For this first episode of Radicalize the Roots, my dear friend Poli and I discuss how exclusion, as well as misogyny and other oppressive behaviours, are rampant in the mainstream animal rights movement, specifically in the big orgs. Super specifically, one organization in particular...

A quick content warning- sexual harrassment & rape is brought up, also the threat of those and murder as a result of doing activism...

Poli Sotomayor is a pro-intersectional activist and nomad living in Mexico. She has been doing activism for 20 years now, starting with environmentalism, then 5 years into that, adding feminism to her roster and most recently, 6 years ago, bringing anti-speciesist activism to the mix. She has a masters in communications & politics and a PHD in social sciences. She is a force to be reckoned with and has the absolute biggest heart.

Poli: instagram - @polifaceticaenelista | website - www.polifaceticaenlaweb.com | youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxx579qjyj7CAnpZu0kUY_Q

Poli's video- original (in Spanish) - Ser mujer y hacer lo que hacemos - Polifacética & Animal Save Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r18kJySBxtU&t=38s

Poli's video- edited - We need to fight for TOTAL liberation | Misogyny is a MONSTER- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8jCPSVAjVc&t=9s

Food Empowerment Project - https://foodispower.org

lauren Ornelas from Food Empowerment Project talks about "Giving power back to the grassroots movement to restore passion, creativity and community for animals" at the Animal Rights National Conference 2019. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1adQt7UPr8I