UPC Protest (photo by Carla Varisco)
[O]ne last thing: I am not tooting my own horn because I'm
the first one to say I should be doing more also. But we must
push ourselves out into uncomfortable situations. I remember
how lonely and uncomfortable I felt the first time I did a
protest alone, in the rain. People were yelling at me, but
then others were praising me. It's better to have one person
out there, than no one (although it really irks me that I
couldn't find a few more people to protest with me). In my
opinion, their excuses weren't convincing. Obviously the more
people the better; but don't stay home because you can't find
anybody to go with you. All you need is a huge, graphic photo
(you can do this at any printing place that enlarges photos on
their color copier), and a good caption on poster board. Let's
stop praising ourselves for doing "whatever we can, even if
it's a little thing" to help animals. Let's start looking at
what we can do to bring about animal liberation sooner. How
about if we all committed to spending one full day every
weekend to doing a protest, or going to a college campus and
distributing animal rights literature? If we can't spare one
day every week to be active in this movement, then I fear the
animals will be waiting a mighty long time to be liberated. NO COMPROMISE: "The Militant,
Direct Action Magazine of Grassroots Animal Liberationists &
Their Supporters,"
--NO COMPROMISE, Oct. 1996, p. 11.