Terrorists Or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of AnimalsSteven Best, Anthony J. Nocella Foreword by Ward Churchill; cover design by Sue Coe The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? features both academic and activist perspectives and offers powerful insights into this international organization and its position within the animal rights movement. Calling on sources as venerable as Thomas Aquinas and as current as the Patriot Act--and, in some cases, personal experience--the contributors explore the history of civil disobedience and sabotage, and examine the philosophical and cultural meanings of words like "terrorism," "democracy" and "freedom," in a book that ultimately challenges the values and assumptions that pervade our culture. Contributors include Robin Webb, Rod Coronado, Ingrid Newkirk, Paul Watson, Karen Davis, Bruce Friedrich, pattrice jones and others. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page ii
... lives, this book should find a place in university classrooms, activist bookshelves, and Homeland Security offices everywhere. The greatest aspect of this great collection may be its success in generating a foundation for greater ...
... lives, this book should find a place in university classrooms, activist bookshelves, and Homeland Security offices everywhere. The greatest aspect of this great collection may be its success in generating a foundation for greater ...
Page vii
... Live Oak Alliance, Toshi, Mario, Peter McLaren, Mike Lee, Leslie James Pickering, Craig Rosebraugh, Robin Webb, Kevin Jonas, Michael Greger, Yvone Pollock, Paul Shapiro, Mike Becker, Mark Somma, Robert Jensen, Bob Linden, Rik Scarce ...
... Live Oak Alliance, Toshi, Mario, Peter McLaren, Mike Lee, Leslie James Pickering, Craig Rosebraugh, Robin Webb, Kevin Jonas, Michael Greger, Yvone Pollock, Paul Shapiro, Mike Becker, Mark Somma, Robert Jensen, Bob Linden, Rik Scarce ...
Page 3
... live simians is to seriously undermine the psychointellectual foundation upon which the nazi doctors stood when using dehumanized humans to the same purpose at Dachau and elsewhere (and upon which the nazis' American counterparts stand ...
... live simians is to seriously undermine the psychointellectual foundation upon which the nazi doctors stood when using dehumanized humans to the same purpose at Dachau and elsewhere (and upon which the nazis' American counterparts stand ...
Page 7
... live liberations. Volunteers carry out actions across the world to bring animal liberation a little closer to the victims of untold agony. Since there isn't a way to contact the ALF in your area, it is up to each of us to take the ...
... live liberations. Volunteers carry out actions across the world to bring animal liberation a little closer to the victims of untold agony. Since there isn't a way to contact the ALF in your area, it is up to each of us to take the ...
Page 8
... live out their natural lives, free from suffering. To inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by ...
... live out their natural lives, free from suffering. To inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by ...
Contents
| 1 | |
History | 65 |
A Personal Overview of Direct Action in the United Kingdom | 81 |
The ALF and the Legacy | 106 |
Coming to a Fur Farm | 128 |
Feminist Imperatives | 137 |
Motivation | 157 |
Direct Actions Speak Louder than Words | 178 |
Tactics | 229 |
Defending Agitation and the | 252 |
Revolutionary Process and the | 272 |
Implications of the | 288 |
The ALF Who Why and What? | 341 |
Letters From the Underground Parts I and II | 354 |
Contact Resources | 379 |
Index | 393 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuse activists activities ALF actions American anger animal liberation animal rights argue attacks Band become believe called campaign cause civil continue corporate create critical critical pedagogy damage death defense definition destroy destruction direct action earth effective environmental ethical example experience exploitation fact farms fear feel fight force freedom Front goal groups harm human hunt illegal important individuals industry involved issues justice killed laboratories lives means mink moral movement nature never nonviolent objects oppression organization Patriot Act person police political protest question radical raid reason repression rescue resistance response result sabotage SHAC social society stop strategy struggle suffering tactics term terrorism terrorist thing tion understand United University violence vivisectors women York
Popular passages
Page 137 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch. And I will be heard. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
Page 137 - I will be as harsh as the truth and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think or speak or write with moderation. I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch. And I will be heard.
Page 16 - is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the
Page 50 - As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. —Nelson Mandela
Page 373 - All criminal acts directed against a State and intended or calculated to create a state of terror in the minds of particular persons or a group of persons or the general public.
Page 230 - Cowardice asks the question, Is it safe? Expediency asks the question, Is it politic? Vanity asks the question, Is it popular? But conscience asks the question, Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him that it is