Dr. Hawzhin Azeez has a Ph.D in Political Science and International Relations. She is a women's rights and refugee advocate. She is currently working on the rebuilding of Kobane through the Kobane Reconstruction Board.  

Ingerid S. Straume holds a PhD in the philosophy of education, with a thesis (in Norwegian) on the work of philosopher and psychoanalyst Cornelius Castoriadis. She is a writer of political and social theory and works as a subject specialist at the Library of the Humanities and the Social Sciences at the University of Oslo, Norway. She also teaches educational theory and acacemic writing. Member of Concerned Scientists, Norway and ATTAC.

Janet Biehl (1953—) is an author, copy editor, and graphic artist living in Burlington, Vermont. She used to be active in the Burlington Greens and the Left Green Network, and for more than two decades she was involved with popularizing and developing the theory and politics of social ecology.

Joris Leverink is a freelance writer, journalist and editor for the online publication ROAR Magazine and columnist for TeleSUR English. He is currently living in Istanbul and has a background in cultural anthropology and political economy. Check out his articles in ROAR Magazine. 

Jyri Antero Jaakkolai was a member of the Finnish grassroots ecology organization Hyökyaalto as well as of Climate Justice Action, and was engaged in the broader libertarian movement in Finland.

Kjetil Simonsen (1981-) lives in Oslo. He is a historian with a speciality in the history of Anti-Semitism, Fascism, Conspiracism and Right Wing-Nationalism, and he has written several articles about these subjects.

In ’56 László Bitó escaped from Hungary to New York, where he earned a Ph.D. in Medical Cell Biology and Biophysics at Columbia University. Upon retirement from Columbia as Emeritus Professor, he has returned to his native Hungary and started a second career as a novelist and journalist.