Brud's ZSpace Friends
Gabrenya, Matt | United States
I'm currently in school at Brandeis in MA, and am involved with Students for a Just and Stable Future, and the campus Commitee on Endowment Ethics and Responsibility.
Blume, Lavender | Canada
Writer, social critic and mischievous Buddhist. Music, culture and Bikram yoga enthusiast.
Denton, Marcus | United States
I live in Austin, Texas where I work at a class- and race-segregated inner-city high school. I attended the Z Media Institute in 2003 and founded the Austin Project for a Participatory Society in 2007.
Cat, Tolstoys | United States
Tolstoy's Cat is the pen name of a pacifist Anarchist and aspiring teacher who resides in the occupied nation of the U.S.A. She will remain anonymous, for now, to assure her freedom to write and do what she can to change the world.
Cronan Jr, John | United States
John Cronan Jr. is a restaurant worker of 11 years, organizer, and writer. He is a native of Providence, RI, but has lived in New York City for many years--where he has been involved in labor, student, and environmental organizing. Currently, John is an organizer for the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY), a membership based workers’ center ...
George, Justin | Australia
Hi, I live in Melbourne, Australia, and I think I first came across Znet courtesy of the linear notes of a Propagandhi album along time ago. Soon after that Michael Albert gave a talk at my university- University of Queensland- where I first encountered in any detail his proposals on Parecon, which opened my eyes to exciting and new possibilities for progressive change. I particularly related ...
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 ...
Renn, Marla | Canada
Hello, my name is Marla and I live inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and I am a student completing my teaching certification. In the fall of 2009 I will begin as a substitute teacher within high schools, with an eye of further exploring how I might enter the educational institution in a way that I will be able to collaborate with others for a revolution within. The educational process of...
Linick-Loughley, Meaghan | United States
Meaghan is an organizer for Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). She is currently in her sophmore year at The New School - Eugene Lang College for Liberal Arts studying anthropology and theatre. She previously attended Pace University where she organized for free speech and for more student power on campus. Meaghan also does work with Rainforest Action Network and Midatlan...
Jackson, Heather | United States
I am a UIC student researching alternative forms of news media and social movement.
Books, Zed | United Kingdom
Zed is celebrating 30 years as one of the most distinctive voices in independent, progressive publishing. Over the last three decades we have published more than 1,000 titles. Each of these books had a common goal: to give voice to people, places and issues at the margins. Our critical perspectives on topics including trade, aid, government and development are now more current than ever. Tod...
Herndon, Thomas | United States
I'm originally from Austin, TX, but moved to Olympia, WA to go to The Evergreen State College. There I studied quite a bit of political economy, foreign policy, critical race and gender studies, social movements and ethnography and organized a bit with different groups. I also attended ZMI 2007. After my stint at Evergreen, my finances were deeply in the red, and I had caught the I need t...
Hannah, Christopher j | Canada
I am the son of a Cold War fighter-pilot. I am the member of a rock band called Propagandhi and a member of a Parecon-inspired record label called G7 Welcoming Committee Records. In 2007 I was voted the 2nd Worst Canadian in history in a national poll (former prime-minister and dead man Pierre Trudeau was #1, meaning that i am in fact the worst living Canadian in the history of the country). ...
