Vegan Misanthropy is Speciesist & Ignores Patriarchy | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 20, 2015 Every now and then, goddesses help me, I make the rounds of high- and low-profile vegan and animal rights social media pages. Witho ...

Veganism, Harm Reduction, Moral Baselines, etc. | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 24, 2015 “Veganism must be the baseline if we are to have any hope of shifting the paradigm away from animals as things and toward animals a ...

TOON: Wisconsin's Malice | Gregory Crawford

Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust May 19, 2015 "Wisconsin's Malice." Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford. © 2015 World News Trust "Wisconsin's Malice" by Gregory Crawford is licensed under a Cre ...

Avian Flu Side Effects: Propaganda & Denial | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 16, 2015 The Washington Post -- a bastion of corporate media credibility (sic) -- recently ran an article about a wave of mass bird deaths. N ...

Lifestyle Changes (Like Going Vegan) Won’t End Capitalism | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 12, 2015 The federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, for the first time, has recommended avoiding meat and dairy products which, as ...

A Different Form of Holocaust Denial | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 26, 2015 I just learned of an upcoming NYC event called the “Animal Holocaust Memorial Service/March.” The first line of description on its ...

The Veggie Pride Talk I Didn’t Give | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 18, 2015 For the first time in many years, I’ve declined an offer to be the lead speaker at the annual Veggie Pride Parade in NYC’s Union S ...

Food Deserts + Solidarity = Food Justice | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2015 “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of ot ...

Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event' | Deirdre Fulton

But 'proactive intervention' could still avert marine disaster, researchers find "Although defaunation has been less severe in the oceans than on land, our effects on marine animals are increasing in ...

#BlackLivesMatter, Veganism, & Intersectionality | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. An Interview with A. Breeze Harper Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2015 "If vegans who aren't Black want to show support, they first need to understand that race matter ...

Only in Iceland: beer flavoured with smoked whale testicles | CBC Radio

Stedji brewery's new flavour: whale testicle. (Stedji/Wikipedia) Jan. 12, 2015 (CBC Radio) -- It's the latest craft beer from Iceland, brewed in small batches using pure spring water. Oh, and flavour ...