Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of
animals.
Vegans refrain from consuming meat, eggs, dairy products, and any other animal-derived substances. Ethical
vegans also extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives and oppose the use of
animals for any purpose.
Radical veganism is based on opposition to
speciesism, the assignment of value to individuals on the basis of animal species membership alone.
Direct action is a common practice among
vegan activists with groups like the
Animal Liberation Front (
ALF), the
Animal Rights Militia (ARM), the
Justice Department
… Read more (JD) and
Revolutionary Cells ?
Animal Liberation Brigade (RCALB) often engaging in such activities, sometimes criminally, to further their goals
The
raised fist, or the clenched fist, is a long-standing image of activism, often a symbol of social
revolution and political
solidarity. It is also a common symbol of
anarchism and
communism, but can also be used as a salute to express
unity, strength, or
resistance. The origin of the
raised fist as a symbol is unclear. Its use in trade
unionism,
anarchism, and the labor movement had begun by the 1910s. William "Big Bill" Haywood, a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, used the metaphor of a fist as something greater than the sum of its parts during a speech at the 1913 Paterson silk
strike. The
raised fist logo may represent
unity or
solidarity, generally with
… Read more oppressed peoples. The black fist is a variation of the logo generally associated with the
Black Power movement. Its most widely known usage is by the
Black Panther Party, a Black Marxist group in the 1960s.
Hooliganism includes any form of confrontation between opposing
football fans which can occur in a variety of ways before, during, or after the match either at the stadium or elsewhere.
Football hooliganism normally involves
conflict between gangs, in English known as
football firms, formed to intimidate and attack supporters of other teams. Participants often select locations away from stadiums to avoid arrest by the police, but
conflict can also erupt spontaneously inside the stadium or in the surrounding streets. This movement was born in the
working class of the '60s. It's simply workers who went to
football matches and
fight the enemy supporters to defend their
football club. At
… Read more first, the movement was not politicized, it justs lauded physical force and aggressivity. But then, the movement became political by joining the skinhead movement, which came to
football stadiums in order to recruit young workers to join the subculture. Riots, another component of
hooliganism, develop more frequently as
hooligans travel in firms, leading
hooligans to encounter one another more easily. As stadium policing increased, firms met in the streets or other public locations to dodge law enforcement, which enabled riots. The slogan ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) is very popular among the
hooligan movement.
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