Direct Action Everywhere is an international grassroots network of animal rights activists founded in 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area. DxE uses disruptive protests and non-violent direct action tactics, such as open rescue of animals from factory farms.
We first heard of DxE when we were searching for grassroots groups in our local area to support. We were amazed at how many groups were active not only near us but around the world, and the specific kind of direct action work they had been doing.
We also appreciate DxE's published work on the evidence for nonviolent civil resistance (based on the work of political scientist Erica Chenoweth), among others like Doug McAdam and Duncan Watts. It's really refreshing to see an animal rights organization that revolves it's strategy and tactics around the history of social change.
We'd also be remis to mention that DxE's activists routinely put themselves at legal risk, it's not uncommon for DxE's activists to get charged, sued, and locked up, for merely trying to rescue sick and dying animals. They routinely fight the law to gain the "right to rescue" and that's something we really find admirable of the organization and its volunteers.
We've worked with DxE in the past and had nothing short of an incredible experience meeting up with their passionate activists and leaders in the fields. If you're interested in the work that they do we highly recommend checking them out, sharing their work, and donating if you can.
Thank you for all the work that you do!