"NARN was extremely pleased to present Dr. Steven Best as a guest speaker at our monthly meeting in May of 2003. Dr. Best delivered a fiery and informative presentation on the U.S. Patriot Act, direct action, and other related topics that inspired activists to get off their duffs and fight for the freedom of their brothers and sisters in the animal kingdom. People are still talking about the issues he raised and asking when he will return to follow up on these and other important issues. Steve Best takes a critical look at many of the current obstacles we are facing on the path towards animal liberation, and offers some real and tangible alternatives and solutions. Do not pass up the opportunity to have this dynamic speaker inform and fire up your local community of activists and advocates."

--David Thornton
Co-coordinator Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN)
www.narn.org

"Steve Best is one of the best new minds and voices in the animal rights movement. He is a thoughtful, courageous writer and an articulate, down-to-earth speaker. Every time I've seen him speak, the audience comes alive. Steve stirs people up, gets them to listen and think, and then the good discussion flows."

--Jim Mason, co-author of Animal Factories and author of An Unnatural Order: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other

"Steven Best is a speaker who possesses the rare combination of charisma, expertise, and professional authority. These qualities make Steven one of the most popular speakers at the "Liberation Now!" national student animal rights conferences, where he has drawn high raves and reviews from conference attendees and other speakers alike."

--Patrick Kwan, Executive Director
Student Animal Rights Alliance

"Words can't adequately express how I feel about Dr. Steve Best. Steve is a scholar who writes books and teaches classes that bring animal issues to the hallowed walls of academe, and then volunteers all of his free time as an advocate. He gets arrested in demonstrations, produces a radio program, publishes in both movement and academic journals, and still finds time to sleep (or so I've heard). Dr. Steven Best is an uncompromising scholar and advocate for animals--one of those rare souls who combines erudition with action to create a powerful mixture that can and will change the world. Our movement is very lucky to have him, and I can't recommend him highly enough."

--Bruce Friedrich
PETA Vegan Outreach Director

"Some revolutionary writers are so tame when you hear them speak – not Steve Best! Steve is the animal advocacy movement's Direct Action Philosopher. Steve's talks are loaded with cerebral savvy and on-to-victory magnetism for animals and animal liberation. Steve's shrewd sense of political reality is matched by a fire in the belly that rivets the audience while he's talking and incites people to act when he's done."

--Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns and author of Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry and More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality.
www.upc-online.org