Μια παγιωμένη παρανόηση είναι ότι ο veganism σημαίνει απλά την αλλαγή των ατομικών καταναλωτικών συνήθειων και ότι αυτό θα οδηγήσει στη κοινωνική αλλαγή. Ωστόσο, αυτή η σύγχυση του veganism με τον καταναλωτισμό ως στρατηγική για την αλλαγή, είναι μια αρκετά πρόσφατη εξέλιξη που έχει τις ρίζες της στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του '70 με την άνοδο της νεοφιλελεύθερης ιδεολογίας· και προέρχεται εκτός του veganism. (Διαβάστε περισσότερα ...)
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Power to the Corporations?: The Neoliberalization of Social Movements
A dominant misconception is that veganism simply means changing individual consumer habits and that this will lead to social change. However, this confusion of veganism with consumerism as a strategy for change is a fairly recent development that has its roots in the late 1970s with rise of neoliberal ideology; coming from outside of veganism. (Read more...)
Veganism is a Collective Process
Class Bias and Nonhuman Animal Advocacy
The following is from "A Discussion with Tom Regan" in Ahimsa Oct/Dec 1987; I think it illustrates the class bias inherent in well-resourced nonhuman animal advocacy:
Tom Regan: People think of activists as antagonists in confrontation, and so on. I think of activists in terms of people with a dollar bill in the wallet; that's the way I think of the real activists.
An activist is anyone who goes into the marketplace with a dollar in hand, who says "I'm going to buy this rather than that because it has something to do with the way that animals are treated."
This would mean that the more disposable income a person has the more potential that person has of being a "real activist." (Read more...)
Veganism: It's No Accident
More On Neoliberal Appropriation
The Neoliberal Appropriation of Veganism
Veganism: Theory and Practice
"Without a revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement" means that a revolution is achieved with neither verbalism nor activism, but rather with praxis, that is with reflection and action directed at the structure to be transformed. – Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
