A celebration of the ongoing success of the Recall Walker campaign and call for more action is being planned for March 10th in Madison, Wisconsin. Please visit http://www.unitedwisconsin.com/march-10 (http://www NULL.unitedwisconsin NULL.com/march-10) for more information!
In addition to plenty of evidence that people are eating less meat (see this recent column (http://markbittman NULL.com/why-are-we-eating-less-meat) by Mark Bittman), there are promising signs that Occupy protesters and others are getting the message about the connection between veganism and economic justice. There is now ‘Occupy Your Plate’ campaign, spearheaded by the pro-vegan Food Empowerment Project (http://www NULL.foodispower NULL.org/10_eating_tips NULL.htm). Another example is the tongue-in-cheek ‘Chickens are the 95%’ meme (http://appetiteforjustice NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2012/01/95 NULL.html). This is nothing to laugh about, however, considering that chickens are the overwhelming majority of animals killed for meat in the U.S. (90% of the 10 billion land animals killed). We’ve still got a lot of work to do, so it would be preemptive to say that we’re winning and we can sit back on our laurels while the everyone quickly becomes vegan. But we do need to claim our victories as they come, and like the song says, keep our eyes on the prize.
* Cartoon from the Appetite for Justice blog at the Food Empowerment Network.
Vegan Protest Fuel got started back in February and March of this year and has continued to deliver delicious and nutritious food to protesters – whether they were in the streets in Madison, sleeping out in the cold at Camp Walkerville, or at one of the many Occupy demonstrations. We are now pleased to tell you that the 90-day-long recall effort of Scott Walker and his deputy, Rebecca Kleefisch, has begun in Wisconsin. We need 540,206 signatures within this time-frame in order for a recall election to be called (1/4 of the total votes cast in the 2010 Gubernatorial election). We can do it, and we will do it! If you want to help donate funds to the recall effort, collect signatures, or sign the petition, just visit http://www.unitedwisconsin.com (http://www NULL.unitedwisconsin NULL.com/) and you’ll find everything you need to know there. The earliest election date will be in March 2012 – and for many of us, that’s none too soon!
Huffington Post article by Nil Zacharias of One Green Planet: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nil-zacharias/whats-occupying-your-plat_b_1083114.html?ref=occupy-wall-street (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.com/nil-zacharias/whats-occupying-your-plat_b_1083114 NULL.html?ref=occupy-wall-street)
Very impressed with the organization and size of the camps. Keep up the good work! We left some fliers and checked in with the kitchens. Vegan Protest Fuel continues to feed folks at Occupy Madison and is grateful for recent donations and other support.
Vegan Protest Fuel and the Green Owl Cafe are again supporting protesters at Occupy Madison (http://occupy-madison NULL.org/) with delicious split pea soup at the new encampment at 800 E. Washington Ave. Thanks to our supporters for donating and volunteering to make this happen!
Calling all vegans, vegetarians, and environmental activists! We’re excited to be traveling out to the Bay Area, Portland, and Seattle next week!
The #OccupyWallSt movement needs us to be even more involved! Not only can your donations and volunteer time help feed protesters, but you are also needed to spread the word: Oppression, slavery, economic injustice, pollution and corporate rule dominates the global food supply system – especially when it comes to animals and factory farming.
We at Vegan Protest Fuel are 100% volunteer-run. Our only overhead is a small commission charged by PayPal and by our fiscal sponsor.
We are driven to spread the word of economic, social, and environmental justice through sourcing vegan food at demonstrations.
Please consider sending us a few bucks today via PayPal. Donations are tax-deductible and we can provide you with a letter from our fiscal sponsor upon request.
Solidarity!!!
…we are all together…
For more images, visit: http://vegangster.org/2011/10/26/signs-for-animal-rights-and-environmentalism-groups-represent-the-voiceless-at-your-occupy/ (http://vegangster NULL.org/2011/10/26/signs-for-animal-rights-and-environmentalism-groups-represent-the-voiceless-at-your-occupy/)
A great report from Dr. Steve Best and Camille Marino. (http://drstevebest NULL.wordpress NULL.com/2011/10/17/reports-from-the-frontline-animal-rights-activists-and-vegans-represent-the-true-majority-on-planet-earth-on-the-international-day-of-occupation-oct-15-2011/)
Check out, use, and share this great screenprint image from Boris Gaviria, who sent it to us from Seattle. Nice work, Boris!
