“Animal Liberation Now is a truly revolutionary text to read, treasure, and pass along. Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation was a philosophical bombshell when it first appeared in 1975. It forever changed the conversation about our treatment of animals, and this new book will both enrich and sharpen that conversation.”
—Ingrid Newkirk
Almost 50 years after the publication of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation—the groundbreaking work that challenged the way humans view and treat our fellow animals and forever shifted the animal rights conversation—readers will have the opportunity to revisit the iconic book. On May 23, Singer will unveil Animal Liberation Now, an updated version of his 1975 classic, in a multi-city series of events. See below to preorder the book.
Widely considered a founding philosophical work of the animal rights movement, Animal Liberation remains as relevant as ever. It introduced countless readers to their biases against other animals in the form of “speciesism”—a human-supremacist worldview that fuels the ongoing abuse and exploitation of our fellow animals.
Singer argued that all sentient beings, regardless of their capabilities or differences, deserve equal consideration—or more specifically, freedom from suffering. PETA was founded as a result of Animal Liberation’s publication. While our work has made many practices less cruel, violent, and frightening for animals—by exposing and ending disgusting abuse in laboratories, on farms, at roadside zoos, and in other industries that exploit animals—the widespread animal suffering that Singer laid bare decades ago persists.
Laboratories, flush with government funds, still torment and kill monkeys, dogs, cats, mice, rats, and other animals in painful tests. The meat, egg, and dairy industries abuse and kill billions of animals every year in vile ways. Roadside zoos confine animals to tiny, inhumane cages, leaving them to pace endlessly. Circuses train animals—with force and through fear—to perform confusing and even painful tricks. Dogs languish outside on chains during the winter. Deadly poisons are administered to species considered inconvenient “pests.” And so much more. Thus, the acceptance of Animal Liberation’s thesis—that no sentient being deserves to suffer—is vital.
Singer will be promoting Animal Liberation Now (with PETA representatives as special guests) in the following cities.
- Washington, D.C.: Friday, May 26, 7 p.m., Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University with Dr. Alka Chandna, vice president of laboratory investigations cases
- Los Angeles: Monday, May 29, 6 p.m., The Wiltern with Lisa Lange, senior vice president of communications
- San Francisco: Tuesday, May 30, 7 p.m., the Curran theater with Kathy Guillermo, senior vice president of laboratory investigations
- New York: Thursday, June 1, 8 p.m., The Great Hall at The Cooper Union with Ashley Byrne, director of outreach and communications
- London: Sunday, June 4, 7 p.m., Hackney Empire with Ingrid Newkirk, president
All tickets to speaking tour events will include a copy of Animal Liberation Now. Get tickets:
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