If you want to understand the passion for compassion in the movement for animal justice, the depth of the effect of speciesism in our culture, and the connection between speciesism, sexism, and racism, see Earthlings which will be showing tonight at Capitol Theater.

Don't miss it!

I promised some information in regards to speciesism in another post and am following through with that today. A wonderful resource for questions and additional information is Olympia Animal Rights(OAR) which can be contacted at

olympiaar@gmail.com

I am happy to offer additional information or suggested reading to those who wish it and am likely to refer other questions to OAR.

Speciesism has been discussed on OlyBlog in context with sexism, for which a great resource is the book, The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams. This slide show offers an additional glimpse of Adam's work.

Another context in which speciesism has been discussed is in relation to racism and I think that Breeze Harper does an excellent job discussing that at her Sistah Vegan Anthology Site. She mentions a book called The Dreaded Comparison by Marjorie Spiegel, which discusses racism and speciesism in the context of oppressor's privilege. It's a short read and I highly recommend it for those wishing to know more about how animal rights relates to social justice issues.

Here is an anarchist's discussion of speciesism in Anthropological Basis and History of Anthrarchy.

Olympia Animal Rights is seeking signatures for a petition to screen the award winning documentary, Earthlings, at the Olympia Film Society.

If you would like to support bringing this informational documentary about Speciesism to the OFS by signing the petition, please contact olympiaar@gmail.com.

UPDATE: The OFS will be screening Earthlings on Monday, March 24th, at 6:30pm so that the petition is no longer circulating. Thank you!