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Zipporah Weisberg discusses Critical Animal Studies, feminism, animal liberation, and the harms of biotechnology
This week on Always for Animal Rights, I am excited to share my recent interview with the independent scholar and animal liberation activist Zippporah Weisberg. Zipporah, who currently lives in Spain, completed her PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University in Toronto in 2013….This item has files of …continue
S1E4: Personhood with Maneesha Deckha
In this episode Maneesha Deckha explains the legal concept of personhood, why animal advocates are trying to include animals within the category and the potential of a different concept, ‘Legal Beingness’, to side-step some of the challenges of Personhood as a concept. Date recorded: 2 April 2020 Guest: Maneesha Deckha …continue
Go Vegan Radio #639
Non-Profit Go Vegan Radio Announces MOTHER EARTH AID LIVE Concert Series Online – starting Earth Day, April 22, every night at 6 pacific, thru May 31 featuring World-Class Musicians & 12-part series examining Animal Agriculture & the Environment with Dr. Sailesh Rao of Climate Healers + 5G & COVID-19? – …continue
Peter Knights: The Next Pandemic Is On It’s Way, Unless We Shut Down Wildlife Markets
There’s not much that we can be certain about in such uncertain times but there are a few things. One is that unless we change the way that that we treat animals, the next pandemic is most definitely coming. Only next time, it could be much worse, much more infectious and …continue
Episode 144: Racing Greyhounds with Justine Groizard
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Justine Groizard. Justine if a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle in Australia. We discuss Justine’s article ‘Greyhounds and Racing Industry Participants: A Look at the New South Wales Greyhound Racing Community’ which appeared in the journal Animal Studies in 2019. This …continue
Radical Anti-speciesism
Season 1, Episode 14. In this episode, we hear from Giulia, who is based in Italy and part of the anti-speciesist collective, Insectionals. We hear from Giulia about the need for direct action but also for effective public education; some of the issues around humans being centred in the movement; …continue
