If we're all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we can… — 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
