“Challenging the earlier economists of his day, Marx was keen to show how the products of capitalism did not just magically appear, nor did they have inherent value. Instead, Marx wanted to show that the value derived from commodities was… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
If we're all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we can come up… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“Capitalism is marked by a division between classes, with one class holding private ownership of the means of production, and another class forced to… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“In her book Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail, Deborah Barndt examines the seemingly simple tomato from its historic and… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“Much as we live in an economic and social order that is structured to exploit people, we live in one that is structured to… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“We can argue about their intelligence (which we would likely define in human-centric terms anyway), their ability to understand human language, or even the… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“What, then, is the solution to this moral schizophrenia we have about animals? According to Francione, we only have two choices: we either continue… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“Just as humanity has extended this basic equal consideration to humans (including those who were once outside of our moral community), we must extend… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
Inevitably, people tell me that poor folks are lazy or unintelligent, that they are somehow deserving of their poverty. However, if you begin to… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“What we see in stark relief is that the production of goods is about social relationships.” — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“Given that animals are nothing more than mere tools for the production of capital, the only way to abolish their exploitation is to challenge… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“We have created a false dichotomy between behaviors attributable to companion animals and those of other species that blinds us to the inherent worth… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
