Trauma, addiction and growth
“The history of childhood is a nightmarefrom which we have only recently begun to awaken”– Llyod deMause I am not a therapist and am not interested in the subtle distinctions between the different branches and sub-branches of psychology and psychoanalysis. When I read a book,…
What about plants?
Everyone speaks about human rights, some raise questions about animal rights. Everywhere on this planet, animals are farmed for their flesh, killed for their skin, trained to entertain us and used in scientific research. However, they are increasingly seen as sentient beings and if the…
Buddhist insights into veganism with Ratnaprabha
I asked Ratnaprabha, a vegan and an Order member of the Triratna Buddhist Community, to tell us more about the relation between Buddhism, meditation and veganism. Here is his interview. The recording is in English with French subtitles. The script is available in English. I’m…
Pets in question with Charles Danten
Today I give the floor to Charles Danten, a graduate of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, who sold his veterinary clinic after eighteen years of practice with pets, farm and zoo animals to denounce the undesirable aspects of human-animal relationships. Despite the fact that Charles…
Animal Rights Movement, Strategies & Repression
Melvin Josse has been an activist of the animal rights movement in France for a decade. I discovered him in November 2016 at the launch of the French animal rights party of which he is one of the co-founders. In 2013, he wrote a book entitled…
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