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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bacon is the butchered flesh of someone who wanted to live. The way people talk, you'd think they didn't know that.

Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A little guerrilla vegan advocacy: take a book you own, write a message inspired by its story inside the cover, and donate it to a free book swap. For Animal Farm: “What would ‘all animals are equal’ mean beyond these pages? Go vegan.” Plant a question. Pass it on. 🌱 #Veganism #AnimalRights

Photorealistic mock-up of a wooden book-swap shelf in a railway station. A sign reads “FREE BOOKS - Take a book • Leave a book.” Among the donated books, a red copy of George Orwell’s Animal Farm faces forwards, prominently displaying its cover with a pale pig silhouette.

Photorealistic mock-up of Animal Farm opened to its title page on a wooden table. Beneath the printed title and author, George Orwell, a message handwritten in blue biro reads: “What would ‘all animals are equal’ mean beyond these pages? Go vegan.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Laughing Cow has lost her smile in a new marketing stunt. Maybe she’s wondering why you’re eating her baby’s milk, where her calf has gone, and why her reward for years of being used is a slaughterhouse. The question isn’t why she stopped laughing. It’s why we ever imagined she would. #Vegan

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not having others enslaved, tortured and killed for your pleasure and convenience is not radical or extreme... It's just the bare minimum level of decency and respect.

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MarcPieterse @marcpieterse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Would they treat me better if I could bark?" #LiveVegan ✌️ 📍 #Poland and everywhere pigs are fHarmed

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

London: PETA disrupts H&M’s show over wool. New York: fashion chief resigns after pinning down a PETA protester at COS. Two cities. One industry treating sentient beings as raw materials. Sheep aren’t fabric factories. Their bodies belong to them. #Vegan #AnimalRights #Fashion #News

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Pathless Pilgrim Ⓥ @pathlesspilgrim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To the farmer, she is nothing more than a numbered product. And to you... Who is she to you? #Photography by Jose Angel Ortiz #Animals #AnimalRights #Veganism #Farming

Close-up of a black-and-white cow looking towards the camera between two horizontal metal rails. Yellow numbered tags hang from both ears. A vivid blue sky and part of a farm roof are visible behind the cow.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The MMA fighter vs chimpanzee “fight” was a hoax, ending with a link to the Jane Goodall Institute. But why did “Who would win?” become the question, rather than ethics, when only one participant could ever consent? Read my latest article 👇 ko-fi.com/post/The-Chi... #AnimalRights

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The Chimpanzee Fight Was Fake. The Questions It Raised Were Real.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Other animals are people, too. Go vegan Be vegan Stay vegan #AnimalRights

Square black graphic with large, rough-edged white lettering reading “OTHER ANIMALS ARE PEOPLE TOO”. Beneath, a detailed white illustration shows a human hand and a nonhuman ape’s hand reaching towards each other, their fingers gently touching. “@HardcoreVegan” appears in grey along the bottom.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

207 miles to demand an end to animal testing. A march to Marshall BioResources in New York connects with the campaign against MBR Acres in Britain. Click the link below to explore the march, the UK connection and how to get involved. #EndAnimalTesting #AnimalRights ko-fi.com/post/207-Mil...

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207 Miles - The March to End Animal Testing

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The worst offenders on the planet - murderers, paedophiles, sex offenders - do not get treated anywhere near as badly as the most innocent and vulnerable animals on this planet. #AnimalRights #Veganism

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Humans are no more worthy of life than any other sentient Earthling. End speciesism. Go #vegan #AnimalRights

Square black graphic with white text reading “END SPECIESISM”. Inside a white rectangular border, a human hand and a nonhuman primate’s hand reach towards each other, their fingertips touching. Below, text reads: “WE ARE NOT MORE WORTHY OF LIFE”.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your daily reminder that there's no humane way to kill someone who doesn't want to die. #Animals #AnimalRights #Veganism

Close-up of a pig looking out between worn metal rails in a dark enclosure. Soft light illuminates one eye, their pink skin and fine bristles, while the surroundings fade into shadow. Small white text at the bottom reads “HARDCORE VEGAN”.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mexico's Burrolandia sanctuary is rescuing donkeys & helping break the stigma surrounding these misunderstood animals. When visitors learn the donkeys’ names instead of riding them, they begin to see them as individuals rather than objects of entertainment or labour. weanimals.org/project/more...

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More Than a Beast of Burden: Rethinking Donkeys in Mexico - We Animals

We Animals photojournalist Sara Escobar recently visited Burrolandia in Otumba, Mexico, to document the lives of those donkeys who find their way to sanctuary. Burrolandia is leading the way for Mexic...

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Live and let live,” says the person paying for someone else to die. Your taste preferences don’t justify destroying someone else's entire life. When your choice has a victim, it deserves more than “each to their own”. Be vegan. #AnimalRights #Vegan

Square Hardcore Vegan graphic in black, white and red. A pig looks directly at the viewer from behind metal bars in a dark pen. Large text reads: “Over 80 billion land animals slaughtered every year.” Below: “All that killing. For your ‘personal choice’.” “80 billion” and “personal choice” are highlighted in red. At the bottom: “Be vegan. Hardcore Vegan.” Small print reads: “Global annual land-animal slaughter. Source: FAO / Faunalytics.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you get more offended by “MEAT IS MURDER” written on a wall than by the killing it describes, you need to give your head a wobble. Be vegan. #AnimalRights

“MEAT IS MURDER” spray-painted in large black capital letters across three lines on a weathered brick wall with peeling white paint. The lettering has rough edges and paint drips.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

They do speak. We just decided their voices don’t count. Fear, resistance, exhaustion, grief - none of it is silent. The shame is that we understand enough to know they don’t want this, and exploit them anyway. #AnimalRights #Veganism

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A few minutes of flavour for you. Everything they will ever have for them. When we can choose otherwise, how can we justify taking someone’s entire life for a meal? Their life belongs to them. Go vegan. Repost if you agree. #Veganism #AnimalRights

Black-and-white close-up of a pig looking directly at the viewer. Bold text reads: “You can choose another meal. They don’t get another life.” “Another life” is highlighted in red. Hardcore Vegan branding appears at the bottom.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Seafood” tells us what we want from them. It doesn’t tell us why we have the right to take it. My latest article asks who disappears when we talk about fish as stocks, tonnes and ingredients. Read: ko-fi.com/post/They-Ca... #AnimalRights #Sustainability

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They Call Them “Seafood”. That’s Where the Problem Begins.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I put the question to ChatGPT. This line nails it: “Animals don’t owe you their bodies because you like what you can do with them.” Disagree? What justifies exploiting someone when you have the choice not to? #Vegan #AnimalRights

White graphic with a bold black heading: “I asked Chat GPT if there’s ANY valid reason for someone NOT to be vegan.” “ANY” and “NOT” are underlined. Below is a screenshot of this exchange:

User: “Is there a valid reason not to be vegan?”

ChatGPT: “If unnecessary animal exploitation is wrong, then no.

Veganism already means avoiding animal exploitation as far as possible and practicable. Genuine necessity is covered. Taste, tradition and convenience don’t turn avoidable exploitation into necessity.

‘But I enjoy it’ isn’t an ethical justification. It’s the preference you’re being asked to justify.

Animals don’t owe you their bodies because you like what you can do with them.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Other animals’ lives belong to them. Our pleasure and convenience don’t give us the right to take them. Repost if you agree. #Veganism #AnimalRights

Square graphic with monochrome portraits of a cow, pig and chicken against a textured black background. Large text reads “Veganism is a moral obligation”, with “moral” in red. Hardcore Vegan branding appears below.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When the Home Office approves animal experiments, why is its reasoning kept from public scrutiny? My latest article asks why the public is kept from seeing how animal experiments are justified - and why we assume their lives are ours to use. Read it now ↓ ko-fi.com/post/Animal-... #AnimalRights

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Animal Experiments, State Secrecy & the Lives We Decide Are Expendable

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If killing someone for something as trivial as a taste preference is acceptable, where exactly does “animal abuse” begin? In my latest article, I argue that factory farming is an inevitable result of treating other animals as ours to use. Read why: ko-fi.com/Post/Factory... #AnimalRights #Veganism

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Factory Farming Isn’t a Broken Food System. The Problem Goes Deeper.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The system isn't 'broken' - it's fundamentally flawed at its root. The issue isn't 'cruelty' - it's use. Once we have accepted that animals are ours to use - and even kill - for our own pleasure/gain, we give ourselves and others license to do with them pretty much as we see fit. #Veganism

Square advocacy graphic with a dark background. On the left, a cow, pig and chicken are shown behind metal bars. On the right, an elephant stands in chains in a circus-like setting. Large white and yellow text reads: “Factory farming isn’t a broken food system. It’s the logical result of treating animals as food. The problem isn’t cruelty. It’s use. Once we say animals are ours to use, any abuse becomes a matter of degree.” “Hardcore Vegan” appears at the bottom.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Who gets to be someone - and who gets reduced to something? Our free ebook explores speciesism, animal minds, and the case for recognising other animals as individuals with rights. Question the line we’ve inherited. Download free: ko-fi.com/s/619733d93e #AnimalRights #Veganism

Square, AI-generated animal-rights graphic showing a young brown-and-white cow with their head lowered behind metal bars in a dark enclosure. Large cream and amber text reads: “Every society tells itself a story about who counts. And who doesn’t.” Below: “What if justice didn’t stop at our species?” The bottom is branded “HARDCORE VEGAN.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Interesting article. What do you think? Should vegans be taking the focus away from the plight of exploited & oppressed nonhuman animals, at places like Vegan Camp Out, by demonstrating for human causes? Or should focus be kept on #AnimalRights? kerryburtongalley.substack.com/p/when-vegan...

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When Vegan Camp Out Becomes Palestine Camp Out

Not Even One Weekend Can Remain About the Animals

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So they're advertising for vivisectors on Bluesky now. #AnimalRights #AnimalTesting

Screenshot of a Bluesky post by Jean Laurens advertising a Technical Assistant position at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute in Frankfurt. The text says there are 8 days left to apply and describes work involving training rats and assisting with wireless brain recordings. The accompanying recruitment graphic reads “WE’RE HIRING! TECHNICAL ASSISTANT” and shows a black rat in a laboratory setting wearing a small device on their head, alongside bullet points about neuroscience, wireless brain recordings and working with an international team.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Slaughterhouse workers have been linked with higher aggression, violent attitudes, illegal drug use, antisocial behaviour & increased criminality. We pay people to kill terrified sentient individuals all day, then act surprised when the violence doesn't stay neatly inside the slaughterhouse #Vegan

Square animal-rights protest graphic in a gritty red, black and white style. On the left, large distressed text reads: “THE VIOLENCE DOESN’T STAY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE.” In the centre is a shadowed slaughterhouse worker in a blood-stained apron holding a knife, standing in a dark corridor lit by red overhead light. On either side, frightened cows and pigs are confined behind metal bars. Smaller text on the wall reads: “THEIR FEAR. YOUR CHOICE.” At the bottom is the phrase “Hardcore Vegan. For the animals.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Even in death, you can still see the terror in their eyes. Have a heart - go vegan

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Breeding animals to be confined, exploited and killed for your benefit is slavery. They don’t need better cages. They don’t need “humane” slaughter. We need to stop using them. Free your slaves. Go vegan. #Vegan #AnimalRights

Square animal-rights graphic with a dark, dramatic background. On the right is a close-up of a pig behind rusty metal bars, looking toward the viewer with a tear visible beneath one eye. On the left, distressed white and muted pink text reads: “FREE YOUR SLAVES. GO VEGAN.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Serious question for non-vegans: What is your strongest moral argument for killing animals for food when you can eat without killing them? Not “I like the taste.” Not “we've always done it.” What is the actual ethical justification? #Vegan

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Respect others' lifestyle choices.” Exactly. A choice, not a necessity. Imagine being so privileged you think other sentient individuals are commodities put on this earth to satisfy your appetites and desires. That’s the privilege I’m interested in.

Screenshot of a Bluesky post by The Immortal Brawl2099. The post reads: “Veganism is based entirely in privilege that too many vegans cannot recognize. If you're in a socio-economic situation to observe it, great for you. But if you can't recognize the privilege and can't respect others' lifestyle choices, shut up.”

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

People have been calling almond milk “almond milk” since the Middle Ages Nobody became confused & tried to milk an almond. Sweetbreads aren't bread. Head cheese isn't cheese. Rocky Mountain oysters aren't oysters. And I regret to inform you that knob cheese isn't cheese either #WorldPlantMilkDay

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Eating meat is a choice.” Exactly. If peace is a choice, why choose violence? #Vegan #AnimalRights

Square animal-rights graphic on a dark background. On the left is a close-up portrait of a brown cow looking directly at the viewer. On the right, large text reads: “IF PEACE IS A CHOICE, WHY CHOOSE VIOLENCE?” with the final line highlighted in a warm brown tone.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Non-vegans: What is the morally relevant difference between a dog and a pig that makes it wrong to kill one for pleasure, but acceptable to pay someone to kill the other because you like the taste? Genuine question. #Vegan #AnimalRights

Square comparison graphic on a dark background. On the left is a close-up portrait of a brown-and-black dog looking directly at the viewer. On the right is a close-up portrait of a pink pig also looking directly at the viewer. Across the bottom, large text reads: “WHAT’S THE MORAL DIFFERENCE?” with the word “MORAL” highlighted.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“Trump allows tariff-free beef imports.” Notice how language makes the victim disappear. What you call 'beef' is the flesh of sentient individuals who were bred into slavery, exploited and then killed. YOU CALL IT “BEEF” BECAUSE “SOMEBODY’S FLESH” SOUNDS AS FUCKED UP AS IT IS.

Square activist graphic with a gritty black background and red splatter effects. On the left, large distressed block text in white and red reads: “IT’S NOT ‘BEEF’. IT’S SOMEBODY’S FLESH.” On the right is a close-up of a cow looking directly at the viewer, with a yellow ear tag visible.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is for all the non-vegans who call themselves anarchists: If you condemn domination, hierarchy & oppression, while still paying for other sentient individuals to be bred, owned, exploited & killed, you’re not an anarchist, you're just another oppressor with better slogans #Anarchy #Anarchism

Square Hardcore Vegan graphic with a gritty black background, distressed red splatter around the edges, and large weathered block lettering in white and red. The text reads: “THE ONLY TRUE ANARCHY IS VEGANARCHY.” On the right is a large red anarchy symbol and a black-and-red anarchist flag, giving the image a bold punk protest aesthetic.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Wild horses sold for slaughter” should horrify people for one obvious reason: Sentient individuals are not property. Not if they’re wild. Not if they’re domesticated. The real obscenity is the belief that anyone can be owned, sold and killed. #Vegan #AnimalRights

Square activist graphic with a gritty black background and red splatter around the edges. On the left, large distressed white and red block text reads: “WILD HORSES SOLD FOR SLAUGHTER? SENTIENT INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT PROPERTY. NOT IF THEY’RE WILD. NOT IF THEY’RE DOMESTICATED.” On the right is a close-up of a brown horse with a dark windblown mane, looking directly at the viewer beside metal railings.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If your “personal choice” has a victim, it isn’t personal. Someone loses their life for that meal. Someone loses everything for your preference, your habit, your convenience. Animals are not products. They are individuals. #Vegan #AnimalRights #GoVegan

Square Hardcore Vegan graphic with a black, distressed background and red splatter effects around the edges. On the left, large weathered block text in white and red reads: “WHAT YOU EAT IS NOT A PERSONAL CHOICE IF SOMEONE IS KILLED FOR IT.” The words “NOT” and “KILLED” are emphasised in red. On the right is a close-up photo of a pig behind metal bars, looking directly toward the viewer

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Veganism is not some luxury lifestyle for the privileged. It is the baseline moral refusal to exploit, abuse and kill others when we do not need to. If you can live without violence, you should. #Veganism #AnimalRights #GoVegan

Square Hardcore Vegan activist graphic with a gritty black background, distressed red splatter around the edges, and large weathered block lettering in white and red. The text reads: “VEGANISM IS NOT A PRIVILEGE. IT’S A MORAL OBLIGATION.” “PRIVILEGE” and “MORAL OBLIGATION” are emphasised in red for impact.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

No! I don't have any special dietary requirements. I require the same essential nutrients as every other human being on this planet. I just don't have others enslaved, tortured and killed to get those nutrients.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If the word at the bottom offends you more than the breeding, enslavement, exploitation, abuse and killing above it, your priorities are fucked. Animals are not property. Their lives belong to THEM. #Vegan #AnimalRights

Square black, red and white activist graphic with distressed, protest-style lettering. It reads: “IF YOU THINK BREEDING INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS INTO SLAVERY SO YOU CAN EXPLOIT, ABUSE AND KILL THEM IS ACCEPTABLE, YOU’RE A CUNT.” The words “BREEDING”, “INTO SLAVERY”, “EXPLOIT, ABUSE”, “KILL THEM” and the final line are emphasised in red against a gritty black background.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Veganism has nothing to do with food preferences - it is the opposition to exploitation and oppression. "I like meat, though," does NOT justify breeding animals into slavery, abusing them, and then slitting their throats.

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The National Animal Rights March returns to London on 22 August. Its tenth anniversary deserves celebrating, but the history of animal-rights marching in Britain began long before 2016. Read my latest article below for more on this... ko-fi.com/post/Ten-Yea... #AnimalRights #NARM #Veganism

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Ten Years of NARM, Decades of Resistance

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Hardcore Vegan @hardcorevegan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

As thousands prepare to attend this year's Vegan Camp Out festival next weekend, a controversial and largely overlooked incident from 2025 has resurfaced, and still deserves answers. #Veganism #AnimalRights #VCO #VeganCampOut2026 #VeganCampOut2025 ko-fi.com/post/The-Tro...

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The Troll, the VIP Invitation and Vegan Camp Out’s Betrayal of Trust.

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