The Seal Hunt / Cheap Vegan Eats

March 15, 2005

From muffins to megaphones, this show offers a hearty helping of local and national-based activism. First we'll hear from Rebbeca Aldworth, Humane Society of the United States' Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues, who will provide an overview of the Canadian seal hunt and explain HSUS' controversial campaign, "Boycott Canadian Seafood," which they hope will curb the slaughter.

Then we'll connect with Pat Tohill, Campaigns and Communications Manager for World Society for the Protection of Animals. Pat will tell us about how Torontonians make their voices heard on this issue. (Protests are beginning tomorrow. Check out http://www.wspa.ca/sealhunt/sealrally.html)

Then the fine folks from Radical Roots will drop by to give us the scoop (the ladle?) on their worker-run non-profit food alternative, which offers a wide selection of really cheap and tasty vegan fare on the U of Toronto campus. We'll end the program with a free serving from the People's Potato, the completely amazing vegan soup kitchen at Concordia University, which was established in 1999 to address student poverty. The kitchen now serves over 500 people daily, both students and community members. If that weren't enough, the Potato has also published a book called Vegan on a Shoestring.

Download mp3s of the interview: part 1 (2.29 MB) and part 2 (3.1 MB)

Tags: Hunting | Seals | Veg Businesses

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The Humane Society of the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2006-03-06 05:34.

The Humane Society of the United States is campaigning against the Canadian Seal Hunt this year. Their principal tactic this year is to urge Americans to stop purchasing Canadian fishing produce, forcing the Canadian government into a change of policy. That is, attempting to destroy the local economy of another country. Perhaps we could call that âInternational Economic Terrorism.â
Now, if they are engaged in such activities, it might look bad if they were to be funded by a politician or perhaps a
US federal government agency. A list of their funding sources is to be found on:
http://www.activistcash.com/organization_financials.cfm/oid/136
Apparently, among their funding bodies is USAID, a US federal government agency, providing $500,000 in 2005.
Oops. http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/usaidorg.html
The USAID website states their mission in part ââ¦[USAID] supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances US foreign policy objectivesâ¦â
Well, that explains it then â engaging in International Economic Terrorism must be an official US government foreign policy objective.