"Know Thy Enemy": NARD 16 Animal Liberation speech

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 UTC

Description On June 13, in Bangalore, we observed the National Animal Rights Day (NARD 16), where I spoke about the various barriers to animal liberation, including, but not limited to: Zionism, casteism, classism, patriarchy, corporate loot, colonisation, imperialism, suppression of workers’ rights, environmental destruction, land-grabbing, and deforestation. I spoke how boycotts isn't enough to achieve animal liberation, because humans oppress non-human animals in ways other than exploitation. In an anthropocentric world, human concerns concern non-humans too. This is the politics we are not talking about as animal liberationists and for the sake of justice, we must not ignore it.

Recommended reading You can read all about Blue Cross of India hijacking NARD 15 Chennai here: Why I Almost Boycotted NARD 15 Chennai?

Acknowledgements The thumbnail was photographed by Sudharni and is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The video was recorded by Rahul Ravihal and is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Subtitles track(s) for this video are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Marriott's Crimes Neither Start Nor End With Down: Marriott down with the down protest, Bangalore

Sat, 05 Sept 2026 00:00:00 UTC

Description On August 22, in Bangalore, animal rights activists "protested" against "Marriott", where I spoke about the numerous ways Marriott oppresses the non-human animals, be it by stealing their feathers, their eggs, mutilating their bodies, looting their milk, extracting physical labour out of them, blocking their migrations, destruction of environment or even displacing them. And while we criticise Marriott for these various actions, what we must not forget is: neither asking for the welfarist demands of cage-free eggs, nor just eradicating down feathers from their pillows would be enough for liberation. From displacing indigenous people to screwing with workers to failing to have a half-decent anti-sexual harassment policy – Marriott cares for none of them, all they care about, are their profits, and such industries need to be burnt to the ground for total liberation.

Acknowledgements

The video of the speech was recorded by Rahul Ravihal and is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The video of the chants was recorded by Sunil Sathyanarayanan and is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Subtitles track(s) for this video are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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"Know Thy Enemy": NARD 16 Animal Liberation speech

Marriott's Crimes Neither Start Nor End With Down: Marriott down with the down protest, Bangalore