{"product_id":"the-militant-vegan-the-book-complete-collection-1993-1995-animal-liberation-zine-collection-paperback","title":"The Militant Vegan: The Book - Complete Collection, 1993-1995: (Animal Liberation Zine Collection) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnimal Liberation Front\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether in one professionally-bound book, for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan \u003c\/em\u003ewas a low-production-value, limited-circulation, photocopied publication that ran from 1993 to 1995, and never enjoyed a wide audience. This is the complete collection of the animal liberation zine covering direct action, animal rights activism, and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand \u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e is to understand the historical context from which it\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003earose: By 1993, the Animal Liberation Front had carried out its most strategic campaign to date, targeting weak points in the fur industry in a multi-state liberation and arson spree called Operation Bite Back. The media was all but silent. There was no internet, so activists outside the small media markets where these raids happened were unaware this campaign was underway, and many of the raids weren't reported by the media at all. The Animal Liberation Front (again, pre-internet) had little-to-no platforms to which they could disseminate their communiques, rally the movement to join them in taking action, or let the world know of their victories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was from this void \u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e emerged. To quote issue #1, \u003cem\u003e \"The Militant Vegan is being released because there has been a media blackout on direct action on behalf of enslaved animals.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the internet, animal liberation news could only be spread through photocopied documents like \u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e, distributed person-to-person, and seen by few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile dominated by re-purposed material (such as ALF primers and newspaper clippings), there is also notable content, ALF history, and other direct-action themed rarities contained in these pages. Some of it never to be found elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e published some of the first publicized fur farm addresses - several of which would go on to be raided by activists. A communiqu  for the Malecky Mink Farm arson (also part of Operation Bite Back) is a rare piece of ALF history. And even the grainy newspaper article reprints can't be downplayed, in a time when to not live in an area where an ALF action had occurred was to never know it happened at all - were it not for \u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, reading \u003cem\u003eThe Militant Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e was like a window to a secret history you watched unfold in its pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987420283181,"sku":"9781732709676","price":14.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Ui9KZ3puSXExbzFxN1owRi9VQlMzZz09.webp?v=1776178600","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-militant-vegan-the-book-complete-collection-1993-1995-animal-liberation-zine-collection-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}