The wave of repression in the past years has shaken up the animal advocacy movement internationally. In some cases, activism has ground to a halt, in others, people have switched to friendly vegan outreach only. But there is a huge difference between attitude and behavior of people. While the former can be changed through vegan outreach, the latter often depends on the system of the society, people live in. Further, subsidies for factory farms and slaughter houses or the practice of vivisection at Universities and pharmacy labs will be unchanged if there is no political demand of animal advocacy. We need to change the system, not just people. But such demands have no consequence, if they remain humble appeals. In politics, the responsible authorities do not decide on the grounds of better arguments or ethical stances, but on the basis of which decision causes less trouble for them. This is where confrontational campaigns with the means of non-violent direct action in the form of civil disobedience have their place. After all, these were the roots of all big social justice campaigns in history, from the suffragettes to the civil rights movement and all the way to the animal rights movement itself.