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DC Sistah Vegans at Sisterspace

Saturday, March 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contributors Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Ma'at Sincere Earth, and Angelique Surya Shofar will be reading from Sistah Vegan. Sisterspace will provide space for discussion and good food.

PETA Wine & Dine

Saturday, March 20, 6:00pm
The PETA Oakland office opens to public with wine & food on offer. Come ask Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, all the questions you've been holding.

Left Forum in NYC

Sunday, March 21, 12:00pm - 1:50pm
Pamela Rice, author of 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian and organizer of the NYC Veggie Pride Parade will be participating in this year's Left Forum with Gary Null and Mickey Z.

Vegetarianism in Art

Sunday, March 21, 4:00pm
The Boston Vegetarian Society is hosting a dinner and discussion of vegetarianism in art with Mark Braunstein, who is a teacher, curator, and the author of Radical Vegetarianism.

Muzzling a Movement

Tuesday, March 23, 6:45pm - 9:00pm
Andy Stepanian, former SHAC 7 prisoner, and Dara Lovitz, lawyer and author of Muzzling a Movement, describe the money, power, and politics behind animal enterprise terrorism laws.

Breeze Harper at SFSU

Wednesday, March 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Breeze Harper will be discussing Sistah Vegan at the San Francisco State University Women's Career Center.

Meat Eating at Yale

Wednesday, March 31, 7:00pm
Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will be participating with the Yale Debate Association about whether meat eating is ethical.

Breeze Harper on InspiraSoul Radio

Monday, April 5, 10:00am
InspiraSoul Talk Radio will interview Breeze Harper about Sistah Vegan. PST.

Sistah Vegan Launch Party

Thursday, April 8, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Come and celebrate the launch of Sistah Vegan with the editor, A. Breeze Harper, and writers.

Bound by Water

Friday, April 9, 3:30pm
Jim Mason, author of An Unnatural Order, is talking about the future of food at this Summit on Environmental Law & Policy at Tulane.

Conference for Critical Animal Studies

Saturday, April 10, 9:00am - 7:00pm
Dara Lovitz, author of Muzzling a Movement, and Norm Phelps, author of The Longest Struggle (and other books), will be participating in this conference about abolition, liberation, and the intersections of social justice. Make sure to stop by the Lantern table!

Breeze at the Green Fest

Saturday, April 10, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Breeze Harper, author of Sistah Vegan, talks food Justice at the San Francisco Green Festival.

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Sistah Vegan 3/8/10

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Conscious Activism

It is one thing to want to act; it is another thing to take action; and it is an another thing still to act consciously to bring about lasting change.

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Sistah Vegan Edited by A. Breeze Harper, with an Afterword by pattrice jones
Sistah Vegan

Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans. By kicking the junk-food habits, the more than thirty contributors all show the way toward longer, stronger, and healthier lives.
Contents and Contributors
Preface
Introduction
 
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Steven Best, Ph.D., Anthony J. Nocella, II
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?

The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, from a multitude of perspectives. With a foreword by Ward Churchill, and containing articles by Karen Davis, Tom Regan, Ingrid Newkirk, Rod Coronado, Kim Stallwood, pattrice jones, Kevin Jonas (of the recently convicted SHAC 7), Paul Watson, and many others.
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The Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai
The Green Belt Movement

2004 Nobel Peace Prize-winning author Wangari Maathai's book offers a compelling insight into the internationally acclaimed tree-planting movement founded by Kenyans and run by and for Kenyans.
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Read author's profile
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Radical Vegetarianism Mark Mathew Braunstein
Radical Vegetarianism

"This is a rare, inimitable book, one to savor and turn to, time and again. … It is thick with thought."—Vegetarian Times
Read the revised and updated veg classic for yourself.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One
Kindle download
 
Aftershock pattrice jones
Aftershock

Aftershock is about the real war against terror—the struggle for a world in which nobody lives in fear of atrocities perpetrated by human beings. It is for survivors of all kinds of trauma, for therapists who treat trauma, and for anyone who hopes to reduce the amount of terror in the world.
Table of Contents
User's Guide
Preface
Chapter One
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Burning Rage of a Dying Planet Craig Rosebraugh
Burning Rage of a Dying Planet

Former Earth Liberation Front spokesperson Rosebraugh charts the history and ideology of ELF and explores their tactics, successes, and limitations. An essential guide to the history of direct action from both the Animal Liberation Front and the ELF.
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Read author's writing about Political Violence.
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Coming Soon


Teaching the Animal Edited by Margo DeMello
Teaching the Animal

Teaching the Animal promises to be the definitive handbook for all teachers of Human-Animal Studies at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the disciplines in question, as well as the philosophical and practical issues involved in discussing the intersections of human and nonhuman animals in society.
Table of Contents
 
The Blessing Next to the Wound Hector Aristizábal, Diane Lefer
The Blessing Next to the Wound

The story of a torture survivor from Colombia who has dedicated his life to healing the pains of others. Shockingly honest, heartbreaking, and vibrantly told, The Blessing Next to the Wound is a passionate and evocative memoir that, amid enormous suffering and loss, is a full-throated affirmation of life.
Table of Contents
Introduction
 
Finding Peace in Troubled Times Editor Prof. Donald W. Mitchell, Editor Fr. James A. Wiseman
Finding Peace in Troubled Times

Featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II, Bhikshuni Thubten Chödrön, Fr. Thomas Keating, Joseph Goldstein, Abbot John Daido Loori, Rev. Heng Sure, Stephanie Kaza, and Zenkei Blanche Hartman on the nature of suffering.
 

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