Author Bios

Jason Flores-Williams is a writer, federal attorney and founder of the Whistleblower Defense League.

Brian Van Slyke and Taliesin Nyala work at The Toolbox for Education and Social Action, a worker cooperative that develops and distributes resources for social and economic change, such …

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.