“Far from being misanthropic, when an animal activist reaches out to a fellow human being, she or he is not only advocating on behalf of animals but helping another person realize the connection between our oppression of animals and the oppression of humans — and how liberating one group benefits the other.”

— Mark Hawthorne (author)

"Animal Liberation Is Human Liberation", in OpEdNews.com (11 December 2007) http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mark_haw_071211_animal_liberation_is.htm

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