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Professor Gary Francione: No Pacifist

Animal Rights Cambridge | 07.09.2009 15:46 | Analysis | Animal Liberation | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

Is Gary Francione a pacifist or does it depend on who is doing the violence?

The debate between pacifism and advocates of militant direct action (MDA) has been heating up recently and at the forefront of those opposed to violence and non-violent property damage is Professor Gary Francione. Francione a law professor and philosopher on animal rights subjects says vegan education is the way forward and appears, at first glance, to advocate a pacifist approach.

Francione's non-violent beliefs are not simply a personal matter as he actively argues against MDA and what he sees as violent action. But this isn't about the rightness or wrongness of truly opposing violence and property damage. This article should interest pacifist and MDA activists alike as it poses the question: Is Gary Francione truly a pacifist?

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