Author Bios

Daniela Schwarzer heads the research unit European Integration at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin.

Lowell Peterson is the Executive Director of the Writers Guild East.

Kate Hoshour is a cultural anthropologist and senior research fellow for the International Accountability Project, a San Francisco-based human rights organization that partners with communities in the Global South …

Matt Meyer is an educator-activist, based in New York City, and serves as convener of the War Resisters International Africa Working Group. His recent books include Guns and Gandhi in Africa: …

Sarah E. Lu likes to hear stories and tell stories and have adventures. She's climbed some big rocks, biked so far you wouldn't believe it, and hugged a real-live …

Ann Simonton, founder, director of Media Watch, wore meat outfits long before Ms. Gaga ate solid food.

Margaret Austin Smith is a former adult literacy instructor and a current graduate student studying the sociology of education and critical pedagogy at the University of Maryland, College Park.