VegeZe podcast

A day out in London!

2010-12-15T21:28:00.006Z

It's been a while since we've updated the podcast, so I thought I'd put a bit about today's adventure (15 Dec) with me & Maz at the cuts demonstration at Downing Street & the disability cuts demonstration organised by DPAC.

The Cuts demonstration

First of all we went to the Benefits cuts demonstration about all the cuts the Government are trying to bring in. This turned out to be mainly a socialist thing which meant that as soon as the TV crews disappeared, then so did the socialists! None of them seem especially concerned with a group with as little power as the disabled, which is a shame as their support would have been nice!

Still, those of us who wanted to support the campaign against cuts to the disabled were still planning on moving off to Trafalgar Square...but it seems the police had other ideas. First one man in a wheelchair was approached & told that actually Trafalgar Square was private property & you cannot have a demonstration there! Obviously Trafalgar square is the venue for many demonstrations & events, so we knew the police were being as honest as ever about the law, they just didn't want the hassle of policing some disabled people, so like most able-bodied they attempted to push them out of the spotlight & send them home....but this group of disabled people would NOT be silenced!
Next came the 'donkey head' incident. The police approached a lady who had made a donkeys head that was to be used in an alternative nativity play that was to be part of the demonstration in Trafalgar Square. Below is a picture of the head:

The head is made of old plastic bottles & is kind of soft & flexible. Well according to the police this 'donkey head' is a health & safety issue & the head could not be allowed onto Trafalgar Square. Ridiculous, but true!!!
Honestly we all knew they just wanted this group of disabled activists to go quietly away, but that wasn't to be the case this time!

Trafalgar Square

For the first national DPAC demonstration we had a good crowd with many disabled & carers coming together to stand against the cuts. I was very impressed by those who had braved the cold weather, almost impossible public transport system (try using the tube or a bus with a wheelchair & see how far you get!) to demand a fair deal from the Government. With banners waving & chants echoing around the monument the demonstrators surrounded the large Christmas tree in the middle of the square & made everyone aware of the terrible deal the Government is trying to force on the disabled community. Trafalgar Square has its own private security force, called "Heritage Wardens". This private security service soon appeared to try to 'heavy hand' some of the disabled out of the square..unfortunately for them, they hadn't met a Maz before & by the end of that confrontation they were running for cover under the relentless verbal onslaught of "Le Gob"

After the Heritage Wardens were seen off by Maz, the alternative nativity play was acted out (no room at the inn for any disabled people!) & the demonstrators slowly began to make their way out of the square & begin the hard trek home.

Aftermath

I think it was a good first outing for the campaign & it really helped show what the disabled can do if they have the will to support campaigns such as these. I realise that obviously not everyone will be able to make these events (you are disabled or carers yourselves!), but do try to follow the DPAC blog & come along to events, or even do your own in your area! Only by showing total resolve will we force this Government to back down & you can all continue to live with some dignity & independence.
Finally for all you non-disabled (all the students, all the activists & arm-chair critics). If you support one campaign, then support the disabled. They are the minority least able to protect themselves from these cuts, it's up to all of us as citizens to stand up to the Government & say "No!".
We at Vegeze are not "Just about the animals"; humans, the environment, & many other rights are things we care deeply about. So if you want to help, join the DPAC blog, get involved & let's all help create a world where all are free!

Episode 11

2010-05-11T20:46:00.006+01:00

So here we are at episode number 11. Again we're a little bit late, but I was finishing my final essay to (hopefully) become a qualified Clinical Nutritionist & Mr Maz was recovering from our back to back demo exploits. Hence the podcast is a little bit delayed.
First of all we went to World day for lab animals & met quite a few lovely people including:

ALF SG - these people are the lot that make sure our prisoners are looked after & aren't forgotten by everyone when they go inside for saving an animal from the hands of the abusers, so go & support them.

NAVS - who actually started the World Day marches back in the 20th Century.

SPEAK - who are always working hard to help the animals suffering in the labs in Oxford

Friends sanctuary - who rescue many animals from their horrible lives down on the farm & let them live out their natural life span in a lovely place free from fear

Rubber Ritchie - the most flexible vegan on planet earth, if you want to see how much a person can bend check him out!

After the march we made out way to Beatroot café for some well earned food. So of course Maz took some time to interview the staff.

The food was awesome-& as you'll hear it was my first time there. I was impressed!

The day after our animals rights adventure we were off on an anti-fascist adventure when the nasty people came for a march through our town. Maz was amazingly brave slipping in amongst the idiots & getting a load of information about their plans & learnt just how thick they truly are! Then we guarded the Cowley club from an expected attack with Vince the sab driver & all round fab dude, Scrapper (watch her or she'll have ya!) & Rachel who'd put a spell on you if you even looked at the club the wrong way. After a couple of attempts by the fascists to get in (one round the back & the other across the roof tops!) we called it a night on that one.

Next up was our election day stake-out. Listening to Brian May on the internet we decided to take his advice & hit the polling station to make sure everyone knew about the Tories brainwave to bring back fox hunting (another clever bunch!). After Maz explained to the Labour party person there that you could infact say what you liked outside a polling station (thank you BBC website for putting that up so we could show the confused woman that there still are some freedoms in the UK!), we explained to the people coming to vote all about silly ideas the Tories had (& as it turned out the green party won here in Brighton), so we felt it was time well spent, as the women who got in is anti-hunt & sympathetic to animal causes.

So all in all a busy couple of weeks for the vegeZe crew.

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Breaking the Silence

2010-04-23T12:29:00.002+01:00

Ok Guys...I thought I'd better pop on and explain the Gob's silence for the last couple of weeks... Uncle Pete has been studying hard in his endeavours to become a vegan nutritionist guru, and I have just felt crap as usual!! BUT never fear your intrepid reporters will be doing a special report from the World Day for Animals in Laboratories march in London. So the silence will be over and you will be able to listen to in-depth discussions and interviews; for example...will I be able to scrounge a free veggie burger?

2010-03-14T22:39:00.001Z

Jaz Says

Never do anything ever!
it just gets you into trouble if you do!

Episode 10

2010-03-05T17:57:00.005Z

This week we have Justin from Viva! talking about the giant new battery farm for dairy cows. For full details go to viva! & check it out, it's truly unbelievable.
We also have a few boycotts including milk (again see viva! for why you shouldn't be having it).
Superdrug & their links to the oil industry (you can get full details here )

Also hear Maz discuss milk in a calm & reasonable fashion :-)

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Episode 9

2010-02-10T23:41:00.004Z

This week we have Alan Knight OBE talking about International Animal Rescue & British Divers Marine Life Rescue
We also have Maz's rant about whaling & loads more.
Don't forget to go to the above links, see what they're up to & give them some cash as they are working hard to protect animals all over the world!

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Episode 8

2010-01-11T23:48:00.004Z

Today we have a chat with Trevor Weeks from WRAS these are the people on the front line helping injured animals & returning them to the wild. Obviously this costs them some money, so dig into your pockets & give them some brass. Remember that these are all volunteers, so every penny you donate will be used to help the animals.
We also have a rant by Maz about Gulls, pigeons, moles & rabbits - why does everyone seem to want to persecute these animals all the time? News, boycotts & more...we've even got what Maz got for Xmas (what more could you want?)!
So support WRAS by clicking here & then popping over to their donations page

On the boycotts today we decided it would be a good idea to boycott all charities that test on animals, you can get an idea of what charities test in the UK by checking out this link. If you're in another country just drop us an email at vegeze@gmail.com & we'll try & pass you on to the people who check up these things where you live.

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2010-01-01T21:01:00.004Z

Jaz and Slack Lil are knackerd after all that xmas food,
Jaz says "keep on fighting for the animals boys an girls"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone, who's vegan ha"

"and up your bum if yer not"

Animal liberation 2010!!!

Episode 7

2009-12-12T20:25:00.013Z

This isn't your average vegeZe podcast! We let Maz the Gob loose at the Animal Aid Christmas Without Cruelty fayre & he went about terrorising the poor folk at the fayre. On his travels he got to ask the questions people wanted to know:
"What does the ALF SG do?"
"Do hunt saboteurs ever speak?"
"How do you insult SHAC?!?"
"What does CAPS actually stand for?"
...& many more.
If you haven't had the privilege of conversing with "Le Gob" in person, now's your chance to listen to the (nearly) unedited ramblings of the man himself as he gets to grips with what it means to be at a fayre full of hungry vegans!

Some groups Maz talked to that you might want to check out:
Animal Aid
ALF SG
SHAC
SPEAK
Beanies
Viva!
The fox project
CAFT
CAPS
SARC
LACS
APA
Vegan Society
I am natural cosmetics
Animals at risk shelter
Humane research trust
Monkey Sanctuary
Animals Asia
International primate protection league
Orangutan foundation
Vegetarian shoes
Vegan Store
HSA
Vegan Bodybuilding
Lupine Adventure
Plamil
Vegan Village
Vegan organic network
Chunkies
Sea Shepherd

They had to put up with Maz, so it's only fair you go & check them out :-)

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Episode 6

2009-11-27T19:45:00.005Z

In episode 6 we talk to Tony from Greyhound Action about the 1,000's of dogs that die & suffer every year within the greyhound industry & what you can do to help end this cruel business.

I actually used a couple of the tamer pictures to highlight the plight of the greyhounds as I'm a wuss, if you want to find out all the gory details check out Greyhound Action for full details.

If you feel you could look after a greyhound again contact Greyhound Action & they'll let you know how to do & while you're there give them a few quid (dollars, yen, or whatever your currency happens to be) as everything goes straight towards helping them end this evil business!

Continuing the theme Maz's rant is all about the evils of racing animals & also a mini rant calling for more unity within the animal rights movement

As well as news & events.

Hopefully this episode is all ok as I didn't have much time to listen to it through this week (I blame Maz!) & we have 'special music' put together by K in a fit of electro-80's cheese (or should I say 'sheese' - the tasty vegan cheese alternative!).

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Hmm, I know I've forgotten to put up a couple of things I said I would, but I can't remember what they were. If you hear them on the podcast, but can't see them up here either email us or write a comment below & I'll put up any missing links.

2009-11-10T19:26:00.002Z

YAY! My parcel from VEGGIEPETS.COM has arrived,

The Gob dosn't know I have his bank details...tee hee hee

Episode 5

2009-11-07T20:54:00.003Z

In this episode we were lucky enough to get to chat to vegan contortionist Rubber Ritchie about his life as a crazy flexible guy, bass player & heart throb to millions

We also covered such diverse topic as conspiracy theories (he wouldn't talk about the idea that lizard people were invading the earth disguised as humans...I wonder why?)

...& the best places to eat in London

So if you're after a contortionist or a bass player then pop along to his website here & drop him a line

Also in today's show we have a Novartis demo update. We cover a bit about the day & how the VegeZe crew got our very own toilet police escort

Here they are, could you wish for a better toilet escort service :-)

We also cover how the demo went

& Maz got time to get in an on the spot report & interview.

As it was Halloween people got chance to dress up, with blood covered lab coats & cat masks being a particular favourite

If you want to get involved in the campaign against HLS then pop along to their website here & get involved

On the boycotts section if you want to get involved in the Iams boycott then contact Uncaged campaigns

We are trying out a new player, so if you look to the right of the page, if you're not downloading this podcast, then you can listen online to any episode right there.

& finally ....

For those wondering about how hard the life of Jaz the dog is, then look no further

Yes, he lives the tough life :-)

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2009-10-26T14:33:00.000Z

Just added the podcast to podcast alley My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-e464c18cdc62e77b6a5b3524311be620}

2009-10-21T13:06:00.001+01:00

Jaz’s thought of the day :-
get yerself round to Facebook and
become a friend of VegeZe Podcast or I'll bite yer bum!
http://tinyurl.com/vegeze

Episode 4

2009-10-20T15:49:00.005+01:00

Listen to episode 4 here

It's anti-fur week! So to get you thinking about it we have Alan Buttle from CAFT to talk about what's happening around the UK & what you can do about fur in your local area. Maz also has a rant from his sick bed about why he hates fur so much.
We also have the amazing Juliet Gellatley founder of Viva! in for a chat about other animal issues, why you should go vegan, what you can do locally & why she likes big vegan sausages!

Juliet (with friend) fabulous founder of Viva!

We were both a bit sick this episode, but we struggled through the whole episode without a hitch...ok, several hitches but we did our best!

For details about getting involved with viva!, learning about giving up meat or dairy, or wanting to make a donation, then click here

For those wanting to get involved in anti-fur week, wanting to get involved with an anti-fur campaign locally, or to see who to boycott & what's happening in the campaign against fur go to the CAFT website here

For more details about the local Brighton anti-fur campaign click here

For details at this months Novartis Demo click here

If you want to get involved or want info about the Portsmouth live exports campaign then contact these guys

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Episode 3

2009-10-18T20:28:00.004+01:00

Listen to episode 3 here

Welcome to episode 3. This week we devote most of the episode to Lush cosmetics & their support of the Hunt Saboteurs Association.

We have an interview with the lovely Lauren who is both vegan & a manager at Lush

Maz takes a stroll as our roving reporter on our first outside broadcast! As well as boycott news, demos to get to & loads more.

West Midlands vegan Festival

New shark sanctuary

The tiny country of Palau (pronounced: pal-ow) has created a large shark sanctuary around their republic, it's around the size of France & will hopefully keep sharks a bit safer from human predation.

Michael Vick

Michael Vick, convicted of running a dog fighting ring is to star in a new 'docu-series'. It will be all about his return to the NFL & trying to re-build his shattered reputation.

New vegan lifestyle book

Alicia Silverstone has a new vegan lifestyle book coming out called "The kind life".

Herbal Essences

Herbal Essences-Despite widespread revulsion at animal testing of shampoos, Herbal Essences have massacred more than a thousand pregnant animals and their offspring to test a common chemical ingredient already known to be safe to humans...

L’Oréal

L’Oréal's quest for expanding markets and bigger profits lead them to develop new ingredients which means they still use animal testing for all new products even though they state that they 'voluntarily stopped animal testing on its entire range of cosmetic products in 1989.'

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2009-10-11T15:05:00.005+01:00

JAZ’S THOUGHT OF THE DAY........

Owt that lands on the floor is MINE.. no matter who’s it is...

NAME Jaz

AGE 8

DIET Anything I can get hold of

BIRTHSIGN What????

FAVORITE PASS TIME’S Eating, walking, eating, sleeping, eating, playing ball and eating

HOBBIES Eating strange and wonderful things (note from ed,

horse poo)

WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS ABOUT Eating

WHAT WORRY’S YOU Not eating

WHAT WOULD YOUR WISH BE FOOD!!!

WHAT ARE YOUR DISLIKES Not having anything to eat

ALSO? When i get back from a two hour hike and i want to go out again an hour later they’re to knackered to take me out again

ALSO? The big one with the loud voice who thinks he’s the boss tells me what to do, who’s he kiddin’

WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE? World peace, kindness to animals and more FOOD

Episode 2

2009-10-05T19:38:00.010+01:00

Welcome to episode 2 we're still getting to grips to all this new technology, but hopefully this one will be slightly improved over episode 1 -let us know by emailing us at vegeze@gmail.com

Listen to episode 2 on the page

On this weeks episode we the lovely Lesley Jeavons talking about raising a vegan child, losing weight & fitness

Lesley hard at work keeping people fit

Lesley & hubby Corin

Corin in a less flattering pose :-)

Lesley 'being Madonna' in Madonnas new video

To contact Lesley for her Rosemary Conley aerobics fitness & diet group go to the Rosemary Conley website.

For Lesley's famous pancake recipe you need to go to the Viva! site & go to the Martin Shaw recipe guide which is here

Also Maz's rant today which is all about the slogan "Meat is murder" & a bit about racism which is something to look forward to! as well as news & boycott of the week.

For more about The 4th annual WORLD GO VEGAN WEEK go click here

Here's the story about Wickham labs

For more about Joan Courts book click here

About the villagers suffering from rampaging hunts & their attempts to get them stopped click here

Iceland new whaling plan click here

1,045 animals: 'Largest' rescue is made in Houston - crikey! Check it out here

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Episode 1

2009-09-28T10:33:00.007+01:00

Well here we are at episode 1 of the vegeze podcast! The podcast is devoted to animal rights & promoting a lifestyle that avoids animal abuse (as a note we also believe humans to be animals & so support all struggles for equality & liberation from oppression & abuse for humans as well as non-human animals).

Listen to episode 1 on the page

First of all thanks for taking the time to drop in here & (hopefully) taking the time to listen to our podcast. As this is episode one & we've no experience in doing podcasts this episode will be a little bit shaky in places, but I hope you find it interesting & informative. Feel free to email us or leave a comment below.

In episode 1 we have an interview with Sue Baumgardt, the editor of the Shoreham protester magazine & animal activist, Maz’s rant about the Tory party leader & fox hunting in general, as well as news items, boycotts & demonstrations.

To get the Shoreham Protester, get a news item included or contact Sue email here

News items

For more about the tortoise click here

For Chris Packham’s views about Pandas check out this

For Pfizer’s lies, bribery & corruption go to here

To get more information on the bird deaths in Malta visit here

& to act to end the Qinhuangdao Dog Slaughter check out this

Finally, if you want to send any comments, ideas, moans, forthcoming demonstrations or ideas for “Maz’s rant”, send your mail to vegeze@gmail.com

Boycott of the week is against the office equipment suppliers Staples for its continued support of Huntingdon Life Sciences

Demonstrations highlighted this week are:

Norvartis National Demo Saturday 31st October 2009 more details click here

FREAKY FRIDAY GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION Friday 30th October - Dust off your skeleton masks, zombie suits and blood-splattered lab coats! Freaky Friday has arrived! Visit your nearest Top Target (Novartis, Astrazenca and Bristol-Myers Squibb), or if not find another HLS customer

Remember it’s your input that will help the podcast grow into a useful resource for everyone to use!

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