‘Curtain’ for Curtin?: Two animal activists linked to an ‘open rescue’ at UK’s Camp Beagle have been arrested
‘Curtain’ for Curtin?: Two animal activists linked to an ‘open rescue’ at UK’s Camp Beagle have been arrested
Veteran animal activist John Curtin has been arrested at Camp Beagle, an encampment right outside of MBR Acres (Cambridge, UK), where Curtin has been living for the past five years in protest of animal experimentation. Officers were called to the facility on September 29 after reports that ‘a number of dogs’ were allegedly taken from the site. A 43-year-old woman from Inverness was also arrested on suspicion of burglary, with the incident believed to be linked to an ‘open rescue’ at the site. ANIMAL ACTIVISM COLLECTIVE: Veteran animal activist John Curtin has been arrested at Camp Beagle, an encampment right outside […]
Open Every Cage: Animal activist group ‘To The Grave’ releases new album, ‘Liberation Front’
Open Every Cage: Animal activist group ‘To The Grave’ releases new album, ‘Liberation Front’
Releasing their fifth full album, the band ‘To The Grave’ drops ‘Liberation Front,’ a 10-track beatdown of misanthropy and a call to action for their inflictions on our planet and the saving and survival of the creatures we share the same atmosphere with. ‘Liberation Front’ is To The Grave’s most direct collection of tracks the band has produced over their 15+ year career. The album is unrelenting, uncompromising, and is at your throat throughout its entirety. The Australian vegan outfit embodies themselves as the karmic revenge for animals and Mother Nature. CONNOR DOUGLAS: Humans are said to be the pinnacle species […]
‘The Imaginary Wall: How We Lost Our Kinship With Animals’
‘The Imaginary Wall: How We Lost Our Kinship With Animals’
The process of evolution that unleashed the world’s biodiversity literally has no mechanism for creating a species that is categorically distinct from all others. Darwin said it himself: there are always intermediate forms. For decades, taboos prevented science from naming the continuities between us and our animal kin for what they are. In effect, our kinship with other animals was obscured by a conspiracy of silence. Why? In part because the imaginary wall was such a huge boon for the business of building empire and industrial society. By erasing the agency, subjectivity, and individuality of the rest of the animal world, […]
