farm in 2018, an action which he LIVE STREAMED on Facebook. He got a suspended sentence. Wayne Hsiung represented himself in the case and tried to bring issues of animal rights into the trial but was blocked by prosecutors and the judge. What's next for Wayne Hsiung? Upcoming trials? This brilliant, changemaker discusses this and more with UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Shock and outrage as undercover footage shows the horrors of pigs at an Iowa pork plant dying slow, agonizing deaths, many shrieking for long periods, in a horrific process where they are slowly roasted to death called Ventilation Shutdown. Matt Johnson, the undercover investigator for the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, was about to face trial for his role in documenting the violence against these animals, when charges were abruptly dropped in the midst of a media frenzy over the scandal. Meanwhile, for almost 2 years, Dr. Crystal Heath,. a veterinarian, has been working to raise awareness about the atrocity of ventilation shutdown, a mass extermination where where animals are essentially slowly roasted to death. She's been pleading with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to reclassify it as a completely and utterly unacceptable form of depopulation. Dr. Heath says Ventilation Shutdown exposes the brutality of our food system and the need to stop the expansion of animal agriculture and reverse course with a sense of urgency. Some critics estimate that a quarter of a million pigs were exterminated in this brutal way during the COVID crisis in 2020, while it was being falsely portrayed as euthanasia.

Shock and outrage as undercover footage shows the horrors of pigs at an Iowa pork plant dying slow, agonizing deaths, many shrieking for long periods, in a horrific process where they are slowly roasted to death called Ventilation Shutdown. Matt Johnson, the undercover investigator for the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, was about to face trial for his role in documenting the violence against these animals, when charges were abruptly dropped in the midst of a media frenzy over the scandal. Meanwhile, for almost 2 years, Dr. Crystal Heath,. a veterinarian, has been working to raise awareness about the atrocity of ventilation shutdown, a mass extermination where where animals are essentially slowly roasted to death. She's been pleading with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to reclassify it as a completely and utterly unacceptable form of depopulation. Dr. Heath says Ventilation Shutdown exposes the brutality of our food system and the need to stop the expansion of animal agriculture and reverse course with a sense of urgency. Some critics estimate that a quarter of a million pigs were exterminated in this brutal way during the COVID crisis in 2020, while it was being falsely portrayed as euthanasia.

Shock and outrage as undercover footage shows the horrors of pigs at an Iowa pork plant dying slow, agonizing deaths, many shrieking for long periods, in a horrific process where they are slowly roasted to death called Ventilation Shutdown. Matt Johnson, the undercover investigator for the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, was about to face trial for his role in documenting the violence against these animals, when charges were abruptly dropped in the midst of a media frenzy over the scandal. Meanwhile, for almost 2 years, Dr. Crystal Heath,. a veterinarian, has been working to raise awareness about the atrocity of ventilation shutdown, a mass extermination where where animals are essentially slowly roasted to death. She's been pleading with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to reclassify it as a completely and utterly unacceptable form of depopulation. Dr. Heath says Ventilation Shutdown exposes the brutality of our food system and the need to stop the expansion of animal agriculture and reverse course with a sense of urgency. Some critics estimate that a quarter of a million pigs were exterminated in this brutal way during the COVID crisis in 2020, while it was being falsely portrayed as euthanasia.

Duncan Watts, the Stevens University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a living legend. HIs paper, Collective Dynamics of Small-World Networks, is one of the most cited papers in the history of sociology. (There are Nobel Prize winners who have fewer citations in their career than that single paper by Duncan.) And while his name is not well known outside of academia, he has transformed multiple disciplines with his path breaking work in what is now known as “network science” – a blend of computer science, sociology, and mathematics that has changed the way we think about human behavior. And by “we”, I include me. As a young and aspiring social scientist in the early 2000s, I came across Duncan's work and was blown away by what it seemed to show. Human beings, it seemed, operated as if they were just nodes in a network. And you could no more understand the behavior of a single human, in isolation, than you could understand the human brain by looking at a single neuron. It was the connections between us, and not our individual characteristics, that drive change. And it turns out that, when we look at those connections, human beings are far closer to each other than you might think. Indeed, no matter how big a society gets, human beings seem to follow a rule that has been described as Six Degrees of Separation. This insight, and Duncan's other work on networks, led me down a strange and circuitous path, from law professor to animal rights activist. You'll hear about this in the podcast. But the most important application of his work, in my life, was the formation of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE. You see, Duncan's research on networks showed that it wasn't necessarily the most connected people –the Oprah Winfreys or the Barack Obamas – who were driving change. Rather, it was networks of easy-to-activate ordinary people who were causing cascades of change. DxE was an attempt to deploy this research to build a movement for animal rights. This conversation is particularly important right now. I am in my second day of trial, in a felony trial that could land me in prison for years. But the industry, which is attempting to cut the head off the snake, is destined to fail. The reason is simple: they simply don't understand how social change works. It's not the leaders, but the masses of people who form the movement that the leaders represent, who ultimately drive change. And when you take out one leader, new leaders rise up. That is one of the many reasons why, no matter what happens in this trial, the movement will win.There are a lot of other practical tips, about living a good and productive life, that you'll get from this podcast. For example, you'll learn how to think about risk. And how creativity stems from unexpected social connections. And how a legendary social scientist maintains his intellectual humility. But maybe the most important thing we can learn is to stay open. Especially when people are making efforts to hurt you – including imprisonment, in my case – it's easy to stay closed off. But Duncan's work shows us that it's the connections we make, and not the ones we close off, that will ultimately create change. Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and RandomnessSix Degrees: The Science of a Connected AgeEverything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails UsMusic by Moby: Everything That Rises

It's a strange time to be talking positively about sacrifice. Over the past year, so many people have lost their businesses, their communities, even their lives. And it seems absurd, perhaps even offensive, to draw something good from that sacrifice. But that's exactly what we need to do, on both a personal and collective level, to make progress. And Matt Johnson is one of the best people I can think of to talk about that. Matt was living a pretty normal life, and a pretty comfortable life, in his home state of Iowa when he first heard about Direct Action Everywhere. But that ordinary existence was jolted when Matt, a lifetime vegetarian in a sea of animal farming, saw people taking chances to make the world a better place. But I don't think anyone could have predicted the dramatic transformation that Matt would go through, after seeing a single protest at a Chipotle on social media. From topless protests of Bernie Sanders to investigations of ventilation shutdown, Matt has been one of the biggest newsmakers in animal rights history. The most important thing we can hear from here, however, is on the power of sacrifice. I have met few people, maybe not any, more willing to give whatever it takes to help make the world a better place. And while that is often a hard thing -- you'll hear my voice shaking, and tears come to my eyes, as I talk to Matt about the challenges he's facing -- it also brings a joy, of sorts, that cannot be matched by any other experience in the world. This is a long one, but it's a good one. Listen to the end. You won't regret it.

Free Speech Union spokesperson Rachel Poulain speaks with Anna Rippon and Dr. Michael Morris of the New Zealand chapter of vegan group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a “global grassroots network of animal rights activists”. Anna and Dr. Morris discuss why they don't support the proposed hate speech laws (in spite of the abuse they commonly receive as a minority political group challenging the mainstream), the many misconceptions about veganism, and present the potentially “devastating” implications of the Government's hate speech proposals could have for animal rights (and by extension all) activism.  Read DxE's submission against the proposed 'hate speech' laws here: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2107/S00178/most-hated-group-opposes-hate-speech-rules.htm"And if you're not a member already join the Free Speech Union today! www.fsu.nz/ join  Support the show (https://www.freespeechcoalition.nz/donate)

We couldn't be more excited to welcome animal activist and Direct Action Everywhere organizer Almira Tanner onto the podcast this week to discuss the groundbreaking legislation recently passed in Berkeley, CA drastically limiting the amount of animal-based products the city […]

3.5 percent. That's the tipping point for change. Wayne Hsiung is an expert in social movement, and he's a massive proponent of getting the animal rights movement to that crucial number. Wayne started out as a corporate attorney and swiftly realized that more was needed to move the needle. The world needs a political shift. He co-founded Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) to change the system and inspire other activists to continue his work. Wayne is known for staging open rescues and documenting atrocious slaughterhouses and feedlots, and his footage has been captured by the mainstream media and garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. If you're passionate about social change—whether it has to do with animal or human rights—Wayne's knowledge will hit home.    What we discuss in this episode:   - Growing up as a first    - The psychology behind how we view animals and America's dissociation from food    - The Rule of 3.5%   - Changing systems versus individuals   - People are defined by what other people think   - The importance of policy change   - Action items animal advocates can take   - How “far” to go in making others uncomfortable   - Direct Action Everywhere   Connect with Switch4Good - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ2toqAmlQpwR1HDF_KKfGg   - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Switch4Good/   - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/switch4good/   - Twitter - https://twitter.com/Switch4GoodOrg   - Website - https://switch4good.org/

Episode 77 of the Paw & Order podcast is co-hosted by Jessica Scott-Reid along with a special guest co-host, Kaitlyn Mitchell, who's a staff lawyer at Animal Justice. Jessica and Kaitlyn dive into pressing news involving animals, including an animal advocate being acquitted of a criminal charge after exposing horrific conditions at an Ontario fur farm, an activist with Direct Action Everywhere in the U.S. being charged under Iowa’s new ag gag law, Kaitlyn’s interview in the Winnipeg Free Press regarding ag gag bills in Manitoba, and Animal Justice filing a cruelty complaint after 6 hens were found alive on top of a pile of thousands of dead flock mates who were dumped in a Manitoba landfill.

Ending homelessness is a real possibility but the capitalists who run our system refuse to solve a problem whose existence boosts their profits. Lee Camp dives into the problem of homelessness in the USA in the 21st Century. While hundreds of thousands of people live on the streets and millions face eviction some people are taking to law-breaking to get people into empty homes. Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He's currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn't harvest because of slow downs in the covid economy. Johnson faces serious jail time for helping a whistleblower show the world this torturous practice.

Ending homelessness is a real possibility but the capitalists who run our system refuse to solve a problem whose existence boosts their profits. Lee Camp dives into the problem of homelessness in the USA in the 21st Century. While hundreds of thousands of people live on the streets and millions face eviction some people are taking to law-breaking to get people into empty homes. Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He's currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn't harvest because of slow downs in the covid economy. Johnson faces serious jail time for helping a whistleblower show the world this torturous practice.

Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He's currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn't harvest because of slowdowns in the Covid economy. Johnson faces serious jail time for helping a whistleblower show the world this torturous practice. The digital divide is a growing problem for rural communities and the poor across the country. Naomi Karavani reports on how different municipalities are addressing this problem without fundamentally addressing the corporate monopolization of telecom infrastructure. As we all become more reliant on access to the internet, many are realizing that it's time for that access to be guaranteed to all. Anders Lee looks at the fake fact-checking of people like Seth Abramson. The author and twitter personality has made a career out of throwing together roughshod "investigations" into popular issues for a commercial audience of liberals and providing them fact-free evidence for things they already want to believe.

Tash Peterson went vegan overnight after watching a documentary "Food Choices" on Netflix four years ago. It was a light bulb moment for Tash and she knew she would be vegan for life. Tash wanted to share the vegan message and became involved with animal rights organisations such as Anonymous for the Voiceless, the Save Movement and Direct Action Everywhere. Following involvement with Direct Action Everywhere, Tash decided to conduct her own actions. Her first action was at a local supermarket with a friend, she wore a cow onesie, held a "watch Dominion" sign and mourned animal flesh in the supermarket. The protest was recorded and posted, gaining millions of views and international media attention.  Tash recognised the impact of her protests and started holding regular actions on her own. Tash also founded "Tell them the truth" which is a movement inspiring people to conduct their own actions to bring about change.  In this episode, Tash provides an insight into what helps her stay motivated, how she handles confrontation and online harassment and advice for anyone interested in animal activism. https://www.instagram.com/vganbooty/https://www.vganbooty.com/

Sarah Hewson is an activist and organizer with Direct Action Everywhere and the 2018 winner of the PETA TeachKind's Teacher Appreciation Contest. We talk about social justice and how to best create awareness and change in a world that seems to be suffering from a lack of compassion.You can watch one of DXE's heroic animal rescue actions that we discuss in the podcast here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr95Hir8bzwHere's a link to the article by Glenn Greenwald in The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/factory-farms-fbi-missing-piglets-animal-rights-glenn-greenwald/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Wayne Hsiung ran for mayor of Berkeley, CA in 2020 to try and make the Green City a reality. Wayne is an animal activist, and, since 2013, the founder of animal activism organization Direct Action Everywhere. In this full conversation, we talk about: Wayne's Green District idea for Berkeley Why we need economies of scale in clean meat production Cooperation between him and the elected Berkeley mayor Why his animal rights activism is a cover for his climate activism Why everybody should read Animal Liberation and watching Finding Nemo

Creepy vegan cults prey on broken young girls. Activists throw funny tantrums, for the animals. Wayne Hsiung of Direct Action Everywhere wants to be Mayor of Berkeley, we learn about his "activism".

In this episode of the WhoTheF*ck? podcast, I speak with Gina Gold – comedian, author, eco-feminist, and all around awesome human. Gina and I discuss the concept of intersectionality and why it’s important, particularly for women, to understand how our interconnected identities entwine. We talk about racism, sexism, and the stigma against mental health. Gina shares stories about her past that made her who she is today, including her experience as a sex worker.If you haven’t yet discovered Gina, you’re going to love her. Her energy is addictive, and the conversation we have flows effortlessly.We talk about serious, heavy topics yet somehow, through it all, Gina continues to shine her radiant light.We discuss: Intersectionality and how one person can experience multiple layers of oppression Eco-feminism – what it is and why you need to know about it The objectification and over-sexualization of women ADHD and our mutual later-in life diagnosis The importance of mental health and decreasing stigma This episode’s WhoTheF*ck For A Cause supports Direct Action Everywhere. If you have the means, please visit whothefck.com/donate and give what you can to help provide care for rescued animals, defend whistleblowers, and pass animal rights legislation. Learn more about Gina: https://theginagoldshow.com/ Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/theginagoldshow/ Read her books: https://amzn.to/3fW8P9Y Available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Anchor, etc.

Social movements often seek to shift public opinion and mobilize supporters on a large scale. But which tactics achieve these goals most effectively? And how have social movements achieved this in the past?Dr Laila Kassam is a co-founder of Animal Think Tank and the co-editor of the forthcoming book, Rethinking Food and Agriculture: New Ways Forward.Topics discussed in the episode:“The social movement ecology” and the theoretical framework that Animal Think Tank uses (3:10)The importance of public opinion for social change, and the pros and cons of actions that polarize public opinion (16:35)The evidence base the Animal Think Tank and This Is An Uprising use, and the weaknesses of using social movement evidence to glean strategic knowledge for the farmed animal movement (20:55)Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rebellion — what they're doing, why, and Animal Think Tank's lessons from the first actions (25:48)Sacrifice, demandingness, and mass arrests as potential motivators and demotivators for activists (33:07)Creative actions, stunts, gimmicks and the effects that these have on perceptions of social movements (42:07)The value of confrontational tactics like Direct Action Everywhere's disruption of Bernie Sanders' rally (49:30)Whether veganism or “active and sustained participation” in the movement is more tractable (55:38)Animal Think Tank's current research priorities (1:02:22)Other resources that Animal Think Tank recommends reading (1:09:12)Rethinking Food and Agriculture — Laila's co-edited book and the value of expertise in “sustainable agriculture” for the farmed animal movement (1:17:17)Laila's experience with international development work and her concerns with this field (1:25:15)The importance of funding constraints for Animal Rebellion and other organisations focusing on building a mass protest movement (1:33:08)Resources discussed in the episode are available at https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/podcastSupport the show (https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/donate)

Direct Action Everywhere Activists Face Trial https://theintercept.com/2020/03/10/sanders-dxe-protest/ #peoplearerevolting twitter.com/peoplerevolting Peoplearerevolting.com https://flipboard.com/@unrelatedthings/people-are-revolting-9mp6ipe2y

In this episode, Kathy discusses: -- how Joaquin Phoenix's Oscar acceptance speech inspired this episode -- the tactics of Direct Action Everywhere, the organization that disrupted Joe Biden's Super Tuesday speech with cries to "Let Dairy Die" -- This history of U.S. milk production -- The cruelty inherent in the dairy industry --  What a mother cow taught her about the extraordinary bond between cows and their calves Key Takeaways: --  There's no such thing as "cruelty-free" dairy --  After providing milk to us, dairy cows are slaughtered --  Milk sales are plummeting and plant-based milk sales are soaring -- There's no justification for removing a mother's child from her year after year to produce a food not intended for humans Connect with Kathy Stevens: Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary Twitter: twitter.com/CASanctuary/ Books: https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

In The Science Revolution this week- First, Trump is using the same logic on COVID 19 that he used for pesticides and pollution- What impact will that have?.. And Nele Marien, Forestry & Biodiversity Framework Coordinator is here- Thom asks wants to know what we can do to stop mass extinctions. And Eva Hamer, Legal Coordinator, Direct Action Everywhere, drops by on, "Why I went Topless at Costco." And in Geeky Science- This is what happens when public transit is free! But...WAIT there's more...so check it out.

Professor Ben Burgis, columnist for Jacobin; Joshua Grossman, president of Progressive Punch; Matt Johnson, spokesman and investigator for animal rights activists Direct Action Everywhere, who organized the disruption of Joe Biden's victory speech on Tuesday. Direct Action Everywhere is a community of activists seeking animal liberation through nonviolent direct action & open rescue; Senator Susan Collins (Martha Previte); Comedy Writer Jon Ross; The Rev. Barry W. Lynn ; Citizen Bacon; Comedian Liam McEneaney answers listener questions. Why Bernie can still win. What went wrong for the Left on Tuesday. Liam and David welcome listeners Tom from Alabama and Dave from The Rust Belt. Citizen Bacon gets a promotion. Jon Ross blames Bernie. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn on what Warren and Bloomberg need to do. Time Code: Professor Ben Burgis (0:35) Joshua Grossman (45:26) Matt Johnson (1:17:34) Senator Susan Collins (1:54:26) Jon Ross (2:10:34) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (2:45:21) Citizen Bacon (3:45:56) Comedian Liam McEneaney (4:05:25)

Eva Hamer is a Legal Coordinator and Protest Musician for Direct Action Everywhere, otherwise known as DXE. The organization was formed in Berkeley, California in 2013 and it consists of an international network of animal activists. Movement building, non-violent direct action, and open rescue are the core values for DXE. Their motto is "We will change the world for the animals." In this episode, Eva shares her perspective of what it is like being an animal activist and participating in open rescues, which one of them was of her Beagle, Anna, that she rescued from a lab testing facility for cosmetics. Eva also talks about the work that she is doing as a Legal Coordinator for DXE and some of the felony court cases that many animal activists are being charged with.

What is it like to stand up for what you believe in? What is the cost and the reward? Zoe Rosenberg is a 17 year old animal rights activist. She founded Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary at age 11, and so far has saved nearly 1,000 lives. Zoe is also the social media coordinator for Direct Action Everywhere. She travels the country speaking on the importance of taking action for animals. At 12 years old, Zoe gave a keynote address at National Animal Rights Day (NARD) in San Francisco. At age 14, she received national press attention following an action against the Los Angeles Dodgers, where she protested of the treatment of animals related to the "Dodger Dogs" sold in the park. She and a few other activists ran onto the field during a game with banners and were arrested on live television. In 2017, Rosenberg gave a TED talk at age 15, recounting her experience as a young animal activist.  In 2017, Rosenberg was honored as Youth Activist of the Year at the Animal Rights National Conference (ARNC) in Washington DC. In 2018, Rosenberg was one of four finalists nationally for PETA's 13th Annual Young Animal Activist Of The Year award. In 2019, Rosenberg received national attention for conducting a high profile protest on live television during the NCAA Football National Championship Game in Levi Stadium. The protest was aimed at animal products sold in the stadium and the inhumane conditions at supplier facilities. In 2019 Zoe Rosenberg was awarded the Paul McCartney Veg Advocate Award for her work as a young activist fighting for animal rights and founding an animal sanctuary, with special focus on her work to push Rose's Law, an Animal Bill of Rights. In her conversation with us today, held at her Happy Hen sanctuary, Zoe describes the life of an activist, why she does it, and what keeps her motivated and inspired while facing so much opposition. She casts a vision for the future where animal cruelty is put to an end, and how little actions can make a big difference. Whether you believe in animal rights or not, Zoe’s story reveals powerful lessons for any movement maker who seeks to make positive change in the world, including effective strategies used by famous activists like Martin Luther King Jr., that you can apply to your movement. Key Takeaways People all over the world don’t see chickens as individuals or creatures who feel pain, and billions are suffering behind closed doors. At the end of the day I don’t care if people like me, hate me, or don’t even know me, as long as I’m making a difference I’ll be satisfied and happy. My biggest obstacle is society’s general reluctance to look animal agriculture straight in the face. They don’t want to hear about it because whatever comes next might make them have to change something about themselves or something that their parents taught them. I’m not attacking people, I just talking about something that is happening in our world. I believe animals deserve to be safe, happy and free from harm. Factory farming and slaughterhouses should be illegal. All these things that are creating massive amounts of cruelty and suffering towards some of the most innocent beings on this planet – none of this should be happening. My motto is sanctuaries not slaughterhouses because we want a world of compassion not violence. We live in a nation of animal lovers. But are they doing something about animal cruelty? Probably not. I’ve lost friends because of my activism. They can’t stand to look at me because I disagree with something that they agree with. So it’s a big sacrifice for any activist, not just animal activists. In terms of advocating change at higher levels, we’re starting with issues that we think the public and legislators at large probably already agree with – i.e. banning fur. California is the first state in the country to ban the sale of fur. Direct Action Everywhere is an international organization of animal rights activists taking direct action for animal liberation. When the animals we rescue realize that we’re not there to kill them, they start to relax. Then they slowly start to trust and realize that not all humans are going to hurt them. Facebook fundraising is probably the most valuable fundraising platform that I’ve ever used and I know other organizations feel the same way. I’ve been able to raise tens of thousands of dollars just through Facebook alone.   There are a lot of organizations that solely give grants. We go to them and say, (1) this is the project, (2) this is the impact it’s going to have, (3) this is why it’s important and (4) this is how much money we need. We have based our strategy on past social justice movements and the teaching of famous activists and their philosophies. There has never been a movement in history that has mobilized at least 3.5% of the population and not won. Ultimately we want to pass an animal bill of rights in the U.S. Constitution that gives them the right to their own lives, so that humans do not have the right to own them or have dominance over them. Along our 40-year roadmap to passing an animal bill of rights we have other goals such as making it so that all animal products have to give an honest description, rather than these false labels like humane and cage-free even though we know that these facilities are just as bad as any factory farm. We want to give people the right to know where their food is coming from. The Spectrum of Allies: Active Allies Passive Allies Neutral Passive Opponents Active Opponents. In any movement you want to shift the spectrum over one. So you have people normalizing the idea and de-normalizing the opposite side. Whether you believe in animal rights or not, I hope everyone will go out there and stand up for what they believe. We have enough people being silent about the things that matter. Resources TEDx Talk: Taking The Mound Connect With Zoe Rosenberg Website: https://www.happyhen.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe_rooster Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoe.rooster

2019 was the year of climate strikes. Animal rights activists, emboldened by a new wave of mass civil disobedience, are determined to end industrial animal agriculture. Millions of ordinary people took to the streets in 2019. They put their bodies on the line, engaging in mass civil disobedience to demand climate action. In an era where food is produced in factory farms with an immeasurable scale of suffering and destruction, what role should animal rights activists play in the transition towards a just food system? In this episode, we talk with Jeff Sebo (New York University), Nico Stubler (Direct Action Everywhere) and Kerri Waters (Animal Rebellion) about the history, strategies and actions of animal rights activists.  We discuss: The origins of civil disobedience in the animal rights movement  The different types of action and activism Strategies and tactics: who to target and why The stakes today: animal liberation as domestic terrorism? 60 years in prison?  The dangers of rationalising inaction The new kids on the block: Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rebellion An inclusive approach: how to bring farmers on board  Jeff Sebo is the Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. He teaches Animal Studies and Environmental Studies and works primarily in moral, social, and political philosophy with an emphasis on bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. He is the co-author of Animals, and the Environment: An ethical approach and author of the forthcoming book Why Animals Matter for Climate Change.  Nico Stubler is an animal rights activist and organiser with the New York chapter of Direct Action Everywhere. He is passionate about animal liberation, decolonialism, racial and gender equity, and the natural world and through his activism is committed to tear down institutionalized oppression and structural inequity and organizing to replace these systems with just and sustainable alternatives.  Kerri Waters is an animal rights activist and the editorial coordinator, soon to be political strategy coordinator of Animal Rebellion. She is also a freelance translator and English language teacher. Links: Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms - Wired  Extinction Rebellion arrests near 1,300 after Billingsgate protest - The Guardian Beware! Rebellion really can transform your life - Medium You might also like: FFS 040 - Factory Farmed Superbugs FFS 036 - Chicken Nugget Capitalism FFS 015 - From A To Veganism

The 2010s witnessed a sharp uptick in nonviolent resistance movements all across the globe. Over the course of the last decade we’ve seen record numbers of popular protests, grassroots campaigns, and civic demonstrations advancing causes that range from toppling dictatorial regimes to ending factory farming to advancing a Green New Deal.   So, I thought it would be fitting to kick off 2020 by bringing on Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard specializing in nonviolent resistance. At the beginning of this decade Chenoweth co-authored Why Civil Resistance Works, a landmark study showing that nonviolent movements are twice as effective as violent ones. Since then, she has written dozens of papers on what factors make successful movements successful, why global protests are becoming more and more common, how social media has affected resistance movements and much more.  But Chenoweth doesn’t only study nonviolent movements from an academic perspective; she also advises nonviolent movement leaders around the world (including former EK Show guests Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement and Wayne Hsiung of Direct Action Everywhere) to help them be as effective and strategic as possible in carrying out their goals. This on-the-ground experience combined with a big-picture, academic view of nonviolent resistance makes her perspective essential for understanding one of the most important phenomena of the last decade -- and, in all likelihood, the next one. References: "How social media helps dictators" by Erica Chenoweth "Drop Your Weapons: When and Why Civil Resistance Works" by Erica Chenoweth Book recommendations: These Truths by Jill Lepore Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also like: Varshini Prakash on the Sunrise Movement's plan to save humanity When doing the right thing makes you a criminal (with Wayne Hsiung) My book is available for pre-order! You can find it at www.EzraKlein.com. Want to contact the show? Reach out at ezrakleinshow@vox.com You can subscribe to Ezra's new podcast Impeachment, explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app. Credits: Producer and Editor - Jeff Geld Engineer- Cynthia Gil Researcher - Roge Karma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 20, 2019 Welcome to the first-ever Paw & Order holiday special! Hosts Peter and Camille get into Santa mode in this episode, giving out animal law-themed “gifts” to people, animals, countries—some funny, some serious. We’ve never had more fun recording an episode! The news doesn’t stop over the holidays, and the hosts also discuss... Read more »

December 20, 2019 Welcome to the first-ever Paw & Order holiday special! Hosts Peter and Camille get into Santa mode in this episode, giving out animal law-themed “gifts” to people, animals, countries—some funny, some serious. We’ve never had more fun recording an episode! The news doesn’t stop over the holidays, and the hosts also discuss... Read more »

For most of his life, Wayne Hsiung was a typical overachiever. He attended the University of Chicago, started his PhD in Economics, became a law professor at Northwestern, was mentored by Cass Sunstein. But then, something snapped. In the midst of a deep, overwhelming depression, Hsiung visited a slaughterhouse and was radicalized by the immense suffering he saw. He now faces decades in prison for rescuing sick, injured animals from slaughterhouses. Hsiung is the founder of Direct Action Everywhere, an organization best known for conducting public, open rescues of animals too sick for slaughter. These rescues are, in many cases, illegal, and Hsiung and his fellow activists are risking years of imprisonment. But the sacrifice is the point: Hsiung and his colleagues are trying to highlight the sickness of a society that criminalizes doing what any child would recognize as the right thing to do. In our conversation, I wanted to understand a simple question: How did he get here? What leads someone with a safe, comfortable life to risk everything for a cause? What does society look like to him now, knowing what he faces? And the big question: Is Hsiung the weird one? Or is it all of us — who see so much suffering and injustice and simply go about our lives — who have lost our way? References: New York Times story on a DxE rescue mission Video of the mission to save Lily the piglet Book recommendations: Everything is Obvious by Duncan J. Watts  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Grit by Angela Duckworth My book is available for pre-order! You can find it at www.EzraKlein.com. Want to contact the show? Reach out at ezrakleinshow@vox.com You can subscribe to Ezra's new podcast Impeachment, explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app. Credits: Producer and Editor - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma Engineer - Jeremy Dalmas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conversamos con Neve, integrante de Direct Action Everywhere Argentina. Una red de base internacional de activistas por los derechos de los animales fundada en 2013 en el área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Lxs activistas de DxE comenzaron con protestas disruptivas, pero ahora también usan tácticas de acción directa no violentas para promover su causa, como el rescate abierto de animales de granjas y otras instalaciones y la construcción de comunidades. Su intención es construir un movimiento que eventualmente pueda cambiar la cultura y cambiar las instituciones sociales y políticas. Defensores de los derechos de los animales irrumpieron en el escenario principal de la Exposición Rural de Palermo para denunciar el maltrato animal. Ingresaron al centro de la pista donde los productores exponían a sus animales con carteles amarillos para pedir “Basta de matar animales”, entre otras consignas. Los gauchos respondieron a la protesta da manera violenta: los corrieron con caballos y los amenazaron con facones.

On this week’s show we’re talking about the controversial subjects of speciesism and animal personhood. Up first I chat with Ryan “Cal” Callaghan on the definition of chicken and we try to understand the purpose of a vegan butcher’s shop. We close things out with an interview with Matt Johnson, the press coordinator for Direct Action Everywhere, an animal rights organization based in Berkeley, California. Enjoy.   Connect with Ben and MeatEater Ben on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump triggered by polls that showed him trailing behind Joe Biden. Parker Molloy of Media Matters on right-wingers and politicians complaining about censorship. Jon Stewart slams lawmakers for not sitting through 9/11 First Responders' benefits hearing. Direct Action Everywhere's Matt Johnson on protestors locking themselves to a slaughter line in an attempt to rescue ducks. 2020 hopeful Julián Castro releases plan to eliminate lead poisoning.Cohost: Jayar JacksonGuests: Parker Molloy & Matt Johnson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Camille and Peter discuss the rise of direct action animal advocacy in Canada, the legal issues raised, and the potential for legal pushback by industry and legislators. The hosts go over two recent high-profile cases: Ontario prosecutors withdrawing criminal charges against activist Jenny McQueen for rescuing a piglet, in a case that had been dubbed the #PigTrial2; and the #MeatTheVictims action in Abbotsford, B.C., where activists occupied an industrial pig farm that had been exposed for horrific pig abuse.

Camille and Peter discuss the rise of direct action animal advocacy in Canada, the legal issues raised, and the potential for legal pushback by industry and legislators. The hosts go over two recent high-profile cases: Ontario prosecutors withdrawing criminal charges against activist Jenny McQueen for rescuing a piglet, in a case that had been dubbed the #PigTrial2; and the #MeatTheVictims action in Abbotsford, B.C., where activists occupied an industrial pig farm that had been exposed for horrific pig abuse.

Hey! In this podcast, we interview the cofounder of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) Chris Van Breen. We learned a ton from this podcast, and hopefully you will too. As always, thank you so much for listening, we'll see you next week Friday!

Johanna Elizabeth is an organizer with the international animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DXE). Johanna is also the founder of the Toronto Animal Liberation Conference. She is a Level 1 Kingian Nonviolence trainer and has a background in instructional design and event planning.This is the “40 year plan” to which Johanna refersDirect Action EverywhereAnimal Liberation Toronto Conference 3.5% and the success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica ChenowethExcuse of the Day: What about abortion tho!The Livegan Podcast Patreon Page The Livegan Podcast Facebook PageThe Livegan Podcast Instagram Page

Priya Sawhney is an organizer and activist with Direct Action Everywhere, an organization working for revolutionary social and political change on behalf of animals. We discuss recent activities which have led to the arrest of several members and confrontations with several large companies. To learn more contact: James Cox Cell: 267 323 6936 Email: jamescoxprivateemail@gmail.com

Ingrid Newkirk, president and founder of PETA joins us to discuss her world tour and her only Canadian stop. Eva Hamer, open rescue activist investigator, and organizer with Direct Action Everywhere uses music therapy to heal the animal rights community.Read more →

Jenny McQueen has been vegan and an activist for animals since the 90's. She is a firm believer in non-violent activism, co-founder of Animal Rights Toronto, and helps organize Toronto's National Animal Rights Day, Direct Action Everywhere, Toronto Veggie Parade, and National Anti-Fur Day. She has disrupted the Toronto fashion show, a Toronto Blue Jay's game, and Al Gore by handing him a copy of Cowspiracy. Contact Jenny directly: animalrightstoronto@gmail.comCheck out the event Calendar hereNews of the DayExcuse of the Day: Hunting is necessary for conservation tho!Activist Tip of the Day: Wear a vegan slogan on your clothesThe Livegan Podcast Patreon Page The Livegan Podcast Facebook PageThe Livegan Podcast Instagram Page

This week we bring you a slew of reports from anti-Columbus Day actions across so-called North America. We also fill you in on an inspiring prison uprising that took over McCormick prison in South Carolina. Prisoners even got on the roof! The political crisis in Catalonia continues, this week with violent fascist and pro-Spanish reaction. White supremacists descended on Charlottesville again this weekend, and there are some upcoming calls to anti-fascist action in the south, so listen until the end. Plus, we got all of our regular features like political prisoner birthdays, announcements for upcoming anarchist book fairs, and the repression roundup. {October 11, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:53} #FuckColumbusDay {6:40} Charlottesville Anti-Fascism Interview {12:20} The Opioid Crisis and White Despair {15:58} Repression Roundup {20:55} Prisoner Birthdays {24:55} Next Week's News {25:47} Upcoming anarchist book fairs: The sixth annual anarchist book and propaganda gathering in Santiago, Chile will take place on October 14 and 15. The Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair takes place October 28 and 29 at Leimert Park Plaza. The London Anarchist Bookfair also takes place on Saturday, October 28 at Park View School. Alerta! Alerta! Anti-fascists in Florida are calling for anti-racists to oppose Richard Spencer, who will speak at the University of Florida in Gainesville on October 19. Unicorn Riot reports that up to half a million dollars may be spent on security for Spencer's event, even though no one at the University of Florida has invited him to speak. Ongoing grassroots disaster relief efforts: Florida: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Texas: Bayou Action Street Health, Greater Houston Grassroots Relief, World on My Shoulders, Austin Common Ground, the Black Women's Defense League, Redneck Revolt Houston, West Street Response Team, Houston Food Not Bombs Puerto Rico: Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: here and here. Mexico: Oaxaca Earthquake Autonomous Solidarity Campaign #FuckColumbusDay actions reportback found here. A must-read for this year's Columbus Day is this article by Indigenous Action Media about the limitations of Indigenous People's Day. Also check out the essay Resistance is Disaster Relief, published on Columbus Day by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Action items and reportback from the anti-fascists who opposed the white nationalist photo-op in Charlottesville, VA this weekend. Go here to donate to the bail and legal fund for those arrested in St. Louis after the no-guilty verdict for killer cop Jason Stockley. Go here for the bail fund for those arrested protesting the murder of queer anarchist Scout Schultz. We mention the new episode of Submedia's excellent show Trouble. This month's episode is on counter-insurgency. Submedia does great work, so throw them some taco money while they are fundraising this month. There's a call to disrupt the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia from October 21 to 24, including a march starting at Thomas Paine Plaza at 10 AM on October 21. Read the call to action here.. You can find the DropJ20 drop-the-charges call-in campaign here. Freshet Collective is organizing legal support for the nearly 400 cases are still pending from Standing Rock. Natasha Lennard covers how 6 of the cases are nearly unprecedented federal charges faced by native activists. Other anarchist podcast episodes mentioned in this Hotwire: Episode 32 of The Ex-Worker, titled “White Supremacy and Capitalism, From 1492 to Ferguson.” Ex-Worker episode #56 about Charlottesville. Hotwire #4 has an interview with an anarchist DREAMer about how to support undocumented folks. Hotwire #5 covers the fatal police shooting of Scout Schultz, a queer anarchist Georgia Tech student. IGDcast's Audio Report From CVille: Media & Police Facilitate Nazi Photo Op. CrimethInc. essays mentioned in this Hotwire: How and Why to Organize Your Own Copwatch Group Green Scared? Preliminary Lessons of the Green Scare Catalunya: Facing Two Bad Options, Choose the Third. On the Showdown between Spain and Catalunya Democracy, Red in Tooth and Claw. On the Catalan Referendum: The Old State, a New State, or No State at All? From 15M to Podemos: The Regeneration of Spanish Democracy and the Maligned Promise of Chaos The Opioid Crisis: White Despair and the Scapegoating of People of Color Scout Schultz: Remembering Means Fighting. Mourning a Queer Activist and Anarchist Murdered by the Police The 2018 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar is now available for bulk pre-orders. Your group can buy 10 or more at the rate of $10 each. Single issues are available from LeftWingBooks.net and AK Press. This year's theme is “Awakening Resistance,” and features art and writings by Jesus Barraza, Fight Toxic Prisons, Serena Tang, Andrea Ritchie, Roger Peet, Sophia Dawson, Rasmea Support Committee, EE Vera, Herman Bell, Fernando Marti, Alexandra Valiente, Billie Belo, Arlene Gallone Support Committee, Marius Mason, David Gilbert, UB Topia, April Rosenblum, Design Action Collective, Sundiata Acoli, CrimethInc, Annie Banks, Mutope Duguma, Xinachtli, Zola and more. You can sponsor copies for prisoners for only $8, postage included! Just be sure to specify their full legal name and prisoner number. Any questions can be sent to info@certaindays.org. Video of the two baby piglets freed by Direct Action Everywhere this past summer. Corrections & clarifications: In our reporting on the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement's march in Gothenburg last week, we were ignorant of some pretty important details. Namely, the fact that they specifically chose to march on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and that their originally proposed march route was chosen to pass by a synagogue, a clear act of intimidation, if not staging for an outright attack. Anti-Semitism is growing along with right-wing nationalism, and the targeting of Jewish sites and symbols is something anarchists should not ignore—not in the least because of the rich history of Jewish anarchism and anti-fascism! Check out this delightfully cheeky book review for a brief introduction to the history of Jewish anarchism. Here is the October 2017 Political Prisoner Birthday Poster, which you can use to organize a letter writing night. For a good introduction to writing prisoners, check out this guide from New York City Anarchist Black Cross. Political prisoner birthdays: Robert Seth Hayes #74-A–2280 Sullivan Correctional Facility Post Office Box 116 Fallsburg, New York 12733–0116 {October 15} Jermaine Parker #1185800 MECC 18701 Old Highway 66 Pacific, MO 63069 {October 15}      

Recorded in DxE‘s house in Berkeley, CA, here’s my interview with powerhouse activist Priya Sawhney. It was incredibly inspiring and energizing to stay in the DxE house for a few [...] Continue reading → The post MikeyPod 237 | Direct Action Everywhere Organizer Priya Sawhney appeared first on MikeyPod.

Recorded in DxE‘s house in Berkeley, CA, here’s my interview with powerhouse activist Priya Sawhney. It was incredibly inspiring and energizing to stay in the DxE house for a few [...] Continue reading → The post MikeyPod 237 | Direct Action Everywhere Organizer Priya Sawhney appeared first on MikeyPod.

Laura-Jane (the Rawtarian) opens the program with yummy raw treats for cooling off your summer and revving up your vitality. We then welcome Wayne Hsiung, founder of the sometimes controversial but always for-the-animals AR group, Direct Action Everywhere.

Facebook was abuzz recently over a Facebook Live video filmed by Chase Avior of Direct Action Everywhere that documented him and another person conducting an oppressive and antagonistic "action" in front of The Otheroom in Venice, CA. The action ended with avoidable violence and highlights exactly why a pro-intersectional approach to activism is so crucial in the animal rights movement. The post 122 Responding to DxE’s Oppressive Activism-Gone-Wrong Video appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

The Bearded Vegans finds hosts Paul and Andy in a discussion dissecting all things vegan. News, reviews, interviews and in depth discussion of issues within the vegan community are regular […]

REPLAY: This episode is from the vault and originally premiered on January 17th, 2024.Unlock the secrets of enterprise with a conscience with Maria Cebrian, the visionary behind the vegan supplement company, Terraseed. Hear her riveting journey from personal conviction to creating a supplement brand that stands as a beacon of sustainability and transparency in the vegan community, particularly through the tumult of a global pandemic. Maria's narrative is a powerful reminder that dedication to one's values can forge success, even when faced with daunting challenges like supply shortages and a competitive market. Venture further into the heart of controversy as we confront the ethical quandaries of the meat industry alongside activists from Direct Action Everywhere. Prepare for a candid discussion that dispels the fog around vegan nutrition, while contrasting the diverse cultural attitudes towards health and supplementation in the US and Europe. This is not just talk; it's an invigorating examination that could reshape your understanding of sustaining a healthy, plant-based lifestyle. Finally, embrace the optimism for a greener future as we highlight the incredible advancements in eco-friendly packaging within the supplement industry, championed by leaders like Terraseed. We'll reflect on the success stories, like the Lomi countertop composting device, that demonstrate a significant shift in consumer behavior toward sustainability. This episode is a rallying cry for anyone who cares about their health and the health of our planet, offering practical ways to contribute to change and an insight into the role the younger generation is playing in the movement. Join us for a conversation that's not just about living — it's about living with intention.Guest Bio: Maria is a third-time entrepreneur and a Forbes 1000 honoree. She has 14 years of experience in the digital and wellness industries, and her second company was acquired by Gaia, the world's biggest conscious media platform. Now, she is set out to build companies that support the health of the people and the planet. Her current company Terraseed has created the most ethical and sustainable supplements on earth and was the first vegan company to be selected by the prestigious accelerator Techstars! Try Terraseed today! Get 50% off your first month of vegan vitamins at: https://lddy.no/11h0l or use code CARLY50Thanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Music by Matthew Baxley