{"title":"Earth Island Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-humanity-trigger-by-mark-humanity","title":"The Humanity Trigger by Mark Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL NOT SHIP TILL MID DECEMBER, ANY ITEMS ORDERED ALONGSIDE IT WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HUMANITY TRIGGER : ON THE ORIGINS OF ANTI-SPECIESISM BY MEANS OF DIRECT ACTION A HISTORY OF RADICAL ACTION FOR ANIMALS IN IRELAND 1822-2022.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book tells the rich story of the struggle against violence against animals in Ireland since records began but with an emphasis on the 200-year period between 1822 and 2022. It was in 1822 that the world’s first Law protecting some animal species from ‘unnecessary’ suffering was enacted. This began a process of actions, from the State and Civil society, designed to protect non-human animals from gratuitous violence from people. 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The record store supported us financially up until the mid 1990s, when taking on a part-time job in the “real world” became a necessity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn December of 2011, my wife had a major stroke. This single event dramatically changed our lives and Julianna did her best to recover from its devastating effects. We had a shop in downtown Tucson for 23 years at that point. That finally came to an end, as our landlord wanted his building back and the majority of my time needed to be devoted as Julianna’s primary caregiver. Challenging times indeed, but not the first one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe had a pretty long run—eight years in Pomona, California, a short venture in New Orleans, then another 26 years as Toxic Ranch here in Tucson. 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Extending a stiff little finger at the mainstream, they founded a record store, mail-order enterprise and record label during the heady days of punk rock that grew to become a refuge for misfits and lovers of the underground.” Tucson Sentinel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This is the story of unflagging love-for music, for a partnership forged in passion and steel, for a life chosen, not imposed. Their love story intertwines with the history of punk rock and the musical revolution that was spawned from that in a book that will expand minds and break hearts.” Janet Brown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Bill Sassenberger was born in Springfield IL and was driven west like a tumbleweed, to Phoenix, then southern California until he was finally wedged between rocks in Tucson AZ and settled down in 1988. 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