![]() There are few industries more abusive to human workers than factory farms. In fact…those who claim to care about the well-being of human beings and the preservation of our environment should become vegetarians for that reason alone.”Īnd in The Jungle, Sinclair likewise shows us links between animal rights and human rights. It takes no more time to be a vegetarian than to eat animal flesh. ![]() ![]() Animal Liberation author Peter Singer says it best: “There is nothing to stop those who devote their time and energy to human problems from joining the boycott of the products of agribusiness cruelty. One odd thing that animal-rights activists are often asked is why they don’t help humans before animals. Most interesting to me, reading it for the first time as a vegan, is how much of an animal-rights book it is. It wasn’t surprising to see what had been left out of the original book (though the censored version was horrific enough) and I’m glad I had the chance to read the book in its entirety, as it was meant to be read. ![]() I recently revisited Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle-the original edition published by a socialist newspaper in 1905, not the shorter version published by Doubleday, Page (after Macmillan ultimately rejected it) in 1906. ![]()
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