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
03 November 2013
AUSTIN ARIES, pro wrestling champion on TNA on Spike TV, where he is known as “the greatest man that ever lived”, talks about why he is vegan – and then he calls BOB “the greatest broadcaster who ever lived”, to which, in modest humble response BOB now asks everyone to please refer to him as […]
27 October 2013
“Blackfish” writer and associate producer TIM ZIMMERMANN, vegan, discusses the outstanding documentary about Sea World orca abuse – AND – animal rights activist PETER YOUNG, the first person charged under animal enterprise terrorism laws for Animal Liberation Front actions involving the release of mink, talks about the current rise in US and worldwide liberation actions […]
13 October 2013
USDA whistleblower LESTER FRIEDLANDER, DVM, discusses the Foster Farms salmonella chicken outbreak, outraged that there’s no product recall or shutdown in light of the chicken killer’s history of contamination and unsanitary operations – AND – Professor GARY FRANCIONE and BOB issue a challenge to “animal advocacy” groups to clarify their positions on “happy meat” and repudiation of […]
06 October 2013
VICTORIA MORAN, director of Main Street Vegan Academy and author of eleven groundbreaking books addressing veganism, spirituality, and health, including the best-selling Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages); the essential vegan weight loss guide, The Love-Powered Diet; and her latest: Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully & Live Compassionately […]
29 September 2013
BOB is live from a storage room at the county fair building at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park where he is emceeing the 14th annual World Veg Fest, talking to ROSEMARY ALLES of this Friday’s WALK FOR ELEPHANTS in opposition to their poaching for ivory – AND – one of the speakers at the upcoming Free […]
22 September 2013
Humane Society of the United States Plot to Destroy the World? Grass-Fed Sustainability? Listen to the latest GO VEGAN RADIO WITH BOB LINDEN!!! – guests – MARK DEVRIES – writer, producer, director, editor of the new documentary SPECIESISM: THE MOVIE – Listeners and people who look like them get a 30% discount at screenings in LA, San […]
8 September 2013
Guest PATTY MARK, founder of Animal Liberation Victoria, talks about engaging in “open” rescues, the deplorable conditions suffered by “free range” pigs in Australia even though their bodies marketed as “pork” have received approval from the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, similar to the scam of the Humane Society of […]
1 September 2013
Guests KATHY STEVENS, founder and director of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, talks about her book “Animal Camp – Reflections on a Decade of Love, Hope, and Veganism at Catskill Animal Sanctuary” -AND- THOMAS MICKLEWRIGHT of the London Vegan Society discusses that city’s vegan scene -PLUS- on “Animal Rights Commentary with Professor GARY FRANCIONE” the topic is […]
