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Join the Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading & Discussion Group

Want to broaden your understanding of the theory and philosophy that is the foundation of the animals rights movement? Want to discuss tactics and talk animal lib strategy? What about drawing connections to other social movements?

This Thursday, Feb 18 from 6pm-8pm, VegWorcester will hold the first meeting of the second annual Animal Liberation Theory & [...]

February 17, 2010   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights  No Comments

Veg Books Top the Amazon.com Best Seller List

There are three notable veg books that are creeping up the Amazon.com 100 best sellers list. Each of them look like pretty kick-ass books, especially Jonathan Safran Foer’s. At a time when the United States is abusing and killing over 10 billion animals every year for food, it’s good news that vegetarianism is getting so [...]

November 5, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Misc  2 Comments

Worcester’s Vegetarian Renaissance Continues: VegWorcester General Meeting + Potluck July 23

The Details
July’s monthly VegWorcester general meeting is happening on Thursday, July 23 at 6pm at Dynamy (27 Sever Street, Worcester). Dynamy is acting as Stone Soup’s temporary space and it located at 27 Sever Street, Worcester. It’s a potluck, so bring a vegan dish to share. (No worries if you can’t, there will be plenty [...]

July 15, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Buddha Hut, Events, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Animal Lib Reading Group Tomorrow, Last Chance to Join

Tomorrow is the 2nd meeting of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group.В  It is also the last chance for new members to join the group. Tomorrow we are discussing the first 2 chapters of Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. We will meet every Thursday for the next 7 weeks at the Stone Soup [...]

February 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Events  No Comments

Animal Lib Reading Group: Week One

Last night’s kick-off of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group was awesome. There’s a solid group of people who are pysched about animal rights philosophy, how it relates to other aspects of the social justice movement and who want to critically discuss tactics and strategies to achieve liberation.
The group decided yesterday that over [...]

February 13, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  2 Comments

Reminder: Animal Lib Reading Group Starts Today 6pm + Handout

A quick reminder: the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group starts today at 6pm. It runs until 8pm and will take place at the Stone Soup Community Center at 4 King Street, Worcester (map).
Read the initial announcement for more info.
Today we’ll decide which 4 books we will be reading and get an overview of [...]

February 12, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group Starting This Thursday

This Thursday (Feb 12) from 6pm-8pm will be the first meeting of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading group at Stone Soup (4 King Street). All are welcome. The goal of this 8 week reading and discussion group is to develop a strong philosophical understanding of the animal rights movement. Animal rights is a [...]

February 9, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  3 Comments