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Rules

No plant-based diet bullshit or promotion of plant-based capitalism. Veganism isn't about you, it's about historical materialist anti-speciesism, anti-racist animalization, and animal liberation. Ethical vegans only.
No omni apologists or carnists. Babystepping is for libs, and we're not here to pat you on the back. Good faith questions and debate about how to fight for animal liberation are allowed.
No advocating violence to any species for any reason. If you think this is negotiable GTFO. This includes but is not limited to animal testing, slaughter, and mass euthanasia. Anything that promotes speciesism or the commodification of animals will be removed.
Use Content Warnings and NSFW tags for triggering content. Especially if a comrade requests it.
Questions about diet belong in c/food. It's also a great place to share recipes.
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Resources

Animal liberation and direct action

Animal Liberation Press (ALF)
Wiki on Ethical Veganism
Wiki on the Animal Liberation Front
Wiki on Total Liberation
Different approaches to AL direct action
Earth First! manual and tactics
Support prisoners of conscience: Earth Liberation Front Prisoners Support Network (North America) & Vegan Prisoners Support Group (UK)
If someone tells you to put some paint on your hands, tag some buildings and then go turn yourself into the police - your "rebellion" is a fucking op

Read theory, libs

Vegan 101 & FAQs

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The Mega Brought Up Animal Plankton and I Figured I'd Move My Question Here (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What is the hexbear vegan party line on animal plankton?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

plankton mean to spongebob :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

The FUN betrayal did get to me...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If we're including microscopic animal life, then we can never truly be vegan; our water is teaming with animal life. The point of veganism is to minimize suffering. We just have to do the best we can to that end.

That said, I'd definitely avoid factory farmed plankton products. People treat them awfully on purpose, deliberately making their lives suck in order to get some product out of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If we're including microscopic animal life, then we can never truly be vegan

Other way around comrade. You could theoretically murder a cow or, like, a whole ass human and eat them and still be vegan. If that was the only way for you to survive in the circumstance you were in, it's vegan. The point is that in the modern world we don't have to do stuff like that. If you're avoiding harm to animals as much as you can, then you're vegan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I wouldn't eat or kill them on purpose, if it's in the water like, i guess the solution there is to have really good filtration systems (if possible) or create more ethical water systems made from condensation or something idk. I don't know that putting in microscopic filters is really possible on an individual level rn but it's certainly something that a vegan society would consider when building infrastructure.

I eat bacteria for B12 though. I don't think bacteria is sentient, but if it was, same as the plants & fungi thing, we kill less if we consume what's necessary directly rather than killing more than we need to feed an animal and then killing and eating the animal too.