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May 2, 2022
Nonviolent Communication is for the Privileged
[© All rights reserved to Raffi Marhaba 2022. Article updated May 2022. If you wish to utilize this article for educational purposes, please reach out to info@collectivelyfree.org to discuss a usage fee. Copyright states that: you may not ...more -
October 27, 2018
My Trip to Palestine and the Struggle to Decolonize Eastern Food Systems
by Yousef Shami Veganism has become significantly more accessible around the world in the past few years. As I prepared for my trip to Palestine, I didn't have any concern that I'd have to suffer or make concessions from my values. It ...more -
June 7, 2018
Veganwashing and the Lie of Vegan Unity
by Chris Hendricks "Veganwashing" refers to a form of whitewashing meant to encourage positive association of a subject with veganism or animal rights. It occurs, for example, when a company introduces plant-based alternatives to their ...more -
May 28, 2018
Emptying the Cages: For the Abolition of Prisons and Animal Agriculture
by Matthew Kelly, edited by Lilia Trenkova Trigger warnings: Sexual Assault Torture Violence Murder Racism Slavery Why are the cages here? Cages exist to petrify their inhabitants. If you exist within a cage, you cannot choose to ...more -
September 22, 2017
Renouncing vegan birthright
By Julia Tanenbaum The new Vegan Birthright program sponsored by Jewish Veg and Mayanot Birthright exemplifies how Zionists so often exploit the struggle for animal rights in the service of colonialism. Since 1999 Birthright Israel ...more -
July 8, 2017
The Intersections of Species Politics, Colonialism, Food Justice, and Gender in Okja
By Tori Lion, CF Toronto Organizer (Please note that this article contains spoilers.) Recently, after completing an intensive course, I finally had the opportunity to watch Bong Joon-ho’s new film, Okja, which has been ...more -
April 30, 2017
Elsie Shrigley: the Woman Behind the Word Veganism
By Sarah W. Fox, CF Vancouver organizer Where Are the Women in the Animal Rights Movement? "Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social ...more -
February 27, 2017
3 Reasons Why You Should Become a Pro-Intersectional* Activist
By Lilia Trenkova, CF Co-Founder *Intersectionality theory was created by Kimberlé Crenshaw and other black feminists in the 1960s and 70s as a form of resistance to the predominantly white (read: racist) feminist movement and the ...more -
February 8, 2017
Your Organizer Voted for Trump, Now What?
By Raffi Marhaba & Lilia Trenkova, Collectively Free Founders Whether you're part of an activist community or an organizer yourself, chances are you have had to deal with conflict in your network. Conflicts come in many shapes ...more -
January 18, 2017
Capitalism, White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Anthropocentrism Are Killing Us: Why We’re Joining Disrupt J20
by Tori Lion, CF Toronto Organizer It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump rose to power at a time when open challenges to capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy have become commonplace. In 2011, during my first year of ...more
