Author Bios

Miriam Taylor is a sociologist and professional interpreter and translator in Spanish and English language.

Erin Sagen is a freelancer and former associate editor at YES! Magazine. She lives in Seattle and writes about food, health and suburban sustainability. Follow her on Twitter: @erin_sagen.

Latifah Azlan is a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

Fr. Atta Barkindo is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, a Research Fellow for Open …

Renee Parsons was a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives and a lobbyist on nuclear energy issues with Friends of the Earth.  in 2005, she was elected to the …

Gary Brumback, with a doctorate in organizational psychology, retired in 1995 from a career of private research and government consulting and policy development. Ever since he has branched out …

Alex Khasnabish teaches about movements, social change and engaged research at Mount Saint Vincent University, is the co-editor of Insurgent Encounters: Transnational Activism, Ethnography, and the Political, and is …

Allegra Kirkland is AlterNet's associate managing editor. Her writing has appeared in the Chicago Reader, Inc., Daily Serving and the Nation.

Kara Z. Dellacioppa is chair of the sociology department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is the author of This Bridge Called Zapatismo: Building Alternative Political Cultures in …

Mary Catherine O'Connor writes about the environment, adventure sports, and technology. www.mcoconnor.com