Pelle Strindlund (born 8 October 1971) is a Swedish writer and

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the sa ...

advocate. Born in Sundsvall, Strindlund has a degree in philosophy and Spanish, and an MA in religious studies. He is a founding member of the Rescue Service, an animal rights group, and is known in Sweden for having engaged in

direct action Direct action originated as a political activist term for economic and political acts in which the actors use their power (e.g. economic or physical) to directly reach certain goals of interest, in contrast to those actions that appeal to othe ...

on behalf of animals and in opposition to the Swedish arms industry. He is a member of ''Ofog'' (Direct Action for Peace)."Pelle Strindlund"
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pellestrindlund.se, accessed 4 June 2012.

Selected works

* '' Jordens Herrar: Slaveri, djurförtryck och våldets försvarare'' (Karneval förlag, 2011) * with

Stellan Vinthagen Stellan Vinthagen (born October 13, 1964) is a professor of sociology, a scholar-activist, and the Inaugural Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he directs t ...

. ''Motståndets väg: Civil olydnad som teori och praktik'' (Karneval förlag, 2011) * with Annika Spalde. ''Leva etiskt: Om att ta ansvar för världen och njuta av livet'' (Karneval förlag, 2009) * with Annika Spalde. ''Every Creature a Word of God''. Vegetarian Advocates Press, 2008. * with Klaus Engell-Nielsen and Annika Spalde. ''Ickevåld! Handbok i fredlig samhällsförändring'' (Karneval förlag, 2008) * "Butchers' Knives into Pruning Hooks: Civil Disobedience for Animals", in Peter Singer (ed). ''In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave'' (Blackwell, 2006) * with Annike Spalde. ''Varje varelse ett Guds ord: Omsorg om djuren som kristen andlighet'' (Arcus förlag, 2005) * with Annike Spalde. ''I vänliga rebellers sällskap: Kristet ickevåld som konfrontation och ömhet'' (Arcus förlag, 2004) * with Toivo Jokkala. ''Djurrätt och socialism'' (Lindelöws bokförlag, 2001)

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