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To You, Who Care: Forever Onward
To you who find my activism a source of amusement; who chuckle over my commitment to the cause of compassion; who smugly deride my desire to make the world a kinder place: I say, go ahead and laugh....
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Being Vegan: Not A Diet, An Imperative
A while back, at a pre-opening event at the new Westwood, California site for the popular and ever expanding Vegan restaurant Native Foods Cafe , I shared a table with a very intelligent, very...
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Fellow Humans
A couple of days ago I was jarred by a remark made by an acquaintance — let’s call her Mary –a woman whose work for the animals and for the planet I respect deeply. It was at the end of the annual...
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A CIRCLE of COMPASSION
Here’s a short, short story I wrote a couple of years ago (you’ll notice outdated topical references), not without its flaws but worth a read! A CIRCLE of COMPASSION by R.C. Curtis After pilates, the...
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Will You Speak Out For Us?
Who will speak out for us? The animals you call food. Who will give voice to our suffering? Who will tell of the torture? Who will cry out against the cruelty? Our misery speaks volumes. Who will...
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A TIME FOR ACTION
The following is the text of the speech I delivered at Grand Park in downtown Los Angles to a group of animal activists who had just marched in the Los Angeles Earthlings march which I helped...
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Jude Unobscured: An Interview With Robin Lamont
Robin Lamont has had a remarkably varied career. She was a Broadway actress best known for her lovely, thoroughly ingenuous performance in Godspell in which she sang “Day by Day.” She went on to...
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A MEMBER of the FLOCK
Written after a visit to Farm Sanctuary’s Animal Acres Under the fervid sun Out in the desert heat There, on that parched patch Of compassion off highway fourteen, Midst the bald mountains, the Sierra...
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Vegan Is Not The Answer
For several months, fully cognizant of the fact that I have long neglected this, my poor pet project, I have tried to write a new blog post. Several times I’ve generated in my head essays that have...
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Close All Slaughterhouses
The following is a speech I had the honor of delivering today during the Los Angeles International March to Close All Slaughterhouses: Slaughterhouse. Abattoir. Killing floor. These names have served...
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A Case for Cannibalism
Editor’s Note: The following essay by one “Isaac Bickerstaff” (a likely pseudonym) found it’s way to me last week and though you will no doubt find the author’s viewpoint repugnant, manner pompous...
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Eyes Wide Open
(“Lamb with Igualdad Animal Activist” –photo by Jo-Anne McArthur) Why am I vegan and an animal rights activist? Because I abhor violence. Because I am sickened by suffering, appalled by cruelty,...
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What are you waiting for?
(Paul Sancya/AP) It has been far too long (four years!) since I last posted to this blog. Since that last post there have been any number of vegan and animal rights related topics out there in the...
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