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Trigona, Marie | Argentina
Marie Trigona has reported from Argentina for numerous media outlets around the world. A writer, radio producer, and film maker, her work focuses on labor struggles, social movements and human rights in Latin America. Her writing has appeared in publications including Z Magazine and ZNet, NACLA, Monthly Review, Canadian Dimension, The Buenos Aires Herald, Left Turn, Americas Program, Clamor, Ve...
Lausti, Tapani | Spain
I am a Finnish freelance journalist living in Spain. I specialise in world affairs and history of ideas. I have worked for the Finnish Broadcasting Company, the BBC Finnish Section and the Finnish Institute in London. I spent many years in London working as a freelance journalists. I have written books and articles about alternative politics. I have lived in Spain since 2001. . &nbs...
Evans, Mark | England
These things probably tell you something about me - I got my initial education in social justice listening to Bob Marley and the Wailers as a teenager, then in my late 20's reading Chomsky which led me to Z. I identify with the humanist world view. My favouite comedian is John Shuttleworth. I enjoy all kinds of "roots" music including folk, reggae, bl...
ricketts, aidan | Australia
Aidan Ricketts is an experienced social and environmental activist as well as a prominent activism educator and writer from Australia and Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Aidan is the author of the newly released book The Activists handbook: A Step By Step Guide to Participatory Democracy, published by Zed Books London and distributed in The US by Palgrave Macmillan. The&nbs...
Wilson, Virginia | United States
Friends call me Ginny. I am very excited about having a place like Z Net to join in discussion with others who share an admiration for the spirit of resistance. I love to read, write, and think. If you met me in person, then you'd also know I like to talk. My favorite authors are Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Norman Finkelstein, Paul Street, Edward Said,...
Whitesell, Daniel | United States
From 2006 to about 2011 I was an active member of Mingas, a collective of individuals concerned with promoting sovereignty and economic independence in Colombia. We opposed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement and were involved in the efforts to stop passage of it. Our website is http://www.mingas.info/
Posecznick, Nicholas | United States
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Roblin, Stephen | United States
I became political at a young age through my exposure to the daunting problems facing Baltimore city while playing basketball at a west side recreation council. In high school I was introduced to left activist/scholars such as Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky and others, who provided satisfying answers to questions I had about my society’s allowance for such gross inequalities and injustices. ...
Spear, Jessica | United States
Jess Spear is a research scientist at the Burke Museum of Natural History and an organizer with Socialist Alternative.
Brody, Y. | France
Born in New York City in 1972, the author is a clinical psychologist. To pay the bills, he helps people understand themselves and their environment, and encourages them to imagine all possible changes, individually and socially. His university courses include Media, Culture, and Society; Psychodynamic Psychology; International Business Ethics; and Geopolitics. The general focus here is on is...
Spannos, Chris | United States
Chris Spannos has had over a decade of experience in self-managed media collectives and also as an activist, organizer, and anti-capitalist. From 1998-2006 he participated in the Redeye collective, heard on Vancouver Co-op radio. In September 2006 he joined Z as full-time staff focusing on ZNet and ZCom web operations. Other media work includes helping out with Z Video productions, being ...
Kramer, Alex | Canada
Alex Kramer is a concert cellist living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
