Author Bios

Richard Hardigan is a professor based in the US. He is the author of The Other Side of the Wall, an eyewitness account of the brutality of the Israeli occupation …

Richard Lachmann is the author most recently of States and Power (Polity 2010) and What Is Historical Sociology? (Polity 2013). He currently is writing a book entitled First Class …

Cecily McMillan is a social justice organizer and advocate for prison reform. After enduring a Kafka-esque trial following her arrest at Occupy Wall Street in 2012, she served three …

Nolan Rampy is a contributor to Socialist Worker. 

Esther Ngumbi is Distinguished Post Doctoral Researcher, Entomology Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois. She was the 2015 Clinton Global University (CGI U) Mentor for …

Gloria Jiménez is a Latina activist who has done on-the-ground solidarity work in Nicaragua and Honduras. Follow her on Twitter: @gloria_elena

Sue Branford is a contributor to Mongabay. 

Marcie Neil is a Washington, DC-based writer focused on feminism and Latin America. 

Michelle Pressé recently graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism Honours degree and lives in Canada. She is passionate about human rights and social justice. Follow her on Twitter: @michellepresse.

Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is an award-winning journalist and columnist at Indian Country Today Media Network. A writer and researcher in Indigenous studies, she is currently a research …