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DESCRIPTION:http://directactioneverywhere.com/daysofaction\n\nWe say that we love 
 animals.  Seventy percent of us have an animal companion. Nearly three out 
 of four say that we should “eliminate all forms of animal cruelty.”  
 (http://goo.gl/wYEu2I) And two thirds say that an animal’s right to live 
 free of suffering is just as important as a human being’s. 
 (http://goo.gl/ePQUL3) But while the number of animal lovers has grown, so 
 too has the number of animals being killed and abused. Our growing love for 
 animals has come, strangely, with an increasing tide of violence. 
 (http://goo.gl/HPx8Vr)\n\nWhy? We are told – by our community, our 
 culture, and by corporate marketing departments -- that we can “love” 
 animals… while eating their mutilated bodies.  Massive corporations such 
 as Chipotle  explain to the public that their animals are treated with 
 respect and decency. They say that they are “pro-animal,” and that they 
 raise their animals responsibly. Their website and videos are filled with 
 happy animals in sunlit grassy fields.  They’re so good to the animals, 
 in fact, that animal lovers (even animal activists) feel compelled to 
 support them!\n\nBut this is not a true “love.” Chipotle is perhaps the 
 fastest-growing animal killer in the world and the third largest 
 publicly-traded restaurant company. They deliberately use words such as 
 “natural” and “raised with care” because they know that such words 
 have no legal significance. (Even meat industry publications have pointed 
 out that Chipotle sources from abusive “factory farms.”) More than any 
 other company, Chipotle has preyed on the public’s most admirable 
 feelings–kindness, compassion, and love – and twisted them to serve its 
 engine of violence.\n\nIt’s time for that to change. Last month, we 
 delivered an open letter to Chipotle’s CEO demanding that he fulfill his 
 public promise to “run our business in a way that doesn’t exploit 
 animals.” (http://goo.gl/iaTNON) Now we turn to Chipotle’s customers. 
 So many of them say they love animals. This month, we ask them to put their 
 Love in Action.  \n\nWe will go to Chipotle locations all over the world 
 with the stories and faces of individual victims of violence who we, as 
 activists, have taken action to protect. We will fill the Chipotle 
 landscape with postcards that ask, “If you truly loved her, would you 
 kill her? If you truly loved her, would you stand idly, and allow her to be 
 tortured and killed?”\n\nThe “It’s not Food, It’s Violence” 
 campaign has grown from 1 to 24 cities since it started at the end of 
 October. We have received media coverage in multiple cities, forced a 
 frantic response by Chipotle’s PR team, and inspired new activists and 
 activism all over the world. The company’s stock price has stalled since 
 we began our campaign on October 19. But we need your help to keep up the 
 momentum.\n\nJoin us this month in our fifth day of action. Join us as we 
 show Chipotle, and the world, that love is not violence. Love is not 
 enslavement and mutilation. Love is liberation, and love is 
 action.\n\n\nSELECT CITY EVENT PAGES (MORE UPDATES SOON): \n\nAUGUSTA: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/665271350178776/\n\nCHICAGO: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1417910511782503/\n\nCOPENHAGEN: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/702657056422365/\n\nHOUSTON 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/816685651691781\n\nLOS ANGELES: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1407593156155898\n\nNEW YORK CITY: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/477680665687252/\n\nPHILADELPHIA: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/703257129696555/\n\nPHOENIX: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/223560227830024/\n\nPORTLAND: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/451406094988131/\n\nVANCOUVER: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/208813575992055/\n\nMODEL 
 DEMONSTRATION\n\nActivists gather at a packed Chipotle in the evening. 
 \n\nFOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED: activists will converge on Chipotle 
 locations with postcards with images of sanctuary animals who have been 
 rescued and are living their lives in peace. They will deliver the 
 postcards to all customers, leave them on tables, and otherwise saturate 
 the Chipotle space with stories of true “love” in action. “We love 
 animals by caring for them, not killing them.” \n\nFOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES 
 WERE LOST: after distributing the postcards inside, activists will gather 
 outside for a demonstration. They will light a single candle for each 
 animal killed by Chipotle daily at a single restaurant and remember the 
 lives that were lost. “We love animals by honoring them, not eating 
 them.” \n\n(Note that this a model demonstration only! Please feel free 
 to pick and choose elements of this for your own action. Even a simple 
 leafleting event can be extremely effective for this campaign, as it's 
 important that the company recognize that there are animal rights activists 
 outraged by animal killing and humane washing all over the world.) 
 \n\nBACKGROUND\n\nRead more about the "It's Not Food, It's Violence" 
 campaign and strategy. (http://goo.gl/MtGe3j)\n\nDirect Action Everywhere 
 (DxE) is a grassroots animal rights network which organizes creative 
 demonstrations to protest speciesism and violence against animals. In early 
 2014, DxE will be launching the big one: for one month, we will release a 
 series of creative protests every day -- protests that show the power of 
 directly confronting speciesism anywhere and everywhere, with a strong 
 community at our back. At the end of that month, we will execute another 
 international demonstration with the Earthlings Coalition, which rallied 
 thousands of activists in 41 cities around the world 
 (http://goo.gl/soJEFf), and launch a powerful campaign – replete with 
 haunting investigatory footage, careful research, and a strategic plan of 
 action –against perhaps the largest animal killer of them all: a company 
 whose penchant for violence is matched only by its proclivity for 
 deception.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/11/18750676.php
SUMMARY:It's Not Food, It's Violence - DxE February Day of Action (Love is Action)
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