Direct Action Everywhere

Student animal activists groups have pioneered efforts to urge Cal Dining to drop Tyson Foods as a meat supplier, however it seems they already have, triggering confusion amongst activist groups.

The Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, held a demonstration Sunday protesting horse deaths at Golden Gate Fields, or GGF. 

Longtime Berkeley activist Wayne Hsiung was convicted of larceny and breaking and entering Monday for taking a sick goat from a North Carolina meat farm in Feb. 2018.

Empowering people to take targeted direct action against destructive institutions is the most effective tactic we have to change the world in the time we have left.

Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, began a thorough investigation of all of the suppliers Cal Dining funds after witnessing alleged animal cruelty at Seaboard Foods last year.

Governments must stop propping up animal agriculture via taxpayer subsidies and instead put funding toward a more sustainable food system — one where we don’t have to hurt animals.

Former Berkeley City Councilmember Max Anderson passed a resolution in February 2015 declaring all Mondays in the city as “Meatless Mondays” in support of sustainability efforts. 

Direct Action Everywhere, held a “Sleepover Protest” at the Berkeley Mayor’s home Tuesday to bring attention to City Council’s climate commitments.

The impact of our individual consumer choices — vegan, organic, sustainable, etc. — is a speck of dust compared to the ripple effects made possible with progressive legislative change.

Members of Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, gathered outside Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s house during Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting to demand progress towards reducing city spending on animal agriculture.