The following essay by Dr. Steve Best, Ph.D can be found on his website. Five million years ago, our ancestors branched off from ancient apes; within the next two million years, hominid lines of evolution underwent tremendous changes in the transition to evolve into a species that was not only bipedal, but also big-brained and [...]
“Animal liberation is the most difficult liberation struggle of all because speciesism is primordial and universal. Speciesism is arguably the first of any form of domination or hierarchy and it has spread like a deadly virus throughout the entire planet and all of human history. The problem is not limited to Western culture or to [...]
As black Americans and anti-racists continue to struggle for justice and equality, the moral and political spotlight is shifting to a far more ancient, pervasive, intensive, and violent form of slavery that confines, tortures, and kills animals by the billions in an ongoing global holocaust. We speak of animal liberation no differently than human liberation. [...]
“There are important parallels between speciesism and sexism and racism in the elevation of white male rationality to the touchstone of moral worth. The arguments European colonialists used to legitimate exploiting Africans – that they were less than human and inferior to white Europeans in ability to reason – are the very same justifications humans [...]