Friday, April 05, 2013

slavery: a capitalist parable



in the most remote regions of brazil,
slave labor is employed to cut down grand swaths
of the precious rain forest to make room for
growing eucalyptus, which is then burned by male slaves

male slaves,
who exploit the body, mind, and spirit
of female slaves forced into prostitution

male slaves,
who make charcoal for the steel mills of brazil

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One of my recent activist photos:

Which side are you on?

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Monday, April 01, 2013

Toward Liberation: For Animals and Language

In her poem, “The ABCs of Atrocity,” my friend Vi Ransel writes:

Animals are the means we use to teach
our children not only the basics of speech,
but to give them the tools they’re going to need
to begin elementary reading.

We ask “What does the cow say?”
“P is for pig” we tell them
while their animal friends scream in agony
as we mechanically and mercilessly slaughter them,

Later in life, of course, we are intensely conditioned on how not to use language when it comes to animals. Certain words, it seems, are reserved solely for human issues. To follow, are three words I believe we must re-imagine.

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One of my recent activist photos:

Say no to the circus

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Puppy mill demo photos here

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Coyote Ugly: The NY Times Endorses Speciesism

It’s fascinating to witness the mental gymnastics required to rationalize speciesism. So often, when animals are abused, confined, tortured, or killed, the perpetrators and benefactors hide behind lies about the victims’ lack of feelings, awareness, and sentience.

However, when humans set about justifying systematic, premeditated murder, they never hesitate to produce headlines like this from a March 22, 2013 New York Times article: “The Sly Coyote Becomes a Bounty Hunters’ Target in Utah”

As if to even out the playing field between coyotes and legions of armed humans, the “dumb” animal becomes “sly” and thus, a more worthy target for state-funded serial killers.

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One of my recent activist photos:

Veggie Pride 2013

New OWS/health care photos here

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