Speciesism is a system of oppression where humans have placed themselves above other species, to the point where members of other species are excluded from moral consideration. For a speciesist, other animals are devoid of their intrinsic value and only have value for what they can be exploited for: food, clothing, as pets, reselling value, forced labor, entertainment, a role in the ecosystem, vivisection, etc⊠Philosophers and animal rights advocates state that speciesism plays a role in the practice of factory farming, animal slaughter, blood sports (such as bullfighting and rodeos), the taking of animals' fur and skin, and experimentation on animals. Therefore, anti-speciesism
… Read more seeks to dismantle the systems of speciesism in whatever form and create a world that recognizes and respects the interests and moral rights of other animals.
Green anarchism is an anarchist school of thought that puts a particular emphasis on environmental issues and that aims to bring about an environmentally sustainable anarchist society. Important early influences were Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, and ĂlisĂ©e Reclus. Important contemporary currents include anarcho-naturism as the fusion of anarchism and naturist philosophies, anarcho-primitivism which offers a critique of technology and argues that anarchism is best suited to uncivilized ways of life; eco-anarchism which combines older trends of primitivism as well as bioregional democracy, eco-feminism, intentional community, pacifism and secession that distinguish it from the
… Read more more general green anarchism; green syndicalism, a green anarchist political stance made up of anarcho-syndicalist views, social ecology which argues that the hierarchical domination of nature by human stems from the hierarchical domination of human by human.