December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. With this day in mind, it is important to consider the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the 19th century, as well as existing forms of slavery – including that of non-human animals, writes Nick Pendergrast.

Australia’s biggest horse racing event is blatant in its depiction of intersecting oppressions – animal slavery, sexism and classism, and it’s time for left-wing progressives to take a stand against it, writes Rebecca Cleaver.

A recent video of a group of chimpanzees being introduced to the outdoors after years of medical research touched the hearts of many. But while these chimpanzees are now awakening to the outside world, countless others are still suffering unspeakable torture out of public view, writes Susannah Waters.

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The recent outbreak of E. coli in Germany caused massive confusion, hundreds of millions of dollars lost in the economy of numerous EU countries, at least 30 deaths and over 3,000 individuals to become ill. Every media source reported the story in the same fashion – that bean sprouts produced by an organic farm in Lower Saxony were responsible. The real culprit, writes Dr Richard Oppenlander, has not been accurately revealed to the public.

Europeans and immigrants believe that meat is a critical part of the human diet, but ancient Native Americans had a much more varied diet. Linda Fisher believes her American Indian ancestors would say it’s time to stop the suffering and the killing.