Animal rights tactics and ethics: Avoiding the noise before defeat

Kelly Ramsey — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:07:32 +0000

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” – Sun Tzu

My friend Miss Vegina and I had a rousing conversation on Facebook over the weekend about the tactics of some quarters of the animal rights movement, particularly regarding responses by Janet D. Stemwedel, PZ Myers, Orac, and many commenters to a discussion of protest events on Negotiation Is Over!.

Our back-and-forth is now posted on her blog, with an eye toward continuing the discussion. Please check it out.

The Land of Take-What-You-Want

Kelly Ramsey — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:01:38 +0000

I’m easing back into it. Here’s a link to my comment on the occupationist branch of California’s burgeoning student activism, and the excellent post that inspired it, RevolutionaryBrotha’s “Open Letter to the White Student Movement”.