{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Socialism & Veganism - Many Years Ago - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kGSvuKEPAL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/socialism-veganism\/\">Socialism &#038; Veganism &#8211; Many Years Ago<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/socialism-veganism\/embed\/#?secret=kGSvuKEPAL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Socialism &#038; Veganism &#8211; Many Years Ago&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"kGSvuKEPAL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/seventyyears-mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":582,"thumbnail_height":252,"description":"We could add many more links &amp; notes to this blog piece. Vegetarianism, early veganism, the dawn of the animal rights movement, the roots of socialism, humanitarianism, the anti-vivisection movement, the suffragette movement, the anti-child labor movement &amp; closely related causes, in 1880s &amp; 1890s London, are most interesting topics to study. Probably 20% of our Ernest Bell Library collection is related in some way to these movements \/ causes &amp; to this period. Today I will focus on some of the roots of veganism, &amp; its connection with socialism. The &#8216;conflicts&#8217; \/ challenges are the same today as they were in the 1880s &#8211; the people, of course, are different. &#8230;&#8230;but we can learn from the history. In the next section the word &#8216;vegetarian&#8217; is primarily used. In the 1880s it was clearly understood that full vegetarianism excluded ALL animal products. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Some quotes, important ones for persons interested in our history Henry S. Salt explaining Socialism &#8211; &#8230;the main contention of Socialists is that the land and the means of production belong rightfully to the people, and not to the present occupiers. If two parties claim one and the same property, it can hardly be called a theft [&hellip;]"}