Vegan "activism": Gandhi & DxE (Direct Action Everywhere)

1,874 views · Published 12 February 2016 · 16:05 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: à-bas-le-ciel · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Is it really "effective activism" to break down weeping in a restaurant?  Why does DxE claim that these "methods" are derived from historical examples such as Mohandas Gandhi, the abolition of slavery (in the U.S.), and so on?

This link will show you a listing of my prior videos on Direct Action Everywhere (at this point they add up to a considerable critique, cumulatively): https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/search?query=DxE

The article mentioned on Gandhi is here: https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-gandhi-nobody-knows/

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