Why is it important for above ground activists to support the Animal Liberation Front?
We should be so proud that we can count among ourselves, ordinary people willing to risk life and limb for those of another. We should be honored our movement has a modern-day Underground Railroad. The actions the A.L.F. take symbolize to me both courage and hope that this movement is strong enough to one day succeed. Our (aboveground) support of A.L.F. actions demonstrates that we are consistent in our principles and are truly rejecting speciesism. If we thought it was right for Harriet Tubman to liberate people, for Nelson Mandela to lead an armed revolt, and for the celebrators of the Boston tea party to engage in economic sabotage, then by all means our movement has to say the same thing when these things are done in defense of animals. A.L.F. members are selfless in their actions and are not asking for help, but because they advance our shared political cause we owe them our support. We owe it to them by means of exploiting the press attention they stir, by writing our letters of
