Center on Animal Liberation Affairs
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Founded by Steven Best
Steven Best
Steven Best is an American animal rights activist, author, talk-show host, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso...
, co-founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
Animal Liberation Press Office
Animal Liberation Press Offices relay anonymous communiques, photos and videos to the media about direct action undertaken by the Animal Liberation Front , Animal Rights Militia , Animal Liberation Brigade, Justice Department, and other leaderless resistance within the animal liberation movement...
and philosophy professor at the University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
, and Anthony J. Nocella, II a doctoral student at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
specializing in conflict studies, critical pedagogy, disability studies, and critical criminology the center comprises a board of academics, doctors, lawyers, researchers, and activists, aimed at the study and support of animal liberation
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
.
The center grew out of research that Best and Nocella engaged in while compiling Terrorists of Freedom Fighters: Reflectings on Animal Liberation, published by Lantern Books in 2004, and now includes the only academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
to focus exclusively on animal liberation
Animal liberation movement
The animal-liberation movement, sometimes called the animal-rights movement, animal personhood, or animal-advocacy movement, is a social movement which seeks an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and...
, an annual conference, and a set of sylibi and other resources to be used in college and university classrooms.
Journal
The Animal Liberation and Philosophy Policy Journal is a peer-reviewed journal which seeks to establish an academic study of animal liberation and related policy. As an interdisciplinary journal, it "was designed to build up the common activist’s knowledge of animal liberation while at the same time appealing to academic specialists to address the important topic of animal liberation, [as well as] facilitate communication between the many diverse perspectives of the animal rights movement." Previous papers have included Animals in Disasters: Issues for Animal Liberation Activism and Policy by Leslie Irvine, Transparency and Animal Research Regulation: An Australian Case Study by Siobhan O’Sullivan, and The Rights of Animal Persons by David Sztybel.Conference
Since 2002, the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA), with the direction of Nocella, has held an annual conference, bringing together members of numerous human and animal rights and liberation movements. Of particular note is the 2003 conference at California State UniversityCalifornia State University
The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
, Fresno, including activists Rod Coronado
Rod Coronado
Rodney Adam Coronado is a Native American eco-anarchist and animal rights activist. He is an advocate and former activist for the Animal Liberation Front and a spokesperson for the Earth Liberation Front...
, Gary Yourofsky
Gary Yourofsky
Gary Yourofsky is an American animal rights activist.Yourofsky became an activist in 1996, founding Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow ....
and Craig Rosebraugh
Craig Rosebraugh
Craig Rosebraugh is a writer, filmmaker and activist advocating for political and social justice, human rights, and environmental and animal protection.- Activism :...
, Paul Watson
Paul Watson
Paul Watson is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation....
of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and pro-liberation academics such as Rik Scarce, Bron Taylor
Bron Taylor
Bron Raymond Taylor is an American scholar and conservationist. He is Professor of Religion and Nature at the University of Florida and has also been an Affiliated Scholar with the Center for Environment and Development at the University of Oslo. Taylor works principally in the areas of religion...
, and Steven Best.
The 2007 conference, hosted at the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
in Orono on April 7, will be titled Bringing Human/Animal Studies into Academia: Issues and Moral Dilemmas.
Board members
- Dr. Stephen R. L. ClarkStephen R. L. ClarkStephen Richard Lyster Clark is a British philosopher and former professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool.Clark specializes in the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, science fiction, and animal rights...
, professor of philosophy at Liverpool University in the UK; - Dr. Barbara Noske, research fellow at the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyThe University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
in Australia; - Dr. Matthew Calarco, assistant professor of philosophy at Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar College is a liberal arts women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, about north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school's Latin motto translates as: "She who has earned the rose may bear it."...
, Virginia; - Dr. John C. Alessio, professor of sociology at St. Cloud State UniversitySt. Cloud State UniversitySt. Cloud State University is a four-year public university founded in 1869 on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The university is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system which is the largest single provider of higher...
, Minnesota; - Dr. Julie Andrzejewski, a professor at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota;
- Dr. Lauren Eastwood, assistant professor of sociology at the University of ConnecticutUniversity of ConnecticutThe admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
, Storrs; - Dr. Lisa Kemmerer, lecturer in philosophy at Montana State University, BillingsMontana State University - BillingsMontana State University Billings is a state university. Its main campus is located in downtown Billings, Montana, United States. Formerly Eastern Montana Normal School when it was founded, it was then renamed to Eastern Montana College before being renamed to its present name in 1994...
; - Dr. Maxwell Schnurer, assistant professor and debate coach at Marist CollegeMarist CollegeMarist College is a private liberal arts college on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York. The site was established in 1905 by Marist Brothers, and the college was chartered in 1929...
, Poughkeepsie NY; - Dr. Charlotte LawsCharlotte LawsCharlotte Laws is an American author, local Los Angeles politician and talk show host, community activist, and animal rights advocate. As a former actress, some of her credits can be found under her Screen Actors Guild name Missy Laws.Laws is currently serving her fourth term on the Greater Valley...
, author and journalist; - Dr. Nicola Taylor, sociology lecturer, Central Queensland UniversityCentral Queensland UniversityCQUniversity is an Australian public university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton Queensland. However, it also has campuses in Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone and Mackay, as well as operations throughout Asia-Pacific. For instance, Melior Business School is one of its...
, Australia.
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