Gary Francione
From August 4th, 2013 – present, Go Vegan Radio offers a thought-provoking weekly feature, “Animal Rights Commentary with Professor Gary Francione”
Gary L. Francione is Board of Governors Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. Professor Francione has been teaching animal rights and the law for more than 29 years, and he was the first academic to teach animal rights theory in an American law school. He has lectured on the topic throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, including serving as a member of the Guest Faculty of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is well known throughout the animal protection movement for his criticism of animal welfare law and the property status of nonhuman animals, and for his abolitionist theory of animal rights. Francione is the author of numerous books and articles on animal rights theory and animals and the law, including The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (with Dr. Robert Garner) (2010), Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation (2008), Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (2000), Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (1996), Animals, Property, and the Law (1995), and Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A Guide to Conscientious Objection (with Anna E. Charlton) (1992). Learn more about the Abolitionist Approach by way of essays, radio show interviews and slide show presentations at: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/ and follow Gary on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach
07 September 2014
BOB makes plans to go to NYC for the climate march + guest activist JAN SMITOWICZ talks about his new novel “Orange Rain” which targets Monsanto + GARY FRANCIONE commentary: what’s the difference between “happy meat” and welfare reform?
31 August 2014
Hear why a mass vegan movement is the only solution to climate change as viral TED talker Allan Savory is debunked + for Labor Day weekend, a look at the worst job in America – slaughterhouse worker – with “Mr. X” who has gone undercover at slaughterhouses and animal “processing” facilities around the country and […]
24 August 2014
Mercy For Animals’ Scam with Nestle Means Global Catastrophe for Animals + talking vegan advocacy with young activists SARINA FARB and CHLOE FALKENHEIM + Part 1: Debunking Allan Savory’s viral TED talk on solving climate change with more “livestock” + The Mouth of HSUS with “Hoofin’ It” + Animal Rights Commentary with Professor GARY FRANCIONE.
17 August 2014
BUTTERFLIES KATZ, long-time vegan advocate, chef, author, invites vegans to write an essay on “Why I Will Always Be Vegan”, with many great vegan prizes for those judged best + Boulder-Denver vegan advocate MICHELLE HUNSICKER talks about local reaction and protests planned for “Hoofin’ It”, the disgraceful HSUS event that features a different hoofed animal […]
27 July 2014
BOB discusses vegan and animal rights issues going on in his hometown with KATE RIVIELLO of No-Kill New York, who spotlights the city’s dismal shelter situation and plans to remedy +Animal Rights Commentary with Professor GARY FRANCIONE + hot new news on climate change.
20 July 2014
Author and dietician AMANDA BENHAM talks to us from Brisbane about raising vegan children + filthy Foster Farms outbreak continues along with new infectious disease outbreaks from backyard flocks + Animal Rights Commentary with Professor GARY FRANCIONE
