Dr. Steve Best

philosopher. writer. activist.

Filed under: Biodiversity, Capitalism, Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Earth Liberation, Ecology, Meat Consumption, Species Extinction, Total Liberation, Veganism

December 3, 2019

Total Liberation In the Age of the Anthropocene And Climate Emergency

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The Global Crisis

I want to impress upon everyone just how serious the planetary crisis is at this moment in time, and what this likely means for the global struggle for animal liberation. We need to grasp the frightening novelty and uniqueness of the current era. There are two great facts with which we must reckon.

The Sixth Great Extinction Crisis

First, we are bringing about a sixth great extinction crisis: the last one 65 million years ago, caused by a huge asteroid strike in the Gulf of Mexico, which wiped out all the dinosaurs and 76% of all species…