This chapter examines the historical conflicts and connections between animal rights and disability liberation movements. It advocates for a unified approach to address the intertwined systems of oppression faced by both communities, highlighting the need for collaboration against ableism and speciesism.
Featuring Sunaura Taylor on her book Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. What does it mean to rethink socialism and Marxism through the frameworks of disability liberation and animal liberation? How do we relate to human difference and also to non-human animals? Where does the struggle against industrial agriculture fit into the fight against capitalism? Sunaura is interviewed by her sister, Dig guest host Astra Taylor.
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