Georges Butaud
Belgian-born French anarchism and veganism activist (1868–1926)
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Georges Butaud (6 June 1868 – 26 February 1926) was a Belgian-born French individualist anarchist and veganism activist. He advocated naturist anarchism and founded early vegan restaurants in Paris and Nice.
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| Born | 6 June 1868 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium |
| Died | 26 February 1926 (aged 57) Ermont, France |
| Occupations | Anarchist and veganism activist |
Biography
Butaud was born on 6 June 1868 in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium, to French parents.[1] He founded a vegan colony with Sophie Zaïkowska in Bascon, near Château-Thierry.[2] Butaud and Zaïkowska eliminated all dairy products and sugar from their diet and consumed only plant products.[3] He founded Le Végétalien, a vegan journal.[2] The word végétalien was later termed vegan in English.[4]
Butaud with help from Émile Armand founded the La Vie Anarchiste journal.[5] In the 1920s, he contributed to the journal Le Néo-Naturien, which advocated a return to nature philosophy.[6]
Butaud wrote an article in 1922 defending Le végétalisme (veganism). In 1923, Butaud established a vegan restaurant Foyer Végétalien at Rue Mathis, Paris.[4][7] He also established another restaurant at Nice, in 1924. One could sleep there and conferences were also hosted.[7]
Butaud firmly opposed hunting and linked human cruelty to animals to the capitalist economic system that exploited the consumers of animal products.[8] He advocated a fruit and vegetable diet and believed that humans were meant to be herbivores that share their food sources; thus vegans were bound to be good communists.[8]
Selected publications
- Les conséquences pratiques du végétalisme intégral sur l'évolution individuelle et sociale par (The practical consequences of integral veganism on individual and social evolution, 1922)
- L'Individualisme conduit au Robinsonisme: Le Végétalisme permet le communisme (1929)
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