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August 19th, 2010 - 12:24 pm § in Campus Action Alerts, Campus Activism, Campus Events, Lectures/Debates, Veganism

PETA Vice President to Take on Texas A&M Debate Team

PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich will kick off a series of “Is Eating Meat Ethical?” debates at Texas A&M University this Fall. Students and community members are encouraged to attend this debate.[...]

July 28th, 2010 - 10:52 am § in Call for Papers/Proposals, Campus Events, Conference

Call for Presentations – Sex, Gender, and Species Conference

Call for Papers Sex, Gender, Species Deadline for Abstract Submissions: October 1, 2010 The growing field of animal studies has turned critical attention to the real conditions and stakes of human-animal relations. It has also become a new and important focus for debates over identity and difference[...]

July 18th, 2010 - 6:05 pm § in Campus Activism, Campus Events, Conference, Lectures/Debates, Student Activism/Group

Campus Progress Snubs Animal Rights

July 7 saw the confluence of thousands of student progressives in Washington D.C. to share information and learn about progressive causes and strategy at the 2010 Campus Progress National Conference. Sadly, the wide array of campaigns presented at the conference by speakers, panelists, exhibitors, a[...]

July 16th, 2010 - 3:18 pm § in Academics, Lectures/Debates

Tom Regan to speak at PSU

Philosopher Tom Regan, Emeritus Professor, North Carolina State University, and author of many books on animal rights and on the ethicist G. E. Moore, will give two talks at Pennsylvania State University.[...]

July 15th, 2010 - 7:48 am § in Anti-Dissection/Vivisection, Campus Activism, Protest and Rally, Student Activism/Group

Protesters Target Yale Animal Labs and Expose Ivy League Abusers

Members of the newly formed Connecticut Animal Rights Network (CARN) along with New Haven residents protested at Yale University’s George St. building. Activists carried signs reading “Yale Tortures Animals”, “End Ivy League Animal Abuse”, and “Shut Down Yale Animal Labs.” Leaflets wer[...]

July 8th, 2010 - 6:50 am § in Campus Events, Lectures/Debates

Laura Shields of ICAS Speaks in Brentwood, Missouri

Bringing Academia and Community Activism together for Animal Liberation Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7PM to 9PM Brentwood Community Center, 2505 South Brentwood Brentwood, Missouri Join St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) for a lecture by Laura Shields of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) [...]

April 25th, 2010 - 7:36 pm § in Books, Campus Events, Environmentalism, Peace/Social Justice, Veganism

Sistah Vegan book talk at AK Press

Here is a talk of Amie Breeze Harper presenting her new book Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society at AK Press Release. This talk concerns how her new book discusses racialization and white privilege in veganism and the animal rights movement. Check it out![...]

March 15th, 2010 - 8:00 pm § in Campus Events, Conference, Peace/Social Justice

Animal Liberation Conferences Coming Up!

The U.S. animal advocacy movement is truly growing. One can judge its complexity, maturity, and seriousness by the many important forums that are coming up in the near future. To add a note, each of the forums address a different issue of concern with a diversity of different speakers, rather than t[...]

March 8th, 2010 - 10:47 am § in Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference

Discount Lodging and Message Board Active

Lodging and Travel 9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies Unveiling Anarchist Studies Initiative & Farm Sanctuary Tour April 9, 10, and 11, 2010 SUNY, Cortland, NY http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/conference-for-critical-animal-studies/north-american-conference-for-[...]

March 5th, 2010 - 3:12 pm § in Academics, Books, Campus Events, Lectures/Debates

Stop Academic Repression – Book Talk with Anthony Nocella

On Saturday March 7th, join us at Wooden Shoe Books for an evening of discussion with Anthony J. Nocella II, co-editor of the exciting new volume Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex, out now from AK Press. Since 9/11, the Bush administration has pressured universit[...]

February 26th, 2010 - 7:46 pm § in Campus Events, Conference, Media Releases, Tour

April 11 Farm Sanctuary – Critical Animal Studies Group Tour

On April 11th, the second day of the 9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies at SUNY Cortland, ICAS will head off for an hour long guided tour of the Watkins Glen Farm Sanctuary. The purpose of the tour is to listen to nonhuman animals on their diverse experiences. On April [...]

February 23rd, 2010 - 7:10 pm § in Campus Events, Conference, Media Releases, Peace/Social Justice

Anarchist Studies Initiative, Unveiling, SUNY Cortland

Anarchist Studies Initiative, SUNY Cortland Unveiling a project of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS) Moffett Center, Room 2125 April 9, 2010 SUNY Cortland, New York The Anarchist Studies Initiative at SUNY Cortland is the first center dedicated to the study of anarchism in highe[...]