Shake the Earth

“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.”

― William Lloyd Garrison, Boston abolitionist

And then Harley stormed the stage. (At the Animal Rebellion protest in front of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – when the police tried to clear us out due to Covid guidelines.) Her words were completely extemporaneous – and yet perfectly composed. “We are here to prevent the next pandemic. Because this is just a rehearsal.” She was pure moral passion. Her speech shook the Earth. It was a privilege to be there to witness it. 👊🏼😍💚

Shortly after, Bel Jacobs – a scheduled speaker, with actual prepared remarks – came on. One of the most brilliant and powerful writers and speakers I've ever heard, she's made me cry more than once. If you think continuing to torture and kill 200 million animals a day for food is an option for humanity and its survival, I urge you with all my heart to listen to this. 💚

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Dispatch from the Razor's Edge is owned and operated by novelist, technologist, vegan, exercise junkie, classical liberal, rambler, and Londoner Michael Stephen Fuchs.

Fuchs is the author of the novels The Manuscript and Pandora's Sisters, both published worldwide by Macmillan in hardback, paperback and all e-book formats (and in translation); the D-Boys series of high-tech, high-concept, spec-ops military adventure novels – D-Boys, Counter-Assault, and Close Quarters Battle (coming in 2016); and is co-author, with Glynn James, of the bestselling Arisen series of special-operations military ZA novels. The second nicest thing anyone has ever said about his work was: "Fuchs seems to operate on the narrative principle of 'when in doubt put in a firefight'." (Kirkus Reviews, more here.)

Fuchs was born in New York; schooled in Virginia (UVa); and later emigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lived through the dot-com boom. Subsequently he decamped for an extended period of tramping before finally rocking up in London, where he now makes his home. He does a lot of travel blogging, most recently of some very long walks around the British Isles. He's been writing and developing for the web since 1994 and shows no particularly hopeful signs of stopping.

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