Author Bios

David Gilbert is an anti-imperialist political prisoner who has written extensively about the criminal injustice system, most recently in his pamphlet, ‘Our Commitment Is to Our Communities’ (Kersplebedeb, 2014). …

Ai-jen Poo is the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and codirector of the Caring Across Generations campaign. She is a 2014 MacArthur fellow and was named one …

Julia Reisser is an oceanographer and PhD candidate researching plastic pollution and sea turtles at University of Western Australia.

Charitha Pattiaratchi is a professor of coastal oceanography at University of Western Australia.

Maira Proietti is adjunct professor at Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

Bret Gustafson teaches anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and is the author of New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia …

Nicole Fabricant teaches anthropology at Towson University, and is the author of Mobilizing Bolivia's Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land (UNC Press). Together with Bret Gustafson, she …

Erica is an Electronic Publishing Intern for Truthout.

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is an Associate Professor in Political Sociology at University of Bath.

Linghein Ho is a contributor to Truthout.