World Week for the Abolition of Meat: 21-27 May
anon@indymedia.org (meat-abolition) | 12.05.2012 22:55 | London
The World Weeks for the Abolition of Meat (WWAMs) are intended as a means of promoting a political debate around the idea of abolishing the production and consumption of sentient beings and other animal products.
World Week for the Abolition of Meat:
21-27 May 2012
This year has seen increased participation in the January World Week for the Abolition of Meat and the demand for the abolition of meat continues to attract media interest.
Remember that 99.99% of animals exploited are exploited for meat.
The next WWAM will be held from 21 to 27 May, and we hope it will be an opportunity for a larger worldwide mobilisation.
On 2 June 2012, a large demonstration, the March for the closing down of slaughterhouses, will take place in Paris. This will be an occasion to address the public and proclaim that the production and consumption of meat (and "fish" as well as other animal products) cause immense harm to animals, are not morally defendable, and must therefore be abolished as soon as possible.
We hope that demonstrations such as these will soon be organised around the world and will foster a rapid increase in awareness: the animal question is a crucial moral and political question which must be taken into account on all levels of society.
We are delighted that monthly events for the abolition of all forms of animal exploitation -- which explicitly demand the abolition of animal farming, hunting, and fishing -- are now organised in France and Switzerland.
The Veggie Pride March that will be held in Marseille, France on 19 May 2012 will also explicitly place itself within the framework of the demand for the abolition of meat.
You can listen to interviews we have given in French and English in order to detail the reasons why we lay emphasis on this demand.
How to advance the worldwide promotion to abolish meat?
You can support meat-abolition.org which receives no government subsidies.
You can also order activist materials such as T-shirts, pins, stickers, and flyers.
And of course send us your logo and website address, join us on Facebook and remember to announce your events.
If you use some or all of this call, please cite the source.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Worldwide promotion of the demand for the abolition of the production and consumption of animal flesh;
that is to say, the prohibition of products that come from hunting, fishing and farming
because they require the exploitation, suffering and death of sentient beings.
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Short introductory texts:
For a world-wide movement for the abolition of meat
Presentation
Frequently Asked Questions
Detailed brochure:
"Meat Abolition"
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confused
13.05.2012 09:49
I'd like to see you try it!
One could even argue that to do such a thing makes YOU viable prey.
To do such a thing is to deny the very nature of the planet in which we inhabit. If any of you veggies were taking a stroll through the jungle, and a hungry lion sees you, do you think he will go hungry because of moral issues? Survive or die.
The way of our world is quite simple really. It is not nice, nor comforting to many but it is ours.
carnivore
Dying campaign
13.05.2012 15:39
Enjoys a steak
Numbers
13.05.2012 18:08
Vegan
meat eaters
13.05.2012 19:37
Go vegan and you can tell your kids that you chose to be compasionate and did your bit to save the world(and yourself). It's easier than you think.
me
rather die
13.05.2012 20:33
It'd be like being in a mental prison.
Go out and catch animals with my hands?
Fortunately, I have ancestors who have developed means and ways to catch animals. Rabbits, deers, grouse and such things are relatively easy to nab.
Make a fire, a spitroast, and you've got yourself a nice meal. Much more nutritious and filling than leaves would be. - personal choice i suppose.
hunter
my choice
13.05.2012 20:50
me
gets your facts straight
13.05.2012 20:58
Thats not true. That is a made up lie to try and persuade people to stop eating meat. There is no scientific evidence to support that. Eating meat is not helping the planet die.
>> Are your taste buds that important?
Not just taste buds. Health benefits. Check out the Paleo lifestyle. I can't follow it if i don't eat meat - thats the whole point.
>> If you think it's natural for mankind to eat meat try and catch with your hands any animal you like to consume. Not easy is it?
Actually it is. It is called hunting and gathering. Something humans did for thousands of years before they got into farming for about the last 10,000 - which is a blink of an eye in comparison. Go and read some history books. Agriculture is the unnatural part of our evolution. Eating meat from huntering and gathering is natural because we did that for much longer by a 1000 fold.
> But I have a brain that I can use to catch the objects of my greed you say. If using that arguement I can use my brain to catch you and enslave/molest/kill etc. Or using nukes is fine as we can etc etc.
You what? Nonsense.
> Go vegan and you can tell your kids that you chose to be compasionate and did your bit to save the world(and yourself). It's easier than you think.
No. It is a death sentence for my health.
before posting nonsense
ludicous
13.05.2012 21:06
Thats rubbish. Do some research because your argument is full of holes.
It is against the law to kill a person. But it isn't to kill an animal for food (if done within the law).
People have been eatin meat for 100 of 1000s of years. Who are you to dictate what they can and cant do.
stealth
losers
13.05.2012 23:03
get me out of here
The Vegan choice
14.05.2012 06:28
Pregnant woman
Pre-pubescent girls
Individuals with very low body mass (below 14)
Men and Women over 65 years age
The healthy choice for all is a vegetarian diet.
Vegetarian Doctor
Veggie is as bad as flesh eating.
14.05.2012 07:36
We do not eat people, we do not drink the milk of humans other than our own mothers, we do not make food from the flesh of people or steal their milk to make cheese why should we do the same for Cows, Goats, Horses, Sheep etc ?
Vegetarianism is a stage (and it should be a short one) to becoming Vegan not a final point. If you eat dead flesh or the products of animals you are a murderer and a rapist, it really is that simple.
Vegan
"Veggie is as bad as flesh eating"
14.05.2012 08:12
Can't understand why everyone isn't Vegan
Why we change
14.05.2012 08:58
I am aware of the moral issues involved but now I am older and more mature I understand the more complex issues involved and am now quite comfortable eating meat. I understand the numbers of people maintaining a Vegan lifestyle for more than 18 months is less than 10% of those who start.
former Vegan
"Veggie is as bad as flesh eating"
14.05.2012 10:44
Bunny
ignore this article
14.05.2012 17:13
1) The article and visible comments don't convey true public opinion
2) It is a form of cyber bullying
bad manners
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