Vegetarisme is eerbied voor het leven. Vegetarianism is reverence for life. An item in our Ernest Bell Library – A cinderella stamp – from the Netherlands by the artist Adrianua Jacoba (‘Adri’) Pieck (1894 – 1982). 38mm diameter – 3 color screen printing – hand cut. Circa 1920 / 1930 – unused In philately, a cinderella … [Read more…]
Today, I will share a discussion between George D Rodger – a former CEO of the Vegan Society UK & Donald Watson – a co-founder of the Vegan Society. It shows the reader Donald Watson’s views of his friends, of the Society, and of wider animal rights issues. It is in our Ernest Bell Library … [Read more…]
INTERVIEW WITH DONALD WATSON SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2002 Part Two (find Part One here) Recorded by George D Rodger GDR: Do you feel that all food production should be grown organically? DW: Well, ideally, yes. I think in a vegan world, of course, there wouldn’t be any animal manure on the scale that we have … [Read more…]
A blog post intended primarily for friends in the UK & the US who identify with Democratic Socialism. Jeremy Corbyn, a Democratic Socialist, an animal rights supporter & a vegetarian, is under attack in the UK by right-wingers posing as socialists. Bernie Sanders has brought Democratic Socialism to the fore in the US. …… Here … [Read more…]
Donald Watson Reads 1st copy of Vegan News – later to become The Vegan. Picture by Joseph Connolly. “The great need is for the movement to accept a logical and consistent objective to which all can aim, and then use its energies to make the realisation of the objective possible, easy, and safe.” – Donald … [Read more…]
Dr Michael Greger – talking very sensibly in the UK – with Klaus Mitchell of Plant Based News. This qualifies as Vegan History! Early in the conversation, Dr Greger mentions Dr. Scott Stoll, who co-founded the International Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference after recognizing the urgent need to educate and motivate healthcare professionals to use whole, … [Read more…]