Author Bios

Sawsan al-Assaf is a former senior lecturer of political science at Baghdad University. She is currently a member of the coordinating team on the University of Chicago project, 'Iraq's …

Daniel Hong is an impassioned student, worker and organizer based in Portland, Ore. He hopes to pursue a degree in political science and anthropology at Reed College. He gives …

Erica Etelson is a recovering human rights attorney and environmental activist and writer. Follow her on Twitter: @iluvsolar.

Dana Drugmand is a 2012 graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and a former intern at YES! Magazine and the Worldwatch Institute. She recently graduated with a master's degree in environmental law …

Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures and a pioneer of the localization movement. She is the author of Ancient Futures and Local Is Our Future, …

Nicholas Smaligo is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is the author of The Occupy Movement Explained: From Corporate Control to Democracy, published by Open …

Diana Martinez is a former employee at Chipotle Mexican Grill in Torrance, CA.

Hannah Appel is a mother, activist and associate professor of anthropology at UCLA. Her work looks at the everyday life of capitalism and the economic imagination. She is a …

Glen Gersmehl has developed resources and led education programs on security and nonviolence for hundreds of community, university, and religious audiences. He serves as national coordinator of Lutheran Peace Fellowship.