CALL FOR PAPERS, ART, VIDEOS, INTERVIEWS, AND NARRATIVES “Eco-Ability the Intersection of Earth, Animal, and Dis-Ability” This special edition of JCAS will focus on intersections amongst animal liberation issues, environmentalism, ecology, dis-ability studies, and the newly forming theory, field[...]
Archive for the ‘Campus Activism’ Category
April 30th, 2012 - 9:48 pm § in Academics, Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Campus Activism, Campus Events, Media Releases, Protest and Rally, Student Activism/Group
Alliance of Animal Rights Groups Target Princeton University
Since 2010, Princeton University has been cited over twenty times to be in violation of the bare minimum requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare Act. Amongst the staggering list of charges, reports unveiled that the University has neglected ailing animals, del[...]
The End of Speciesism, Capitalism and Environmental Destruction: An Introduction to Critical Animal Studies
This presentation, sponsored by the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, makes the argument that Western culture, still in the midst of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, needs to reassess its hierarchy of rights and freedoms in consideration of the nonhuman animals we eat, wear, hunt and with whom [...]
Michigan State Circus Victory
Persistence pays off as animal circus throws in the towel.[...]
February 25th, 2012 - 4:40 pm § in Academics, Books, Conference, Critical Animal Studies, Critical Animal Studies, Critical Animal Studies, Critical Animal Studies, Interviews, Media Releases, Radio
Kim Socha and Dylan Powell Interviewed on Animal Voices
MAD Update, SLAPP Lawsuits, and the 2012 North American Critical Animal Studies Conference Dylan Powell is back on the show to not only give us an update on the Marineland Animal Defense campaign but to also talk about the ways that MAD and Shark Allies Niagara have dealt with the threat of SLAPP l[...]
January 28th, 2012 - 7:39 pm § in Academics, Awards, Books, Campus Activism, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Films, Music
2012 ICAS Award Winners
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies is pleased to announce our 2012 Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies Awards of the Year. Awards will be bestowed on March 3, 2012 during the conference at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY (March 2-4). We thank the many nominees for sub[...]
January 24th, 2012 - 7:21 pm § in Campus Activism
New Organization Targets College Students
A new grassroots organization, Evolve For Animals, has formed to implement a comprehensive and creative education-based approach to animal rights advocacy. While this small group is amidst plans to develop book drives, vegan soup kitchens, plant-a-tree programs, film screenings, leafleting, and sp[...]
NEW BOOK: Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde
Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde: A Paradigm for Animal Liberation By: Kim Socha Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2012, XIV, 258 pp. Pb: 978-90-420-3423-5 € 54 / US$ 81 ____________ ABOUT THE BOOK This interdisciplinary study fuses analysis of feminist literature and manifestos, radical political th[...]
Students Are On The Path To Animal Liberation At Hunter College
While some student-governed animal rights groups are relegated to a second-class status amongst collegiate clubs and organizations, Paths to Animal Liberation (PAL) worked to defy this norm by fulfilling their school’s requirements, policies, and guidelines to be officially recognized. On the ca[...]
Subverting Capitalism, Activism, and the Media With Andy Stepanian @ New York University
Andy Stepanian, cofounder of the Sparrow Media Project and defendant in the landmark SHAC7 case, will be coming to New York University’s Kimmel Center on Tuesday, April 26th to speak on matters pertaining to contemporary activist endeavors. Specifically, he will reflect on his experiences [...]
Gene Baur at SUNY Cortland Tonight
Gene Baur Author and Co-Founder of Farm Sanctuary Book Signing and Talk April 13, 2011 7 to 8pm Moffett Hall 2125 SUNY Cortland, New York[...]
