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
25 August 2013
Fracking Up the California Coast – Who Knew & What Can We Do? Guest EMILY JEFFERS of the Center for Biological Diversity discusses shocking new revelations about the fracking threat to animals, human health, and the environment from secret oil company projects offshore – AND – DIXIE MAHY, president of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society […]
18 August 2013
Guest Dr. HELEN CALDICOTT, the world’s most articulate and passionate voice opposing nuclear weaponry and nuclear power examines the tragedies of the atomic bombings in Japan in August of 1945 and the continued US use of nuclear weapons including in Iraq, and the out-of-control nuclear disaster in Fuuishima, with no solution in sight – AND […]
11 August 2013
Retaliation Against Whistleblowers – Guest LESTER FRIEDLANDER, DVM, former USDA inspector, now whistleblower, recounts events leading to his dismissal at the USDA, and the current furor over USDA retaliation against an inspector at Tyson’s in Iowa calling attention to “animal welfare” violations (so much for the “good” done by H$U$ / Global Animal Partnership executive […]
04 August 2013
Guests NATHAN WINOGRAD, executive director, No Kill Advocacy Center, discusses the latest developments in the no – kill shelter movement – AND – archaeologist CHRISTINA WARINNER, PhD, debunks the Paleo Diet fad – PLUS – we are happy to introduce a regular thought-provoking weekly feature “Animal Rights Commentary with Professor GARY FRANCIONE” – this week […]
28 July 2013
Guest GARY FRANCIONE, law professor at Rutgers and the first academic to teach animal rights theory in an American law school, discusses the “animal rights movement”, abolition vs welfare, animals as “property”, veganism, and the horrid partnership with animal exploitation industries that is compromising and co-opting many large organizations blurring the line between animal advocates […]
17 July 2011
Guest Rutgers University professor GARY FRANCIONE, the first academic to teach animal rights theory at an American law school, discusses his new book “The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation”, abolition vs. “welfare” issues, the Humane Society of the United States, its new absurd agreement with chicken-torturingbird-killing egg producers, and why no true animal rights […]
3 April 2010
Professor GARY FRANCIONE of Rutgers Law School,the first academic to teach animal rights law in a major university, updates us on his abolitionist perspective on animal rights > BRIAN VINCENT of Big Wildlife says every animal rights activist should be outraged by Sarah Palin’s new million dollar a week salary from the Discovery Channel what […]
26 July 2008
We still have free speech and we’re going to use it -as the rift that’s been simmering in the animal-issues movement comes to a boil with a scathing attack on current “welfare” trends from the ABOLITIONIST perspective of the FIRST ACADEMIC TO TEACH ANIMAL RIGHTS THEORY IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (and who has just released […]
