In the Spirit of Solidarity from No Compromise Issue 24  By
lauren Ornelas and David Hayden  We hear a lot of talk in the
movement today about solidarity. What does this mean? Has our
movement always seemed so divided on tactics and the “best way”
to go about achieving animal liberation? When you look at
magazines from the 1980s, it seems as if there was a wide range
of support for different tactics and there were different issues
that everyone participated in.  What are the issues that seem to
be dividing us? Is it whether or not someone goes naked at a
circus protest, or if the Animal Liberation Front torched a
dairy truck? Is it whether or not we are compromising when
working on legislation or animal welfare reforms? Or is it those
animal protection groups who seem to align themselves with the
animal industries, versus standing by their fellow animal
protectionists?  Many of these issues have always been a part of
our movement, but over the years instead of getting better at
dealing with them we seem to ha