Swati Prakash

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  • Should Vegans Perform Activism Too?

    Should Vegans Perform Activism Too?

    Q. Should every Vegan necessarily perform activism?

    A. By Rev. Swati Prakash, Wiccan ethical expert and coach http://www.askswati.com

    Veganism by definition is about avoiding consumption of products or services or engaging in activities that hurt, harm or exploit animals of non human species. It is one of our moral baselines although not the only one as I advocate (as a Wiccan educator) being against all abuse, discrimination and exploitation against human or non human species. It is additionally great if you could also find some time for activism and there can be many good types or forms of activism.

    Types of Activism: Writing, Videos, Petitions, Fundraisers, Public Speaking, Education, Debates, Talks, Conversations, TV Outreach, Leafletting, Music, Demonstrations, Marches, Protests, Vigils, Street actions, Sit-ins, Comedy, Creative Artivism, Chalking, Stickering, Postering, Road signs, Vehicle signs, Gatherings, Social Media Posts, Press and TV content, Rescuing, Political Lobbying, Letters, Advertising Campaigns, Arrestible Actions such as Aggravated Tresspass and Blockades

    I started with rescuing strays and creating small fundraisers or campaigns as a teenager, followed by writing columns in press and featuring in broadcast media to educate about nature, feminism and Wiccan beliefs when I grew up. I used to speak as a Wiccan educator at large events when invited to educational institutions or in seminars, as well as held my own gatherings and workshops too and I am aware that these help educate people and build communities. After going Vegan started blogging with well written and researched articles in detail since 2014 as well as followed it by street activism since 2019 and conversations, and then going on to authoring books in 2020 to raise awareness. I have worked with several activism teams as well as tried my hand at rescuing animals from farms recently. If I organise events I try to create those that attract more footballs to draw people into conversations easily on streets such as the Crime Scene demos at London Leicester square that were very effective in out reaching more people due to their curiosity value as conversations didn’t stop at the scene, one after another with some excellent activists being outreachers around the crime scene.

    Examples of a Few Great Activists:
    When one evaluates effecive activism a few names stand out such as Joey Carbstrong, Earthling Ed and Tash Peterson for example who are brilliant and have motivated a number of people, including myself and several other activists that I have met on streets in getting out there and talking or taking a stand against animal exploitation and abuse. These activists have focused on being featured in media as well as  been powerful in social media which in my opinion helps a lot more than otherwise. Because my background is press and media and I know first hand how powerful they could be. If you can become a major influencer such as these people have as activists it would be great for the cause.

    Positive Benefits of Activism:


    1. Activism is fun and also helps you meet lovely people and make new friends over time with like minded intelligent souls.


    2. It also adds more experience into your career and helps you develop communication skills, confidence and good behaviour standards as well as possibly could get added to your CV if you achieved some goals.


    3. It is great for your mental health and emotional wellbeing as it helps you feel that you achieved more than simply wasting time and money on socially unproductive activities or in toxic relationships. Of course you need to protect yourself from negative people, time drainers or rude people everywhere even in Vegan teams.


    4. In terms of social media it definitely helps you organize your thoughts and adds a new dimension to your profile and increase your reach as well as goodwill.


    5. For celebrities: As a Public Relations expert and a former owner of a PR agency in Mumbai where I lived before UK, I always advised my business and celebrity clients to focus on charitable work and to advocate positive things in media as opposed to senseless gimmicks because media and press are massive change agents in society and opinion influencers often have a bigger chance at being heard and emulated by public and can use their power for good.

    Risky actions: Some activism groups focus on getting arrested and going to court or jails as a sign of self sacrifice or drawing attention to the cause, for example Animal Rebellion (now Animal Rising). However these can come at a cost both economically as well as time wise and impact future career as well as family commitments. These actions are for those who can afford to take such risk in their career or personal life and not always my favourite as a single mum who cares for my son and two pets at home. If you do take risky actions the benefits to society must outweigh the costs or risks in an impactful way.

    Rescuing Farm Animals: A few groups focus on rescuing a few animals from farms by taking them away by stealth and this too can be risky of they are caught. In my opinion rescuing animals from farms selectively (as you can only run away with a few at a time) creates an illusion of liberation overall but might not actually impact consumer demand unless you film it and make a shift in consumer awareness or lobby actively in legal or judicial courts. If you rescue 20 animals with the consumers still demanding the same number of items at the till, 20 more will be bred and sold if not from that farm then another farm. True animal liberation is about creating a behaviour and attitude shift amongst public instead of doing something that noone will ever know about in secret. This is because demand creates supply and not the other way round.

    Difficulties in Activism:
    I am aware that some Vegan activists put a lot of pressure on Vegans to get active and use social media as well as join activism groups which is great if they have the time or resources to do this as a hobby or passion. Not everyone is capable or skilled in activism or expected to do it if in personal crisis, debt, caught in severe mental, financial or physical health problems or needing support themselves and one needs to have some empathy towards every person’s own needs.

    Kindly be aware that vegans as well as activists are often busy both in their own respectable careers as well as being parents, looking after their wellbeing, after pets, and doing other important work, hobbies, educational activities and online activism and are often involved in several groups and activism simultaneously. It is often not practical or healthy to expect activists to be there for each and everything or work at peak performance levels as this will cause burnout.

    I prefer and would advise you focus on activism that is self paced, sensible, sustainable, less economically draining, less risky, impactful in a positive way by creating awareness, allowing volunteers to be flexible in attending when they can and activism that is fun too. Awareness and education go a long way in improving our society and inspiring positive energy shift towards Ascension.

    You can join and support me on my other website http://www.earthhealingnetwork.com for free books and articles as an expert to learn more or get advise and Healing regularly from http://www.askswati.com to avoid burnout, protect yourself from harm, handle stress and shift your vibrations.

  • Sea Life Creatures Protest Against Fishing and Aquariums

    Sea Life Creatures Protest Against Fishing and Aquariums

    Over the last few months sea creatures such as fish and lobsters were popping up suddenly (activists dressed up) at London’s Leicester square and Sea Life Aquarium to protest silently against the Fishing and Aquariums industries.

    A Mermaid Demo at Leicester Square London

    These unique demos are being organized by Earth Healing Network and supported by our friends Paloma and John at Vegan Talks along with a few other amazing activists.

    Crowds have been gathering around me to find out why I am on the floor and if I am ok and to find out what Veganism is as a result by empathising with the victims.

    Why is it important to not eat fish or conduct fishing as a sport and to not visit Aquariums?

    Sea life is wildlife and animals must be allowed to remain free in nature. To control someone and take them out of their natural habitat is wrong, leave alone hurting them and suffocating them or cruelly chopping them off or boiling them alive.

    Sea life including crustaceans are recognized as sentient beings. They have feelings too. We even visited a lobster diner, a high profile restaurant at China Town London to see poor lobsters tied up with white tapes and unable to move in filthy aquariums to be the food on someone’s table.

    Lobster Demo at Leicester Square London

    Sea Woo at China Town was also targeted by activists for chalking and postering.

    Listen to the Mermaid at Sea Life London Aquarium at the following protest.

    Sea Life London Aquarium Protest

    What do you feel? Why are some people not considerate to the feelings of others and hurt them unnecessarily when we can all be Vegan and be good human beings too?

    Please support our activism and join us by writing to me on contact@earthhealingnetwork.com

  • FIVE INEFFECTIVE STYLES OF VEGAN ACTIVISM AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

    Wrong methods of activism are detrimental to Vegan movement and necessary to realize in order to focus on the right ultimate objective, for a true moral and inner awakening of the planet.

    1. Climate Denial based Conspiracy Theories:

    Some irrational groups are luring a few gullible Vegans who are going to regret their stance in the near future if they end up believing that climate change is not happening and is a hoax/ is a big lie. We know that animal farming kills the forests and the planet and CO2 is lying in the atmosphere instead of being absorbed by plants and trees to become food. Those groups that are climate deniers are usually anti-vegans and focused on luring us into false conspiracy theories that ultimately benefit animal farmers and butchers as millionaires.

    Solution: While some conspiracy theories might have some truths to them, most of them are unscientific and incredulous. Focus on facts and on only those theories that have some credible scientific arguments to them. Otherwise it reduces the quality of vegan activism.

    2. Apologist Movements:

    Trying to find ways to ‘tone down’ activism, feeling scared of being ‘preachy’, ‘judgemental’, of losing friends or jobs or social approval, and therefore worrying more about whether you are ‘alienating’ non vegans by calling animal meat murder or dairy scary, or farming rape is useless.

    Apologists groups try to focus more on food recipes, plant based activism instead of use of the Vegan word, not talking about Animal Rights, discuss how to debate with non vegans more ‘cheerfully’ without using graphic words, visuals or ‘triggers’ of murder, rape, etc, and instead end up bringing the non vegan views out into media. This is counterproductive at times if public start empathising and identifying with the non vegan point of view, due to low IQ and awareness levels. To see things as they are and speak the truth clearly and fearlessly is helpful. We are neither terrorists nor militants and not wrong in simply stating and showing facts and footage of government approved slaughter and farming activities. Why hide the evidence?

    Consuming the Blue Pill requires no courage and has no effect whatsoever in the reality keeping you mild, incompetent, and ineffective as activists by ‘normalising’ highest forms of horrific violence and befriending their perpetrators. They need to know that their arguments are time wastage and are wrong as well as unnecessary, while Vegan credible experts are right.

    Solution: WHO and all major nutrition associations have confirmed that all possible nutrients are found in Vegan diet, non vegan products are unessential, and there is therefore no animal abuse necessary for any reasons whatsoever. End discussion if they continue to argue unscientifically that animal abuse or violence is necessary. My Book Shamelessly Arguing With Vegans has debunked 150 Arguments already including on my YouTube channel @earthhealingnetwork (Playlist of the book title).

    3. Celebrity focus:

    ‘Go vegan please’ petitions to pop stars, filmstars, political, religious and other millionaires are interesting for news media if infrequent and involving significant PR expertise and press exposure.

    However lame attempts might be a waste of time as people focus on those stupid celebrities even more as a result. We need to bring focus to FACTS, and bring focus upon VEGANS and Vegan activists who speak truth for all humans and public to learn from. Going after an immoral psychopath is always going to be useless and they remain prone to denial, selfishness, corruption, money focus, greed and hedonism. They have zero respect for kind hearted Vegans and for animals as they are popular due to the masses who are ignorant and they thrive on ignorance, senseless consumerism, hedonism, makeup, glamour, money, status, and fancy cars. They also go vegan in a fake way and cannot be relied upon as per repeated evidence. A sensible person does not focus on entertainers, and criminal celebrities and their fancy quotes or memes.

    Solution: Why not focus on making new celebrities out of deserving people who are good humans who are Vegans and bring them to media attention directly. Bring attention to your views as a well educated Vegan or expert if you are one or promote such experts.

    4. Biblical or Mythical Religion focus:

    Making Jesus, Krishna, or other personality figures or Gods a Vegan ambassador may not work as these beings were all animal farmers, shephards, cowherd or men, who bred animals, killed them, cooked them, or had dairy, and the Biblical books were all full of violence, graphic blood sacrifices of animal and human being or Jesus, and irrational commandments including monstrosities by a dark killer God, such as passover lamb serial killing, that begets nightmares. Some pagan gods and goddesses were hunters as well as hedonists too focused on wine and animal meat, singing and dancing over animal bones and at times blood sacrifice.

    Please focus on personal spiritual awareness and awakening of your own consciousness instead of imagining that God is a person living as an individual outside somewhere, and pops in once, twice or ten times by incarnation on earth to save us. These are all irrational folk tales and mythological beliefs with no scientific evidence.

    A pondering upon big names of Gods, Gurus, Prophets, and Son of God in the past is also likely to fail if general belief of followers is on idolising them and worshipping them in churches, temples and gatherings, and imitation of their lifestyle instead of realising they are all from the past and not suitable for your awakening as someone who should know better.

    Solution: Develop own paranormal superpowers and own spiritual powers to manifest reality and to awaken from the Matrix.

    5. Denial of Human and Planatery Welfare Element in Vegan Movement:

    I am an abolitionist as I believe in a Ban on Animal Farming. This is for a threefold reason including human wellbeing as I am a wellbeing expert and planetary healer. Being a kind person is a foremost part of being normal and well. Lack of empathy and insight into your behaviour is related to various psychosocial disorders that harm other humans, other animals and the eco-system.

    (A) Humans are natural frugivores and we are harmed physically and psychologically by animal products with proven high risks of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, schizophrenia, and a lot more due to low fibre, low minerals and crucial vitamins, high antibiotics resistance, low immunity, high cholesterol, high saturated fats, high animal hormones, steroids, lactose, casein, germs, and drugs, in animal products such as animal meat, eggs, and dairy.

    (B) It destroys our innate natural kindness and compassion and creates criminality, greed and insensitivity if this massive violence against animals continues, it makes us abnormal psychopathic and sadistic beings that are disordered and mentally ill with low moral fibre of soul. It also creates PTSD and depression among children and sensitive adults, especially females and kind people who are normal, if they witness evidence of horrific violence daily, e.g. dismembered body parts, ribs, thighs, kidneys, brains, wings, eggs, and milk of abused females.

    (C) It destroys earth and its water, land, food grains, soil, air, and causes climate crisis, pandemics and genetic mutation if we continue to have yucky animal products, dairy, all forms of animal exploitation, and animal testing. Close to 50 percent of earth’s landmass is occupied and owned by animal farming and graphic violence industry thereby causing Humans and other animals to go through hell, stress, fear, poverty, food grain shortage, water shortage, tree shortage, fruit shortage, respiratory issues, low mood, anxiety, depression, rape, death, and several diseases caused by a collapsing environment, economy, food system and social rights system.

    There is no way we can have a normal, healed and liveable planet if Humans remain ill, psychopathic and harm all of nature makind other animals ill too.

    A love for nature is not just for selfish pleasure of holidays, relaxation and eating tofu and plant meats or feeling happy that you are Vegan and do not harm others while remaining blind to massive hell around you. It is impossible to love our planet if we only focus on personal gain and comfort and are not educating anyone else.

    So What Should Be The Main Focus?

    Animals who are farmed are the main majority of citizens of this planet. Their rights remain paramount. But for humans to get this point in their head they need to be educated as well as clearly given the repeated, coherent and consistent message that Animal Farming and Slaughter is a massive crime that needs to be Banned and there is no way it can be stated as an option for personal choice based consideration.

    Finally this Ban is to be Demanded on behalf of the 80 Billion plus land animals killed every year and 3 trillion sea animals fished every year in increasing numbers, 2023 estimates. A signature of a 100,000, a million or even 8 billion humans is irrelevant when the number of victims is 1000-fold more than of human voters. Noone has given humans moral authority of decision making, about all life on earth or made us kings queens or Lords of earth.

    Kindly share the above article widely and hashtag #BanAnimalAgriculture and #BanAnimalFarming to promote the cause and get talking.


    Swati Prakash
    http://www.earthhealingnetwork.com