The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, received a letter from former Beatle Paul McCartney, focusing on the international Meatless Mondays campaign, and the effects of meat on the environment. The president responded that he would agree to stop eating meat if Paul was brought to him to sing the song Blackbird in person.
James Cromwell’s Starbucks Protest Sparks Global Conversation on Chain’s Plant-Based Milk Fees
In a widely publicized event, actor James Cromwell protested Starbucks on May 10 by supergluing his hand to a counter in one of the coffee chain’s NYC stores. Wearing an animal rights T-shirt, Cromwell and other activists demanded Starbucks end its long-standing practice of charging extra for plant-based milk options. The PETA-organized demonstration received worldwide media coverage, and provoked lively social media conversations about the fairness of Stabucks’ extra fees for non-dairy milk. The protest marks an escalation in pressure tactics by PETA, which has actively campaigned against Starbucks’ vegan milk policies in recent years. In April, music icon and PETA supporter Sir Paul McCartney wrote an open letter urging former Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to drop the dairy-free surcharge at the company’s US locations. …
