The majority of those incarcerated for illicit animal activism in the late 1990s and early 2000s were involved in hardcore punk music. Ī 2014 study indicates that vegan punks are more likely to remain politically active through their diets and lifestyles than those who do not belong to this subculture. For their part, the devotees of the Hare Krishna tradition, present in the krishnacore subgenre, are required to be vegetarians. Veganism has become the social norm in some communities of the anarcho-punk (current within punk rock that promotes anarchism) and straight edge ( hardcore punk subculture based on abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and other recreational drugs) subcultures. The relationship between punk and animal rights is highlighted in the imagery and lyrics of these bands, the content of zines, benefit concerts and albums for animal activist causes, and the convergence between punk and veganism in cafés, social centres, Food Not Bombs chapters, organisations such as the Animal Defense League and ABC No Rio (United States), and hunt saboteur groups (United Kingdom). This association continues on into the 21st century, as evinced by the prominence of international vegan punk events such as Ieperfest in Belgium, Fluff Fest in Czech Republic, and Verdurada in Brazil. The inculcation of some concepts and practices related to animal rights in the collective consciousness has been substantially pioneered and influenced by the punk movement.
crust punk, metalcore and grindcore, eventually becoming a distinctive feature of punk culture. This issue spread into various punk rock and hardcore subgenres, e.g.
Among the latter, Rod Coronado, Peter Daniel Young and members of SHAC are notable. This association dates back to the 1980s and has been expressed in areas that include song lyrics, benefit concerts for animal rights organisations, and militant actions of activists influenced by punk music. In order to understand the radical animal rights and environmental movements, it helps to know a bit about punk rock.Īnimal rights are closely associated with two ideologies of the punk subculture: anarcho-punk and straight edge.
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