Tag: Top 5
July Top Five Hip Hop Vegans
1. Russell Simmons, a vegan, is CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Dead Prez is a Hip Hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, who promote veganism and […]
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December 2015 Top 5 – Five Elements that are Foundational for CAS
We’ve discovered that critical animal studies mean different things to different people. Here are the foundational elements of CAS as we see them: 1. Anarchism: We oppose authoritarianism and domination, while promoting inclusion, equity, social justice, autonomy, ‘community’ rather than ‘country.’ 2. Total Liberation: We are part of a movement that understand that all activists […]
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November 2014 TOP 5 – CAS News Stories
As November comes to a close the Top 5 for this month begins with a whole new twist. In this post we highlight 5 of the top news stories that have been a focus for the month of November. 1. We begin by looking at the Hindu sacrifice for the Gadhimai festival that will […]
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October 2014 TOP 5 – Black Animal Myths
Spiders Spiders have many myths or urban legends caught in their web and conjure images of creepy crawley eight legged beasts weaving their sticky traps to catch their next feast. However, although spiders do have their place as the witch’s familiar the most popular of them all is that black widow spiders whose infamy comes […]
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September 2014 TOP FIVE – Children’s Books
As we enter into a new school year I am reminded of the wonderful stories that shaped my own beliefs a young child. This past year I have also had the pleasure of reading many of the young adult novels as I have been working on my own humane education creative non-fiction series. However, before […]
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August 2014 TOP FIVE – ICAS Members’ Tattoos
The CAS folks featured in this month’s “Top 5” are passionate people who don’t shrink from putting their beliefs on permanent display. “Tattoos”, “ink”, “pieces”, “skin art”, “tats”, or “work” — whatever you call them — please enjoy these bold and beautiful statements by some of our dedicated “total liberation” warriors!
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July 2014 Top Five – Safest Countries for Animals
What are the safest countries for other than human animals? That is a quite a large umbrella… On the whole one may examine the laws of recognition for personhood but even these have been segmented by species, industry or practice. There are many branches of the theme of “safety” but for the purposes of the […]
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