fromĀ Red Black Green,Ā shared with thanks.
”Ultimately though it is class struggle that drives change and that means we will not see the end of capitalism and human and animal exploitation until the vast majority embrace it”.
…Ā In my view animal rights needs libertarian ideas more than ever before. In the recent years the movement in Britain has suffered unparalleled repression. This country is not unique in this either ā as animal liberation has across the world,Ā so in its wake hasĀ followed a state and corporate backlash.
Anarchism ā with its critique of power, hierarchy and capitalism ā can help us understand how repression works and how we can work to resist it.
see also .. Animal Liberation and Social Revolution | The Anarchist Library
TheĀ threat of far right and racist infiltration has grown as well. Attempts in the past to use AR as a vehicleĀ for fascism failed. Now thanks to the internet, social media, low moraleĀ and Ā fragmentation ā andĀ the naĆÆve belief some hold that fighting for animals takes precedenceĀ overĀ everything else-Ā extreme right wing groups are tryingĀ to gain a foothold.
TheseĀ problemsĀ donāt affect animal rights alone. Anarchism and the libertarian left also face them.Ā The Earth First JournalĀ published an articleĀ entitled āThe New Face of the Radical Rightā about Anarchist Nationalism. Sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesnāt it? But some on the so-called radical right are suggesting building alliances with groups such as Earth First! to spread an anti-state but also nationalist/fascist agenda.
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