This document discusses veganism as a philosophy of justice and nonviolence towards all beings. It summarizes that veganism was founded in 1944 as a social movement promoting peace and the moral evolution of humanity by moving away from violence against and use of other animals. The document outlines how veganism opposes oppression and rights violations based on any attribute such as species, gender, race, etc. It discusses how animal agriculture negatively impacts both human rights and health as well as environmental sustainability, and how a vegan world could help address issues of food security and climate change. The document promotes veganism as the moral baseline of animal rights and advocates for an intersectional approach to understanding and solving interconnected systems of oppression.

1. VEGANISM
JUSTICE 4 ALL
VEGAN INFORMATION PROJECT

2. Donald Watson
Donald Watson,
the co-founder of
The British Vegan
Society said that
veganism was the
“greatest cause on
earth”

3. This is because veganism is
a very big idea about
human relations with other
animals, each other, and
the planet on which we live

4. Founded in 1944 as a social
movement, veganism is part of the
peace movement – which takes the
idea of peace beyond the barrier
between human animals and
nonhuman animals. Those who
started the vegan movement saw
veganism as a central part in the moral
evolution of humanity

5. This means that we move away
from killing and refuse to let
others suffer for our wants.
Vegans are here to declare peace
in the 21st century

6. One of the main focuses
of veganism is to
oppose the violence we
inflict on other animals
when we use them

7. This is an animal rights stance
that takes rights seriously. This
means that we see the other
animals who can feel pain and
joy; who can suffer physically
and emotionally, as rights
bearers and we say that the
human use of other animals – on
farms, in slaughterhouses, in
laboratories, for example, are
rights violations

8. Veganism is not – and never has been –
just about opposing animal rights
violations: it is about justice-for-all. It is
about human rights, issues of food
security, and respect for the
environment as well as the way we
exploit other animals

9. We at the Vegan Infor-
mation Project look at
things in what’s called an
intersectional way – that
means we understand that
oppressions are
intertwined or entangled

10. Both oppression and liberation
struggles are entangled.
Sociologist David Nibert writes:
“The social changes that will lead
to the liberation of both
humans and other
animals will and must
be inseparable”

11. We believe that violent oppression
of others is wrong – whether on the
basis of species, gender, “race,”
sexual orientation, social class, and
so on
We cannot solve any of these
problems in isolation

13. NONHUMAN ANIMALS
Vegans do not eat animal products.
We do not wear wool, leather, silk,
or fur. We do not use products that
have been tested on other animals.
Many vegans also avoid items such
as palm oil, sugar, and other cash
crops

14. HUMANS
Many humans suffer because we exploit other
animals. Some of the most serious human
illnesses are associated with eating animal
produce. Those who work in slaughterhouses are
often poorly paid for very dangerous work. Many
vegans are concerned about human exploitation
in food production, for example, the child slavery
in the production of some chocolates. Many are
also concerned about human slavery in the
manufacture of clothes

15. FOOD SECURITY
Eating animal produce is very
wasteful, of land, crops and water. In a
vegan world, there would
be no food shortages
in “developing countries”
– everyone would be fed

16. ENVIRONMENT
Animal agriculture has a major impact
on the environment and is the leading
cause of climate change. For example,
animal use creates 18% (some
estimates are 51%) of greenhouses
gases – more than all transportation
Visit: http://www.cowspiracy.com/

17. Veganism is regarded by
many animal advocates
to be the moral baseline
of the animal
rights
movement

18. However, we know that only
a few people “go vegan”
overnight. If you are
interested in the vegan
philosophy of justice-for-all,
contact us and we’ll do our
best to answer all your
questions

19. The Irish Vegan –
http://irishvegan.ie/ - is a useful
resource for new vegans in
Ireland. You can find information
on eating out, vegan nutrition,
travel, recipes, and shopping here
[The Vegan Information Project does not necessarily endorse all the information on
this site]

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REVOLUTION IN IRELAND