How to End Injustice Everywhere

In How to End Injustice Everywhere, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common denominator driving all forms of injustice and offers both an examination of unjust systems and behaviors as well as practical tools to help raise awareness, reduce infighting, and build more resilient and impactful justice movements. In her newest book, How to End Injustice Everywhere, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common denominator driving all forms of injustice, from sexism to speciesism to abusive interpersonal relationships and group dynamics. Joy explains that all injustices--such as racism, patriarchy, animal exploitation, environmental degradation, and domestic abuse--share a common denominator, which is relational dysfunction, or dysfunctional ways of relating: to other individuals, between social groups, and to nonhuman animals and the environment. Relational dysfunction stems from a particular psychology, a 'nonrelational mentality.' This mentality causes us to think, feel, and act in