vegan

"Ackchyually backyard chicken eggs are vegan"
"Ackchyually honey is vegan"
"Ackchyually horseback riding is vegan"

SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU'RE NOT VEGAN AND NEVER CLAIMED TO BE, STOP TELLING ME HOW TO DO VEGANISM

This to me is an absolute nightmare scenario.

I unironically rely on to find out about things. This shit is delicious and made my chili way better and it costs like nothing at all?

by Jon Hochschartner

I recently came across some references to a vegetarian socialist organization founded in Weimar Germany, that was active in the anti-Nazi resistance, before it merged with the Social Democratic Party of Germany after World War II. The group was called the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund, which generally seems to be translated as the Militant Socialist International or the International Socialist Militant League.

According to author Karl-Eugen Kurrer, writing in The History of the Theory of Structures, the ISK was founded in 1925 by Leonard Nelson, a Kantian socialist. Nelson died only a couple of years later, but the organization continued without him. Members were apparently required to be vegetarian, among other things, which no doubt limited the group’s appeal.

If Nelson’s writing is any indication, the ISK position was motivated by anti-speciesism. “A labourer who does not just want to be a ‘prevented capitalist’ and who is thus serious about the fight against all exploitation, does not bow to the nefarious habit of exploiting harmless animals and does not take part in the everyday murder of millions of animals,” he is quoted as having said in Saskia Stucki’s One Rights.

In his book The German Workers and the Nazis, Francis Ludwig Carsten wrote the ISK maintained five vegetarian restaurants. “In July 1933 a meeting of the local leaders held in Saarbrücken adopted guiding lines for underground work based on a long perspective and intensive training of the members,” the historian said. “Groups of five were to be organized with the ISK as the core so new members could be recruited.”

During this period, the organization’s main focus was on trade union activity, a strategy supported by the International Transportworkers Federation, according to Carsten. The ITF smuggled a publication into the country which the ISK distributed. “For years they conducted effective underground propaganda, and in spite of all Gestapo efforts, spies were unable to penetrate the small groups,” the historian said.

This changed in late 1937, by which time the Gestapo had appointed a special section to deal with the ISK. “During the following months about 100 people were arrested in many parts of Germany and many of the groups were virtually liquidated, in towns as far as Augsburg and Frankfurt in the south and Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover in the north,” Carsten wrote in the aforementioned text.

Some exiled ISK leaders sought to reconnect with what was left of their organization during World War II. Anne Kappius traveled to Bremen in 1943, Carsten notes, while a less fortunate ISK member was killed crossing the German frontier. Jupp Kappius parachuted into the country in 1944 to make contact with members of the group who had been released from prison.

Following the Nazi’s defeat, the ISK was absorbed into the refounded Social Democratic Party of Germany. According to Carsten, some members of the vegetarian group played a prominent part in the larger organization. I’d love to learn more about the ISK. It seems like a promising research subject for someone fluent in German, with an interest in socialism and animal rights.

Jon Hochschartner is the author of a number of books about animal-rights history, including The Animals’ Freedom Fighter, Ingrid Newkirk, and Puppy Killer, Leave Town. He blogs at SlaughterFreeAmerica.Substack.com.

Ouchie my tum and my ethics

Anybody have any recent accidental non-vegan food? Do you bother to feel bad or do you just say "mistake's a mistake"?

i feel like someone did this joke before, ah well btw

Should I not get a cat because it won’t eat vegan foods? I could get vegan kibble, but don’t really want to create dietary issues for the cat.

That crybully spam of "remember the human" was especially slimy. Fucking treatbrained crybully.

Good morning folks, simple question for you. What sorts of egg alternatives exist out there? I'm specifically looking for something that I can make an omelette-like type of food with. Something that replicates the egg taste and texture as closely as possible.

I've been trying really hard to stick to fully plant based diet. Haven't had any dairy in weeks or eggs in months. Years since I last ate meat. But lately I've been having weird cravings for omelettes because I used to eat one for breakfast every morning.

Thank you

hello cool people. i am new to cooking tofu and bought some pre-marinated teriyaki tofu that i want to try instead of the usual extra firm stuff. does my usual strat of freezing and then pressing water out also apply to this

Like something they'll be equally happy to eat that isn't weird to them. Ideally I'll order some food on the way, it's outside most people are ordering food to share. I live in a city, all cuisines are on the table.

I'm thinking maybe (non-ghee) Indian, but honestly I really feel like there's options that I'm totally overlooking.

I do have time to prepare food, but I'd really rather ride my bicycle than drive.

Any ideas?

Maybe this should be elementary: no, there are no right-wing vegans. But at least Lifting Vegan Logic has said that he is neither left, or right. Usually I would say it means he is right-wing, so I am wrong?

sosig good

Happens to me at least once a week. I'll dream I get some horrible irresistible craving and end up eating a meatball sandwich or something. Makes me feel like shit every time.

"you know how you only use 10% of your brain? thats because the other 90% is filled with curds and whey"

I'M SO TIRED OF FINDING RANDOM PRODUCTS WITH "INGREDIENTS: CRUELTY"

I find that, ever since going vegan, I miss dairy more than I miss meat. Sure, there are decent-to-good vegan substitutes for most dairy products out there, but I have yet to find a vegan restaurant that offers milkshakes - which is surprising to me, since they're ridiculously easy to make. So I figured I'd post the recipe I use here.

You need:

• 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
• 1 pint non-dairy ice cream in the flavor you want the shake to be
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Drop all the ingredients into a blender, set to puree, blend until you're happy with the consistency, pour into a tall glass.