Author Bios

Apurba Paudel is a ninth-grader in Boone, North Carolina.

Linda Benesch is the communications director at Social Security Works, a national organization fighting to address our nation's retirement income crisis by protecting and expanding Social Security.

Lucy Herschel is a contributor to Socialist Worker. 

Laura Villa is a contributor to Socialist Worker. 

Robyn C. Spencer is a professional historian and author of The Revolution has Come: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland.

Jeanette Sequeira is the gender programme coordinator at the Global Forest Coalition. 

Chiara Capraro is policy and advocacy manager at Womankind Worldwide, a UK based international women's rights organization. Follow her on Twitter @chiaracapraro.

Ayesha Carmouche is advocacy and communication manager for the CORE Coalition, the UK civil society network on corporate accountability. Follow her on Twitter @ayeshacarmouche.