Author Bios

Michael Hawthorne is the award-winning environment reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

James Gundun is an American political scientist and analyst of netwar. His blog, The Trench, covers the under-reported areas of US foreign policy and military activity. Updates on Twitter @RealistChannel.

Landon Thomas Jr. is a financial correspondent for The New York Times based in London. His areas of coverage include the Middle East, Europe and the City of London. …

Laurie Penny is a journalist and feminist activist based in London. She is a regular writer for New Statesman, and the author of ‘Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism’.

Harriet Fraad  is a licensed mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She is a founding member of the feminist movement and the journal …

Erik Loomis is an assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. He blogs at Lawyers, Guns, and Money on labor and environmental issues past and present. His work …

Ribal Al-Assad is Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria.