Episode 6: Can You Eat the Rich as a Vegan?

Can you really eat the rich on a vegan diet? Absolutely. On this episode, anti-oppression activist Iye Loves Life discusses the meaning of collective liberation, why no beings are truly liberated under capitalism, and how vegans can play a role in dismantling oppression that is inevitably born out of capitalism. She also addresses the need for vegans to speak out on issues of environmental racism and food injustice in order to make veganism an inclusive and radical political movement.

Can you really eat the rich on a vegan diet? Anti-oppression activist Iye Bako answers Alisha's questions about collective liberation and how vegans can play a role in dismantling capitalism. She also addresses the need for vegans to speak out and educate on issues related to environmental racism and food injustice in order to truly transform veganism into a radical political movement.

Follow Iye on Instagram: @iye.loves.life (main account) or @iye.loves.languages (for all things language studies). Below are some resources Iye mentions for vegans interested in continuing the fight for collective liberation:

• Vegan Justice League, a vegan lobbying group focused on food equity and farm policy in the United States

• Aphro-ism, book by Aph Ko and Syl Ko

• Racism as Zoological Witchcraft, book by Aph Ko