Author Bios

Ramon Mejia served in Supply Ops while in the US Marine Corps, participating in the initial invasion of and deploying to Dhi Qar Province, Iraq in 2003. Ramon is …

Fernando Moyano is a Marxist political activist in Uruguay and a longtime writer and editor in left-wing media in Latin America media, including the journal of Marxist theory Alfaguara. …

Dan Chiasson's fourth collection of poetry is Bicentennial.

Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City, is a former Nieman Fellow, a contributing editor for Texas Monthly, and has written for the San Antonio Express-News, The New York Times, Slate …

Marcela Olivera is a water commons organizer based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. After graduating from the Catholic University in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Marcela worked for four years in Cochabamba as the …

Claire is an Earth scientist specialising in the study of natural fires in the Earth system. Her research seeks to understand how evolutionary changes to ecosystems and wildfires have …

Rory Hadden is a Rushbrook Lecturer in Fire Investigation, BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at University of Edinburgh.

Arthur Goodridge is a martial arts teacher, healer, counselor and political activist. He teaches people how to defend themselves physically, emotionally and politically.

Professor of Conservation Biology at University of Oxford.

John Merriman is the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of many books, including his most recent The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing …