Circles of Compassion: Essays Connecting Issues of Justice
Circles of Compassion: Essays Connecting Issues of Justice
Dr. Will Tuttle, Editor
This is a truly a book of hope—from the hearts of 28 internationally recognized vegan authors and activists who are all actively working to end different forms of violence. Each of these visionary writers share their personal, inspiring and insightful essays that illuminate the connections between injustice to animals and the various forms of social and ecological injustice, and the keys to creating a world of peace, compassion and freedom. You will feel their joy, pain, sorrow, frustration and hope while reading these moving essays—that will inspire you, and help you learn to be a more effective activist.
Below is the list of contributors and chapter titles.
Carol J. Adams – Forward
David Cantor – Beyond Humanism, Toward a New Animalism
Angel Flinn – No Innocent Bystanders
Katrina Fox – Why Compassion is Essential to Social Justice
Beatrice Friedlander – A Woman, A Cat, and a Realization
Lori Girshick – In the Doing and the Being
Rachel Griffin – Social Responsibility, Reflexivity, and Chasing Rainbows
Robert Grillo – Eating Animals and the Illusion of Personal Choice
Melanie Joy – Carnism: Why Eating Animals is a Social Justice Issue
Lisa Kemmerer – Sustenance, Sincerity, and Social Justice
Rita Laws – Mother Corn, Father Pumpkin, Sister Bean
Keith McHenry – Until Every Belly is Full
Christopher-Sebastian McJetters – Slavery. It’s Still a Thing
Dawn Moncrief – Hunger, Meat, and the Banality of Evil
David Nibert – Animal Rights Equal Human Rights: Domesecration and Entangled Oppression
Anthony J. Nocella II – Building an Animal Advocacy Movement for Racial and Disability Justice
Richard Oppenlander – Our Lifeline Revealed Through the Eye of Justice
Lauren Ornelas – A Hunger for Justice
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau – Veganism: A Path to Nonviolence
Sailesh Rao – Climate Change and Injustice Everywhere
Anteneh Roba – Injustice Everywhere
Marla Rose – Becoming a Vegan Feminist Agitator
Ruby Roth – Harming Children to Protect Them
Richard Schwartz – Connecting the Dots on Dietary Choices
Kim Sheridan – Looking Behind the Curtain to the Hidden Side of Justice Issues
Jasmin Singer – The Gay Animal: A Personal Exploration of Interconnectedness
Gary Smith – Animal Rights as a Social Justice Issue
Jo Stepaniak – Confronting the Saboteur Within: Advancing a Consciousness of Compassion
Will Tuttle – Unrecognized Roots of Injustice and the Vegan Transformation
Zoe Weil – The MOGO Principle for a Peaceful, Sustainable, and Humane World
You can purchase the book from Vegan Publishers or Amazon.
Read more about Circles of Compassion by Dr. Will Tuttle on The Thinking Vegan.
