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Vegan Activism groups in Brisbane

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PeterBedford PeterBedford QLD Posts: 1
1 27 Apr 2012
I was wondering whether there were any vegan and or animal right activist groups in Brisbane or Northern Brisbane. I am keen to get involved but its hard to find anything.

Thanks guys!

Pete
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Antje Antje QLD Posts: 4
2 18 May 2012
Hi Pete, we have a small group handing out Why Veg? brochures around the city. Email me at   if you're interested. Animal Liberation Queensland is another option.
Cheers
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Katielovesvegies Katielovesvegies QLD Posts: 5
3 21 May 2012
I know what you mean - I live on the Sunny Coast and there are some groups but it's hard to find info about them and get involved...
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AwareVeg AwareVeg QLD Posts: 37
4 23 May 2012
Most of us connect through qld vegsoc and animal lib qld.

There is also a lot going on via the Brisbane Vegan Meetup group on facebook.

You just gotta know where to look!!! happy.
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Richard6 Richard6 QLD Posts: 2
6 15 Jul 2013
Guys seriously I'm ready to f**k shit up.
I'm not some idiot who stumbled across this site just to f**k with you i am a sincere vegetarian and I'm f**king over this shit.
If I had a handful of you guys to back me up I'd sabotage and destroy everything the meat industry owns.

I will break into farms and destroy their  killing equipment, throw Molotovs  throw butcher's shops,  you name it what ever I'll do it.
It's about time a militant vegetarian/vegan group showed itself.
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Lancastrian Lancastrian VIC Posts: 310
7 15 Jul 2013
Richard6,
Whilst your enthusiasm is heartening, if you real want to cause economic damage to the meat industry, giving out vegan leaflets can be more effective, although it won't massage your ego as much.

This essay may help with your anger problems:
http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/satya.html
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Richard6 Richard6 QLD Posts: 2
8 15 Jul 2013
I know people who have watched earthlings and still devour flesh.
I doubt your leaflets will persuade them, and violent actions is the wrong path to go down I agree, But! It sends a message.

My argument is pointless and irresponsible , but pamphlets and images of deceased animals etc.. Obviously doesn't affect these people.
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Lancastrian Lancastrian VIC Posts: 310
9 16 Jul 2013
Richard6 said:
I know people who have watched earthlings and still devour flesh.
I doubt your leaflets will persuade them, and violent actions is the wrong path to go down I agree, But! It sends a message.

My argument is pointless and irresponsible , but pamphlets and images of deceased animals etc.. Obviously doesn't affect these people.
Our aim shouldn't be to convince the people who are heartless. It should be to cause economic damage by convincing those who are already compassionate, but uninformed. I believe my leafleting has a conversion rate to vegetarianism of 1 person in 40. (when given to a 20 year old university student).

This causes more economic damage than all but the most concerted, well orchestrated campaigns of law breaking.

It depends what you want to do. If you want to cause economic damage then vegan  leafleting is the way to go. It causes more economic damage than direct action, which only has a minor effect due to an amazing thing called 'Insurance'.

If however you want to feel better about yourself, inflate your ego, and think of yourself as some kind of hero, then direct action is clearly for you. Whilst you are in prison, I'll still be causing economic damage by leafleting.

And unless you have done some pretty crafty TOR / IP concealment when you used this public forum, the police already know who you are, so I don't fancy your chances in the long run.
sad

Direct action is only appropriate when supported by the community at large. Notable examples are Victoria's Duck Rescue, ALV's open rescue, the UK's Animal Liberation Leagues of the early 1980s or Sea Shepherd.

At any other time, it is almost always a waste of time and resources, no matter how gratifying to the ego.
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Jahki Brown Jahki Brown QLD Posts: 1
10 25 Jun 2014
Tsk...I agree, pamphlets and gentle smiles don't seem to be working very well. I don't think people are taking vegans or their message seriously...they quite simply don't want to know because not much is being done...mainstream... to grab their attention.You're dealing with herd mentality, key figures in the herd need to be brought on board to make the masses take notice or more dramatic attention grabbing strategies need to be initiated...and really where are the active vegan groups? All I've come across is people sitting in vegan restaurants eating vegan food and talking about being vegan...its not very motivational. The suffragettes didn't get the vote with pamphlets, neither did slavery end with pamphlets, even the greens know to tie themselves to trees and become political. Animal abuse is not going to end with words, pictures and pamphlets because people are not choosing to hear or see the message.
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