This new book just released by Vegan Publishers last month, is a compilation of vegan authors who make the connections between oppressive cultural forces. The books was originally born from the vision of two feminist-animal activist; Ashley Maier and Stacia Mesleh. The two created an organization called Connect the Dots in 2006 to bring awareness to the interconnectedness between human, animal and environmental oppression.


According to Carol Adams, who wrote the forward for the book, ecofeminism is the term used by many of the contributing authors to describe how our domination over nature is linked to the domination over woman and that "both dominations must be eradicated (pg. 10). In 2008, Ashley and Stacia posted a call for papers that addressed the commonality of oppression. They were looking for essays highlighting "that a pervasive mindset, conscious or unconscious, underlies most human-caused violence, exploitation, and oppression." (https://connectthedotsmovement.wordpress.com/about/)  These include both socially sanctioned (i.e. animal consumption, land use, inequitable pay) and non-socially sanctioned (i.e. abuse of companion animals, toxic waste dumping, rape). 


Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet (http://www.worldpeacediet.com/), is a contributing author and editor. He states that animal agriculture is the driving force "that drives conflict, injustice, competition and the various forms of injustice that plague our world (pg. 20). He uses the term "cultural programming" to describe a false underlying mentality current that is the root to our problems of injustice. Ultimately, Circles of Compassion aims to bring awareness to these interconnections, thereby bringing about change and human empowerment to live in a just world.
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Below is the list of contributors and chapter titles.