6 results for month: 01/2018

The Police Are Not Our Friends

The “pig roast” was seen by many social justice groups as an offensive mockery of the violent corruption of law enforcement agencies across the country, and, in itself, an act of violence. Pigs are not the perpetrators of violence, they are the victims.  CF is promoting the idea that the same system treating nonhuman animals as expendable is the SAME system saying "Make America Great Again,” pushing for the deportation of immigrants, shooting people of color, controlling women's bodies, killing LGBTQ people, and treating disabled folks as lesser than. Police violence operates in a system that wants us to treat these issues separately. ...

Disrupt Organized Religion

The church is a place for communities to come together and it's during this moment that people need to be reminded of their true values such as thou shalt not kill. And on Easter we gather with our family and friends to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus while holding on to the violent tradition of feasting on the bodies of animals. HOW TO ORGANIZE? Do you have the passion and desire to fight for animals and beyond? Once you join our team you will have access to various materials and one-on-one assistance on how to start organizing where you live! Drop us a line and we will get back to you as soon as possible. WHY TARGET THE CATHOLIC ...

Chick-Fil-A

 Companies like Chick-Fil-A promote the idea that some lives matter more than others. And that is the root of all that is wrong with our world. The lives of the chickens that they profit from matter just as much as the lives of any of us. Whether you're gay, trans, bi, chicken, queer, cow or fish, you have the right to exist for your own purpose. NY, is considered the birthplace of US LGBTQI+ rights and it is a strong voice for animals. It deserves better than allowing a homophobic, transphobic and speciesist company to make money from violence. HOW TO ORGANIZE? Do you have the passion and desire to fight for animals and beyond? Once you ...

May Day

What does speciesism have to do with colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy? Plenty. Pigs, cows and chickens didn't exist in the Americas prior to colonizers. Europeans displaced, used and killed native humans and nonhumans, and on the stolen land they started to breed - and kill - “domesticated” animals as well as continue to exploit and kill other, non-white, humans. Animal agriculture helped advance European settler colonialism, and its later industrialization helped advance capitalist economy. This is why on May Day  we marched alongside multiple groups and activists in NYC against capitalism and colonialism. Thank you, activists ...

Human + Animal Liberation

CF made its way to J20 to disrupt Trump's administration and beyond. Our message is simple: that all species have the right to freedom, all species have the right to migrate, all species have the right to water. We need to realize that the same system treating nonhuman animals as expendable is the same system saying, “Make America Great Again.” It’s the same ideology deporting immigrants, shooting people of color, controlling women’s bodies, killing LGBTQ’s, and treating disabled folks as lesser than. Our society already teaches us to commodify the bodies of animals and minority humans, but now with Trump, it will only be intensified. As ...

Pride

CF has consistently showed up and supported the LGBTQI+ community and will always continue to do so. During Pride, we marched for two marginalized and oppressed groups: the LGBTQ+ community and nonhuman animals. We live in a system that treats certain groups and individuals as "lesser than". It teaches us to treat nonhuman animals as lesser than us, to treat their bodies like commodities and products and to refuse to see them as individuals with their own needs and desires. It also allows for us to see one another as lesser too, for reasons such as who we love or what gender we are or aren't. This system wants anyone who struggles, who is "lesser" to ...