Author Bios

Niall McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist, author and critic, although not necessarily in that order.

Marla Kilfoyle is executive director of the Badass Teachers Association and Melissa Tomlinson is the assistant executive director of the Badass Teachers Association. Kilfoyle has been a teacher in …

Claire Sandberg is an organizer and writer in Oakland, Calif. You can follow her on Twitter at @clairesandberg.

Ben Strubel is a writer for New Economic Perspectives.

Curt Ries is a political organizer, former farmer and freelance writer. Ries is a member of Democratic Socialists of America and the Sunrise Movement. He is the former deputy director …

Beverly Deepe Keever is the author of Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting. 

Andrew Willis Garcés is a Southern writer and organizer who supports public school educators building their power with the North Carolina Association of Educators and coaches organizations on campaign …

Ergoat is a freelance writer originally from Maine, longtime cannabis hemp activist, organizer with Occupy Cal & Occupy Oakland, currently living in Berkeley CA.

Lee Schultz, Carlsbad, is a graduate of Angelo State Univ '69;  and a veteran of Goodfellow Air Base '63 and Vietnam Through ‘67, who has received the American Spirit …

Jackie Smith is a professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a co-founder of the International Network of Scholar Activists and serves as a delegate to …