Keywords: Animal Liberation

Veganism should be enacted broadly on the Left as a praxis not only of anti-speciesist or animal-rights-motivated politics, but also broader politics of anti-capitalism and liberation.

We can distinguish between two forms of humanism in the Marxian tradition and locate the conceptual space occupied by animals in each, providing valuable conceptual tools for critical animal studies to employ.

Thinking about animals as a class, with common interests and common suffering, enables us to see suffering and exploitation as results of a larger system, not particular acts of cruelty.