Carole Raphaelle Davis on The Simple Heart

[Carole Raphaelle Davis]

I’ve been an animal liberation activist for 30 years (france bullfighting, animal factories, and in the us, puppy mills, passing pet store laws in over 200 cities) and I always tell the next generation the same thing: “how many people do you think it took to topple the monarchy in my country. France? How many stormed the bastille? “ It is a surprisingly small number, 978. They risked everything and now the palaces are museums that belong to all of us where we can walk in in our muddy shoes. It was the great change that formed a republic, the change that encouraged revolution in the US. A

small number of revolutionaries. WE ANTI-SPECIESISTS ARE REVOLUTIONARIES and the animal liberation movement is in its cradle right now. As a chronicler of our movement, I can state without doubt that you are making history and each significant event such as the Smithfield trial, accumulates over time as we reach into a more humane future. We are playing a long game. Every social justice cause has had events organized and prepared by visionaries and these events, like the lunch sit-ins during the 60s or the bullfight arena jump-ins we staged in france, all of these law defying, risky and righteous events pave the road ahead. Thank you for playing such an important role. We see you, we support you, we acknowledge your sacrifice.