Episode 544: Kristina Mering on International Animal Rights Movements

Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

Documentary, Education, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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-This episode is brought to you in part by the Barnard Medical Center. To set up a telehealth appointment today call 202-527-7500 or on pcrm.org. -In the intro to the show, Jasmin and Mariann discuss the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and the challenge of how to talk to vegans who don't recognize the importance of social justice movements. Then we present a reading by Z. Zane McNeill from the new book Queer and Trans Voices: Achieving Liberation Through Consistent Anti-Oppression, an anthology they co-edited with Julia Feliz Brueck and which includes a contribution from Jasmin! We also continue our Supporting Vegan Businesses program by shouting out VeeCoco, 24 Karrots Cafe, and Slutty Vegan in Atlanta. -Mariann speaks with Kristina Mering, founder and president of the Estonian branch of Anima International, Nähtamatud Loomad. She discusses the work that she and her organization have done towards building an animal rights movement in Estonia and how the history of political and social change in the region has affected this movement, the ways that incremental welfare reforms can and should co-exist with abolitionist veganism, and how vital her academic development has been to her activism. (23:40) -Mariann brings us the latest Rising Anxieties from the industrial animal ag world. (1:05:40)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Our Hen House. This is Jasmine Singer. And this is Marianne Sullivan. And we're very happy that you're joining us this week. Marianne will be speaking with Christina Merring, an amazing Estonian animal activist whose organization is making significant progress for animals.
0:24.2	Eastern Europe is seeing a real surge in animal rights activism, which is a hugely exciting development.
0:30.7	And I'm Eastern European by my...
0:33.5	Well, but you're not Estonian.
0:34.7	No, but I just wanted to say it.
0:36.1	I have to admit, like, it's embarrassing, but I had to look up Estonia on the map. Huh. I mean, I know it's up there. Yeah. You know, I know it's one of the Baltic countries, but I didn't know which one it was. Well, now you know. And I looked it up on the map because I want to go there. After talking to Christina, I really want to go there.
0:55.3	Not that I'm ever traveling again, but I really want to go to Estonia if I do.
0:59.7	Maybe she could like FaceTime you or something and hold the phone out while she's driving around her neighborhood.
1:06.4	Anyway, maybe that'll be the new form of traveling.
1:10.0	So this week on our bonus segment, which is, of course, available to all of our flock.
1:15.1	Christine is joining me again for, you know, we get a little up close and personal on the, on the flock's call.
1:20.7	So if you're a member, you will get an email the Tuesday after this podcast goes up with that link.
1:26.1	You can always find it on the flock Facebook group. And if you are not a member and you can afford it, you can join for $10 a
1:33.2	month at our henhouse.org slash donate. And also as a special thank you to our flock and our
1:38.7	community, we are doing our flock Friday Zoom calls at 4 p.m. Eastern or 1 p.m. Pacific, where we discussed some of the topics
1:45.5	we're struggling with or want to know more about, especially in this day and age that we're in.
1:50.3	A lot of kind of heavy stuff comes up and a lot of light stuff comes up as well. A lot of
1:54.4	communities being built. And we have some very special guests sometimes who lead us through
1:59.2	workshops on everything from writing
2:00.9	for animal rights to PR for animal rights and to meditation for animal activists and lots in
2:06.7	between. So if you're a member of the flock, check out the flock Facebook group for updates or
2:11.1	write to us at info at our henhouse.org. And Marianne already mentioned that if you're not a member
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