Ola Johansson is Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts (ResCen), Middlesex University (UK). He has specialized in progressive and applied performance and has published two books: Community Theatre and AIDS (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Performance and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Performing Arts (VDM Verlag, 2008). Ola wrote the concept and manuscript for the production Politico (2014), was the artistic director for the production Beyond Vice (2013) and has exhibited artworks and produced a TV documentary.
Thirumaavalavan is the General Secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal and a member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha, formerly a member of the Tamil Nadu state assembly.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a writer, scholar, storyteller and activist of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and is a member of Alderville First Nation. She holds a Ph.D. from the University o
Arun Kumar Sinha (b. 1960) is a technologist by profession and is based in Kolkata, India. He has a keen interest in the evolving international workers' struggle against capital and capitalism in the
Jai Vipra works on research and advocacy in technology policy, especially on digital monopolies, trade and finance. She is a rationalist and advocates for the rejection of all superstition, and for th
James Manor is Emeka Anyaoku Professor at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. He has studied every Lok Sabha election since 1971, and several state elections. He has also a
