Evan Mangold’s Class Films

Here are a few books I’ve been reading for some background research:

“Ethical Vegetariansim” edited by Kerry Walters and LIsa Portmess. This book is composed of essays on vegetarianism from people such as Pythagoras, Gandhi, Tolstoy, Richard Wagner, and many more. It focuses mostly on the history of vegetariansim and how it first came about.  It also talks about the environmental impacts of meat production and dives deeply into the ethics behind eating meat.  It was nice to read about this from a more historical and philosophical perspective.

“Vegan Freak” by Bob Torres and Jenna Torres.  This book covers basically everthing pertaining to veganism.  It has a step by step guide for going vegan in less than three weeks, it covers all the arguments and reasons behind turning vegan, and it also talks a lot about being vegan while living with people who aren’t, or “being vegan in a non-vegan world.”  It was very interesting to read not just about the ethical reasoning behind veganism, but about how they cope with being outsiders in many places, including their own homes.

“Animal Liberation” by Peter Singer.  I am reading this because many claim that it is what started the modern animal rights movement (it was first published in 1975).  It’s mostly a philosophical look at things such as animal testing and or course meat production.  It has some very powerful discussions on the factory farming of animals.  It also has a lot of information on how the animal rights movement can actually make a difference in today’s world.

This research is in addition to all the Food Not Bombs research I’ve done, which is all in the form of online articles, zines, and interviews.

There is also the “Dark Days” documentary, which I talk about a few posts down.

While researching homelessness, I came across a pretty amazing film.  “Dark Days” is a documentary about a group of homeless people living under train tunnels in New York.

Here’s a video of the first 10 minutes: