Strategy is a big topic of debate amongst animal activists. What is the best way forward to create the most change? Esther Salomon of Animal Think Tank joins us to discuss the strategies and many lessons the animal rights community can learn from other justice movements throughout history.

Esther Salomon helped kick-start Animal Rising as a full-time member in 2019 and supported it through its first wave of resistance to later become a founder and director of Animal Think Tank. She is currently working towards establishing VARC (the vegan and animal rights conference), a grassroots gathering for animal advocates in the UK. She is a certified Kingian Nonviolence Level One Trainer and has a background in nonviolent strategy and civil resistance for Animal Freedom.

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