working-class-vegan:

writtenintheveganomicon:

cephaloplod:

snifl:

vegans that try to mix their veganism with social justice movements are super ://

 whoa its almost as if animal agriculture is harmful!

like human rights watch calling factory farms ‘systematic human rights violations!’

like slaughtehrouse work being the most dangerous in america, despite underreporting of injuries due to ¼ of workers being illegal immigrants! like 82% of starving children live where crops are fed to animals which are exported for western consumption’! like the UN stating reducing meat consumption to ‘37.4/kg/capita in
2050 would free estimated 400 million tons of cereal per year for human consumption, enough for 1 billion people’! like meat processors suffering significantly increased mental health problems! like livestock being the leading cause of climate change and water pollution, both having a legally recognized negative impact on human rights! like 663 million people being without clean water when 76 trillion gallons are used in livestock production annually!

vegans mix with social justice movements bc they’re fucking linked. 

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Cattle ranching is responsible for 80% of clearcutting in the Amazon rainforest, a region which is essential to the survival of the local indigenous population and the environmental health of the world.

The immense amount of feces produced by pig farming is poisoning the air and water supply of poor communities mostly populated by people of color.

The US government is providing subsidies to the dairy industry even though they produce billions of pounds more than Americans consume, which means a huge portion of it is left to rot. These subsidies would be better spent on more useful things, like healthcare and education.

Most of the world’s leather products are produced in China and India, where it is killing the environment and the poor people who make it via chromium wastewater, which causes various forms of cancer and horrible skin lesions.

I could keep going. Animal rights absolutely intersect with human rights.