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\t\t\t\tPolitics<\/a>
\nArts, Culture and Law<\/a>
\nEducation <\/a>
\nActivists<\/a>
\nTrade Unions and Trade unionists<\/a>
\nOrganisations<\/a><\/p>\n

Politics<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jill Evans MEP<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Wales
\nTony Benn <\/strong>– Labour Party
\nJens Holm MP<\/strong> – Left Party (V\u00e4nsterpartiet), Sweden
\nStephen Hughes MEP <\/strong>– Labour, NE England
\nCaroline Lucas MEP <\/strong>– Green Party, SE England
\nDiane Abbott MP<\/strong> – Labour
\nJohn McDonnell MP<\/strong> – Labour
\nAdam Price MP<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru
\nLinda Riordan MP<\/strong> – Labour
\nSue Bradford MP<\/strong> – Green Party, House of Representatives, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nSenator David Norris<\/strong> – Seanad \u00c9ireann
\nTony Gregory TD<\/strong> – D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann
\nAengus \u00d3 Snodaigh TD<\/strong> – D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann
\nRune Lund MF<\/strong> – Red-Green Alliance, Folketinget (Denmark)
\nJohn Dallat MLA<\/strong> – SDLP, deputy speaker, NI Assembly
\nDaith\u00ed McKay MLA<\/strong> – Sinn F\u00e9in
\nRobin Harper MSP<\/strong> – co-convener, Scottish Green Party
\nPatrick Harvie MSP<\/strong> – Scottish Green Party
\nElaine Smith MSP<\/strong> – Labour
\nSandra White MSP<\/strong> – Scottish National Party
\nDr Bill Wilson MSP<\/strong> – Scottish National Party
\nJennette Arnold AM<\/strong> – Labour, London Assembly
\nHelen Mary Jones AM<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru
\nJenny Jones AM<\/strong> – Green Party, London Assembly
\nRhodri Glyn Thomas AM<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru
\nLeanne Wood AM<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru
\nTommy Sheridan<\/strong> – Solidarity
\nPeter Tatchell<\/strong> – Green Party candidate for Oxford East
\nDr John Barry<\/strong> – co-chair, Green Party in Northern Ireland
\nTim Morris MHA<\/strong> – Green, Member of Tasmanian Parliament
\nDr Derek Wall<\/strong> – male principal speaker, Green Party
\nChris Ballance<\/strong> – former Green MSP
\nMatyas Benyik<\/strong> – President, ATTAC Hungary
\nDr Judith Brown<\/strong> – Director, Arab Media Watch
\nGerry Byrne<\/strong> – vice-chair, Campaign for a New Workers Party
\nJack Conrad<\/strong> – writer and activist
\nChris Haine<\/strong> – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Sedgefield
\nCraig Murray<\/strong> – former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan
\nPatrick Nulty<\/strong> – Chair, Labour Youth (Ireland)
\nBill Potts<\/strong> – president, Humanist Association of Greater Sacramento, USA
\nDr Ambalavaner Sivanandan<\/strong> – Director, Institute of Race Relations
\nAli Syed<\/strong> – chair, Bearsden & Milngavie Labour Party
\nDave Wetze<\/strong>l – president, Labour Land Campaign (pc)
\nEnoch Yisrael<\/strong> – New Jewel Movement
\nCllr Jon Barry<\/strong> – Green Party, Lancaster
\nCllr Lutfa Begum<\/strong> – Independent, Tower Hamlets
\nCllr Charlie Bolton<\/strong> – Green Party, Bristol
\nCllr Philip Booth<\/strong> – Green Party leader, Stroud District
\nCllr Steve Burgess<\/strong> – Scottish Green Party, Edinburgh
\nCllr Vincent Crosby<\/strong> – Labour, Sedgefield
\nCllr Ray Davies<\/strong> – Labour, Caerphilly; vice-chair, CND Cymru
\nCllr Chris Flood<\/strong> – Socialist Party, Lewisham
\nCllr Maurice Frankland<\/strong> – Labour, Stockton-on-Tees
\nCllr Jackie Grunsell<\/strong> – Save Huddersfield NHS, Kirklees
\nCllr David Harrington<\/strong> – Independent, Stockton-on-Tees
\nCllr Meirion Hughes<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Conwy
\nCllr Alison Johnstone<\/strong> – Scottish Green Party, Edinburgh
\nCllr Mike Keogh<\/strong> – Green Party, Lewisham
\nCllr Rania Khan<\/strong> – Independent, Tower Hamlets
\nCllr Sue Luxton<\/strong> – Green Party, Lewisham
\nCllr Fozol Miah<\/strong> – Respect, Tower Hamlets
\nCllr Richard Mallender<\/strong> – Green Party, Rushcliffe; chair, Green Party of England & Wales
\nCllr Colin Mann<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Caerphilly
\nCllr Susan Murray<\/strong> – Green Party, Lewes
\nCllr Romayne Phoenix<\/strong> – Green Party, Lewisham
\nCllr Darren Price<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru group leader, Swansea
\nCllr Allan Pritchard<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru group deputy leader, Caerphilly
\nCllr Oliur Rahman<\/strong> – Respect, Tower Hamlets
\nCllr Gurm Sekhon<\/strong> – Green Party, Yarra, Melbourne
\nCllr Alan Speake<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Carmarthenshire
\nMohamad Reza Shalgouni- <\/strong>Rahe kargar
\nCllr Dave Taylor<\/strong> – Green Party, York
\nCllr Rebecca Thackray<\/strong> – Green Party, Lambeth
\nCllr Gwyneth Thomas<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Carmarthenshire
\nCllr Morgwn Trolinger<\/strong> – Green Party, Lancaster
\nCllr Martha Wardrop<\/strong> – Scottish Green Party, Glasgow
\nCllr John Whitelegg<\/strong> – Green Party, Lancaster
\nCllr Martin Whiteside<\/strong> – Green Party, Stroud District
\nCllr Lindsay Whittle<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Caerphilly
\nCllr Michael Williams<\/strong> – Plaid Cymru, Pembrokeshire
\nCambridge Green Party<\/p>\n

Arts, Culture and Law<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rich Aitken<\/strong> – production director, Nimrod Productions
\nYasmin Alibhai-Brown<\/strong> – columnist and author
\nTracy Angelina<\/strong>
\nAttila the Stockbroker<\/strong> – poet, musician, and songwriter
\nBill Bailey<\/strong> – actor and comedian
\nDavid Barsamian<\/strong> – broadcaster and author of Targeting Iran<\/em>
\nCary Bazalgette<\/strong> – writer\/consultant on media literacy and children’s media
\nRonan Bennett<\/strong> – novelist and screenwriter
\nWilliam Blum<\/strong> – author on US foreign policy
\nLenni Brenner<\/strong> – author
\nAngela Bruce<\/strong> – actor
\nTam Dean Burn<\/strong> – actor
\nDr Helen Caldicott <\/strong>– physician, writer, and activist
\nLes Carter<\/strong> – musician, Abdoujaparov (formerly Carter USM)
\nTreasa Ni Cheannabhain<\/strong>
\nCaroline Coon<\/strong> – artist, journalist and political activist
\nMark Curtis<\/strong> – historian and journalist
\nDarren Deicide<\/strong> – musician and activist
\nDenise DuFault<\/strong> – President, Apple Tree Productions
\nGeorge Eaton<\/strong> – comment editor, Warwick Boar<\/em>
\nR\u00f3is\u00edn Elsafty<\/strong> – sean-n\u00f3s<\/em> (Irish traditional) singer
\nYves Engler <\/strong>– writer and activist
\nSonali Fernando<\/strong> – film and television director
\nDick Gaughan<\/strong> – musician
\nLisa Goldman<\/strong> – Artistic Director, Soho Theatre, London
\nMatt Harvey<\/strong> – poet and columnist
\nChris Holden<\/strong> – anti-war artist
\nSunny Hundal<\/strong> – journalist and blogger
\nRon Jacobs <\/strong>– writer
\nRobb Johnson<\/strong> – musician, songwriter, and author
\nStan Keable <\/strong>– Pres, Int Communist Esperantist Collective (IKEK)
\nMargaret Kimberley<\/strong> – editor and senior columnist, Black Agenda Report<\/em>
\nNaomi Klein<\/strong> – author, journalist, and activist
\nChris Knight<\/strong> – author ‘Blood Relations’, Radical Anthropology Group
\nProfessor Joel Kovel<\/strong> – editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism<\/em>
\nSteve Lendman <\/strong>– broadcaster and writer
\nTerry Liddle<\/strong> – vice-chair, South Place Ethical Society (pc)
\nKen Loach<\/strong> – filmmaker
\nMark Lynas<\/strong> – journalist, author, and environmentalist
\nRyta CYN Lyndley<\/strong> – writer
\nJimmy McGovern<\/strong> – scriptwriter
\nRay McGovern<\/strong> – co-founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
\nBill Madden<\/strong> – musician, singer-songwriter, and activist
\nMichael Mansfield QC<\/strong>
\nIman Mersal<\/strong> – poet
\nDr Majid Naficy<\/strong> – poet and human rights activist, USA
\nMaryam Namazie<\/strong> – Third Camp
\nDavid Nicol<\/strong> – writer
\nDave Osler<\/strong> – journalist and author
\nRevd Dr John Perumbalath<\/strong> – St Mark’s Church, Northfleet
\nKim Petersen<\/strong> – co-editor, Dissident Voice<\/em>
\nJames T Phillips<\/strong> – journalist
\nJohn Pilger<\/strong> – journalist and writer
\nGuy Picciotto<\/strong> – singer\/guitarist, Fugazi
\nSimon Pirani<\/strong> – London Freelance Branch, National Union of Journalists
\nTom Robinson <\/strong>– songwriter and broadcaster
\nJohn Ross<\/strong> – author, activist, human shield in Baghdad
\nLeon Rosselson<\/strong> – writer and musician
\nMartin Rowson<\/strong> – cartoonist
\nDr Ali S-Amiri<\/strong> – senior technical director, OCETA
\nPeggy Seeger<\/strong> – singer, songmaker, and activist
\nMichelle Shocked<\/strong> – singer-songwriter
\nNorman Solomon<\/strong> – columnist, author of War Made Easy<\/em>
\nJohn Stanton<\/strong> – journalist and author
\nMike Stark<\/strong> – writer and activist
\nMarcus Str\u00f6m <\/strong>– editor, Labor Tribune<\/em>, Australia
\nCharlotte Westenra<\/strong> – theatre director
\nDave White<\/strong> – guitar technician
\nKathryn Williams<\/strong> – singer-songwriter
\nAndy Worthington<\/strong> – author and journalist
\nHaifa Zangana<\/strong> – writer
\nUNIT (Andy Martin, Luc Tran, Ngo Achoi, and Thanh Trung Nguyen)<\/strong> – rock band<\/p>\n

Education<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dr Toby Abse<\/strong> – Goldsmiths College, University of London
\nDr Matthew Adams<\/strong> – University of Brighton
\nNafeez Ahmed<\/strong> – University of Sussex
\nDr Nadje Al-Ali<\/strong> – University of Exeter
\nEC Apling <\/strong>– formerly University of Reading
\nDr Anthony Ashbolt<\/strong> – University of Wollongong, Australia
\nProfessor Bill Ayers<\/strong> – University of Illinois, Chicago
\nKS Balakrishnan <\/strong>– University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
\nProfessor Harald Bauder<\/strong> – University of Guelph
\nDr Gurminder K Bhambra<\/strong> – Keele University
\nDr Patrick Bernhagen<\/strong> – University of Aberdeen
\nProfessor Andreas Bieler<\/strong> – University of Nottingham
\nProfessor Cyrus Bina <\/strong>– University of Minnesota, Morris
\nMarianne B\u00f8e<\/strong> – University of Bergen
\nDr Tracy Bowell<\/strong> – philosopher, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nProfessor Bill Bowring<\/strong> – Birkbeck College, University of London
\nDr Maud Bracke<\/strong> – University of Glasgow
\nProfessor Susanne Brandtstadter<\/strong> – University of Oslo
\nDr Peter Bratsis<\/strong> – University of Salford
\nDr Keith Breen<\/strong> – Queen’s University Belfast
\nDr Terry Brotherstone<\/strong> – University of Aberdeen
\nDr Jeff Browitt <\/strong>– University of Technology, Sydney
\nProfessor Verity Burgmann <\/strong>– University of Melbourne
\nDr Gideon Calder <\/strong>– University of Wales, Newport
\nDr Ben Campbell<\/strong> – University of Durham
\nLiam Campling<\/strong> – School of Oriental and African Studies
\nDr E Paula Casal<\/strong> – University of Reading
\nDr Sharad Chari <\/strong>– LSE & University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
\nDr Shohini Chaudhuri<\/strong> – University of Essex
\nProfessor Bernard Chazelle<\/strong> – Princeton University
\nProfessor Fran\u00e7ois Chesnais<\/strong> – University of Paris XIII: Paris-Nord
\nDenzil Chetty<\/strong> – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
\nProfessor Noam Chomsky<\/strong> – MIT
\nProfessor Julia Clancy-Smith<\/strong> – University of Arizona
\nDr Carmel Cloran<\/strong> – University of Wollongong, Australia
\nProfessor Dana L Cloud<\/strong> – University of Texas, Austin
\nProfessor David Cockburn<\/strong> – University of Wales, Lampeter
\nProfessor Lorraine Code<\/strong> – York University, Toronto
\nRabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok<\/strong> – University of Wales, Lampeter
\nDr Phil Connors<\/strong> – Deakin University, Australia
\nProfessor Christine Cooper<\/strong> – University of Strathclyde
\nProfessor Arif Dirlik<\/strong> – Chinese University of Hong Kong
\nProfessor Drucilla Cornell<\/strong> – Rutgers University
\nDr Andrew Cumbers<\/strong> – University of Glasgow
\nDr Rolf Czeskleba-Dupont<\/strong> – University of Roskilde
\nProfessor Hamid Dabashi<\/strong> – Columbia University
\nDr Gary Daniels<\/strong> – Keele University
\nDr Ramon Das<\/strong> – Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nDr Jonathan Davies<\/strong> – University of Warwick
\nProfessor Mike Davis<\/strong> – University of California, Irvine
\nDr Manali Desai <\/strong>– University of Kent, Canterbury
\nDr James Dickins<\/strong> – University of Salford
\nProfessor Chris Doran<\/strong> – University of New Brunswick
\nProfessor Danny Dorling<\/strong> – University of Sheffield
\nDr Gordon Downie <\/strong>– University of the West of England
\nDr Richard Drayton<\/strong> – University of Cambridge
\nProfessor Gavin Edwards<\/strong> – University of Glamorgan
\nProfessor Regi Theodor Enerstvedt<\/strong> – University of Oslo
\nProfessor Piet Erasmus<\/strong> – University of the Free State, South Africa
\nProfessor Mary Evans<\/strong> – University of Kent
\nProfessor Richard Falk<\/strong> – Princeton University & University of California, Santa Barbara
\nProfessor Moataz Fattah<\/strong> – Cairo University & Central Michigan University
\nProfessor Suman Fernando<\/strong> – University of Kent & London Metropolitan University
\nProfessor Hartry Field <\/strong>– New York University
\nDr Clare Finburgh<\/strong> – University of Essex
\nDr Paul Flewers<\/strong> – historian
\nDr Tony Fluxman <\/strong>– Rhodes University, South Africa
\nProfessor Bridget Fowler <\/strong>– University of Glasgow
\nProfessor Bill Freund <\/strong>– University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
\nProfessor Susan Frohlick<\/strong> – University of Manitoba
\nProfessor Steve Fuller <\/strong>– University of Warwick
\nProfessor Annie Gagiano<\/strong> – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
\nProfessor Laszlo Garai<\/strong> – University of Szeged, Hungary
\nProfessor Philip Gasper<\/strong> – Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, CA)
\nDr Saeed Ghahremani<\/strong> – University of Chicago
\nRR Rockingham Gill<\/strong> – University of Wales, Lampeter
\nProfessor Colin Groves<\/strong> – Australian National University
\nDr Susanne Hakenbeck <\/strong>– University of Cambridge
\nProfessor Allan Dreyer Hansen <\/strong>– University of Roskilde
\nDr Kenneth Hansen <\/strong>– University of Oslo
\nDr Ben Harker<\/strong> – University of Salford
\nDr Rumy Hasan<\/strong> – University of Sussex
\nDr Charles Hawksley<\/strong> – University of Wollongong, Australia
\nProfessor John Hazard<\/strong> – Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico
\nDr Eric Herring<\/strong> – University of Bristol
\nDr Johannes Hoff <\/strong>– University of Wales, Lampeter
\nProfessor James Holstun<\/strong> – SUNY Buffalo, USA
\nMehdi Husaini<\/strong> – UCU University & College Union
\nDr Nabila Jaber<\/strong> – University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nFiona Jackson<\/strong> – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
\nRosemary Jane<\/strong> – University of Portsmouth
\nDr Diana Jeater<\/strong> – University of the West of England
\nCaterina Jeffcote<\/strong> – University of Portsmouth
\nDr Fiona Jenkins<\/strong> – Australian National University
\nProfessor George Joffe<\/strong> – King’s College, London & University of Cambridge
\nPeter Jowers<\/strong> – University of the West of England
\nProfessor Guy Julier<\/strong> – Leeds Metropolitan University
\nVictor Kattan<\/strong> – Research Fellow, British Institute of International & Comparative Law
\nDr Gerry Kearns<\/strong> – University of Cambridge
\nProfessor Jeremy Keenan<\/strong> – University of Exeter & University of Bristol
\nKazim Khan<\/strong> – City University, London
\nProfessor Ray Kiely<\/strong> – Queen Mary, University of London
\nProfessor Robert Kirchner<\/strong> – University of Alberta
\nDr Gilton Klerck<\/strong> – Rhodes University, South Africa
\nDr Max Koch <\/strong>– Queen’s University Belfast
\nDr Chandra Kumar<\/strong> – Rhodes University, South Africa
\nSalam al Kuntar<\/strong> – University of Cambridge
\nProfessor Vinay Lal<\/strong> – University of California, Los Angeles
\nProfessor James Laxer<\/strong> – York University, Toronto
\nDr Matt Lee<\/strong> – University of Greenwich
\nProfessor Madeleine Leonard<\/strong> – Queen’s University Belfast
\nDr Lisa Leung <\/strong>– Lingnan University, Hong Kong
\nProfessor Ruth Lister<\/strong> – Loughborough University
\nDr James A Luchte <\/strong>– University of Wales, Lampeter
\nDr Stephen M Lyon<\/strong> – University of Durham
\nProfessor Gavan McCormack <\/strong>– Australian National University
\nProfessor Elaine McDuff<\/strong> – Truman State University, Missouri
\nProfessor Gavin MacFadyen<\/strong> – City University, London
\nProfessor Alan Macfarlane<\/strong> – University of Cambridge
\nProfessor Colin McGinn<\/strong> – University of Miami
\nProfessor Mosh\u00e9 Machover<\/strong> – King’s College, London
\nProfessor John McIlroy<\/strong> – Keele University
\nDr Michael McKinley<\/strong> – Australian National University
\nDr Anne Macklin<\/strong> – University of Leeds
\nDr Mike Macnair<\/strong> – University of Oxford
\nProfessor Manning Marable<\/strong> – Columbia University
\nLeo Marai<\/strong> – University of Papau New Guinea
\nProfessor Gy\u00f6rgy M\u00e1rkus<\/strong> – University of Sydney
\nProfessor Sallie A Marston<\/strong> – University of Arizona
\nProfessor Bill Martin<\/strong> – DePaul University, Chicago
\nProfessor Brian Martin<\/strong> – University of Wollongong, Australia
\nDr Janet Mather<\/strong> – Manchester Metropolitan University
\nYassamine Mather <\/strong>– University of Glasgow
\nDr Steve Matthews<\/strong> – Charles Sturt University, Australia
\nProfessor Paul Maylam<\/strong> – Rhodes University, South Africa
\nDr Davina Miller<\/strong> – University of Bradford
\nDr Claire Mitchell<\/strong> – Queen’s University Belfast
\n Professor Tariq Modood<\/strong> – University of Bristol
\nProfessor Adrian Moore<\/strong> – University of Oxford
\nProfessor SN Mukherjee<\/strong> – University of Sydney
\nProfessor Nirmalangshu Mukherji<\/strong> – University of Delhi
\nDr MM Musthafa<\/strong> – University of Calicut, India
\nDr Karma Nabulsi <\/strong>– University of Oxford
\nDr Camille Nakhid<\/strong> – Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nProfessor John Newsinger<\/strong> – Bath Spa University
\nDr Kalypso Nicola\u00efdis<\/strong> – University of Oxford
\nProfessor Christopher Norris<\/strong> – Cardiff University
\nProfessor Samir Okasha<\/strong> – University of Bristol
\nDr Douglas Pacheco<\/strong> – University of the South Pacific, Fiji
\nDr Len Palmer<\/strong> – Charles Sturt University, Australia
\nDr Rob Pattman <\/strong>– University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
\nDr Geraldene Peters<\/strong> – AUT University, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nDr Annie Potts<\/strong> – University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nDr Leonhard Praeg<\/strong> – Rhodes University, South Africa
\nProfessor Mohan Rao<\/strong> – Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
\nDr Tahmina Rashid<\/strong> – RMIT University, Melbourne
\nProfessor William L Richter<\/strong> – Kansas State University
\nProfessor Margaret Critchlow Rodman<\/strong> – York University, Toronto
\nProfessor John E Roemer <\/strong>– Yale University
\nProfessor William R Roff<\/strong> – Columbia University, New York
\nProfessor Hilary Rose<\/strong> – University of Bradford
\nProfessor Jonathan Rosenhead <\/strong>– London School of Economics
\nProfessor Sheila Rowbotham<\/strong> – University of Manchester
\nDr Tom Ryan<\/strong> – University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nDr Amir Saeed<\/strong> – University of Sunderland
\nProfessor Natsu Taylor Saito<\/strong> – Georgia State University College of Law
\nDr Peter Sarris<\/strong> – University of Cambridge
\nDr RK Satpathy<\/strong> – North-East Hill University, India
\nDr Andrew Schaap <\/strong>– University of Melbourne
\nProfessor Amy Schmitter<\/strong> – University of Alberta
\nProfessor Phil Scraton<\/strong> – Queen’s University Belfast
\nProfessor Julius Sensat<\/strong> – University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
\nProfessor Stephen R Shalom<\/strong> – William Paterson University, NJ
\nProfessor Steven Shaviro<\/strong> – Wayne State University, Detroit
\nProfessor Avi Shlaim<\/strong> – University of Oxford
\nDr Damien Short<\/strong> – Roehampton University
\nProfessor Timothy Shortell <\/strong>– Brooklyn College, CUNY
\nProfessor Udo Schuklenk <\/strong>– Glasgow Caledonian University
\nCliff Slaughter<\/strong> – author and retired lecturer
\nPeter Smith<\/strong> – politics academic, NE England
\nElizabeth Stanley<\/strong> – Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
\nDr Adam Swift<\/strong> – University of Oxford
\nProfessor Phil Taylo<\/strong>r – University of Strathclyde
\nDr Harriet Tenenbaum<\/strong> – Kingston University
\nProfessor Colin Thain<\/strong> – University of Ulster
\nDr Peter Thompson<\/strong> – University of Sheffield
\nProfessor Hillel Ticktin<\/strong> – University of Glasgow
\nDr Jason Toynbee<\/strong> – Open University
\nProfessor Martin M Tweedale<\/strong> – University of Alberta
\nProfessor Peter Vale<\/strong> – Rhodes University, South Africa
\nDr Fleur Visser<\/strong> – University of Worcester
\nProfessor Susan Weissman<\/strong> – St Mary’s College of California
\nProfessor Cornel West <\/strong>– Princeton University
\nDr Peter Wilkin<\/strong> – Brunel University
\nProfessor David Wilson <\/strong>– University of Central England
\nProfessor George Wolfe<\/strong> – Ball State University
\nYvonne Wollny <\/strong>– Middlesex University<\/p>\n

Activists<\/a><\/h2>\n

Anne Adams<\/strong> – secretary, Herefordshire Green Party
\nHamid Akbari<\/strong>
\nAmeena Al-Rasheed
\nGeoff Barr
\nBarry Biddulph
\nAndrew Birkby –<\/strong> Young Greens co-elections officer
\nPhil Burton-Cartledge<\/strong> – Socialist Party
\nAdrian Bonds
\nJeremy Butler<\/strong> – Woking
\nRosemary Byrne<\/strong> – Solidarity co-convenor
\nNaomi Byron<\/strong> – Socialist Party
\nDavid R Callaghan
\nBrian Candeland<\/strong> – chair, Manchester Green Party
\nJim Carroll <\/strong>– Scottish Socialist Party (Ayr)
\nMatthew Caygill <\/strong>– Leeds Metropolitan University
\nMichael Chewter<\/strong> – member, Skipton & Ripon CLP
\nPeter Commane
\nSteve Cooke <\/strong>– Stockton-on-Tees
\nTim Cooper<\/strong> – Nottingham
\nPat Corcoran<\/strong> – Dublin
\nMike Cotgreave
\nShireen Coulson
\nB \u00d3 Curraoin<\/strong> – \u00c9ire
\nFarmarz Davar <\/strong>– Chicago, USA
\nCarey Davies<\/strong> – Communist Students, Sheffield
\nNick Davies <\/strong>– chair, Welsh Labour Grassroot
\nD Devlin<\/strong> – USA
\nPete Dickinson<\/strong> – Socialist Party
\nIan Donovan<\/strong> – secretary, Southwark Respect (pc)
\nHamid Eshani<\/strong> – formerly Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Strategic Studies
\nKevin Doyle<\/strong> – Cork
\nAmy Drayson<\/strong> – Ipswich Green Party
\nRobert Eagleton<\/strong>
\nJean-Michel Edwin
\nMark Fischer
\nSteve Freeman
\nLeigh French
\nBorzu Fuldavand<\/strong> – Washington, USA
\nDave Gay<\/strong> – Permanent Revolution
\nDr Reza Ghafari <\/strong>– London
\nCharlie Graham<\/strong> – Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate, Bridgwater
\nTess Green<\/strong> – member, Green Party, Bristol S
\nUlku Guney<\/strong>
\nNura Abdullatti Hagi<\/strong> – Somali Human Rights Advocacy Group, Ireland
\nFiona Harrington<\/strong> – IWW
\nMike Hassibi<\/strong>
\nTeresa Hayter<\/strong> – writer and activist
\nDr A Holberg<\/strong> – Germany
\nDr JG Hunt<\/strong> – Hounslow Green Party
\nDavid Isaacson<\/strong> – Leeds
\nEwa Jasiewicz<\/strong>
\nAmir Javaheri<\/strong> – Sweden
\nMatthew Jones
\nNicholas Jones
\nJames Keegans<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party
\nPhil Kent
\nK Hesami
\nMehdi Kia
\nIoannis Kokosalakis<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party (RCN)
\nDave Landau
\nCarolyn Leckie<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party
\nBen Lewis<\/strong> – Sheffield
\nJim Lowe <\/strong>– Socialist Party (Exeter), NUT
\nMhairi McAlpine<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party
\nSandy McBurney
\nJohn Mcfeely<\/strong> – membership sec, No More Prison
\nVirginia MacFadyen
\nChris McGarvie
\nRod MacGregor<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party
\nJohn McLintock <\/strong>– Glasgow
\nKatherine McMahon
\nAnne McShane<\/strong> – Cork
\nPeter Manson
\nFereydoon Mansouri<\/strong> – Sweden
\nRuben Markarian<\/strong> – Rahe Kargar
\nAhmad Mazarei
\nTariq Mehmmod
\nArdeshir Mehrdad<\/strong> – Rahe Kargar
\nMartin M\u00f8rch <\/strong>– Red-Green Alliance, Denmark
\nPeter Moody<\/strong> – Socialist Party USA\/Solidarity (US)
\nMilly Morris<\/strong> – West Yorkshire
\nDenise Morton<\/strong> – EC member, Scottish Socialist Party
\nPeter Morton<\/strong> – RDG\/Socialist Alliance
\nMojtaba Nazari<\/strong>
\nUche Odinukwe<\/strong> – Socialist Workers Party, Cork
\nTim Oxton<\/strong> – writer and activist, Colchester
\nJohn Pearson<\/strong> – treasurer, Democratic Socialist Alliance
\nPaola Ponce<\/strong> – Durham University
\nFirouzeh Rad <\/strong>– Netherlands
\nTanjil Rashid<\/strong> – Ilford
\nMatthew Rayner<\/strong> – Australian Labor Party
\nDan Read
\nLeigh Richards<\/strong> – Swansea Green Party
\nNick Rogers
\n<\/strong>Marvin Joel Rubin<\/strong>
\nNader Sadeh – Germany
\nAzizeh Shahmoradi<\/strong>
\nJim Smith<\/strong>
\nSaeed Sohrabi<\/strong>
\nNigel Tart<\/strong> – chair, LGBT Green Party group
\nJamie Tedford<\/strong>, EC member, Communist Students
\nDr Phil Walden
\nDave Walsh <\/strong>– webmaster, LGBT Green Group
\nAndrew Weir<\/strong> – Scottish Socialist Party (RCN)
\nRob White<\/strong> – secretary, Reading Green Party
\nJames Youd<\/strong> – Cambridge Green Party
\nDr Mehdi Youssefi<\/strong> – USA
\nZhaleh<\/strong> – Houston, USA<\/p>\n

Trade unions and trade unionists<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Public and Commercial Services Union<\/strong> (PCS)
\nASLEF, <\/strong> the UK union for train drivers and operators<\/p>\n

Charlie Pottins<\/strong> – assistant secretary, Brent TUC (pc)
\nDavid Bull<\/strong> – branch secretary, ASLEF, Ramsgate
\nPauline Cassim<\/strong> – branch rep, PCS, Hartlepool (pc)
\nAndrew Coates<\/strong> – chair, T&G Branch 1\/460
\nMary Cooper<\/strong> – University & College Union (pc)
\nDes Derwin<\/strong> – vice-president, Dublin Council of Trade Unions (pc)
\nPete Firmin<\/strong> – joint secretary and president, Brent TUC (pc)
\nPiers Elias<\/strong> – Stockton-on-Tees Unison(pc)
\nPrakashnee Govender<\/strong> – policy researcher, Congress of South African Trade Unions (pc)
\nTony Greenstein<\/strong> – secretary, Brighton & Hove TUC Unemployed Workers Centre
\nHillary Horrock<\/strong> – NUJ
\nPaul Hunt<\/strong> – Unison shop steward, Coventry
\nEwa Jasiewicz <\/strong>– writer, journalist, human rights activist, and union organiser
\nOupa Komane<\/strong> – deputy general secretary, National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa
\nLiz Leicester<\/strong> – Unison, Camden (pc)
\nDoug Lowe – <\/strong>International Officer, Unison, Northern Devon Healthcare Branch (pc)
\nJim Moody <\/strong>– NUJ
\nJoe Moore<\/strong> – CWU, Ireland (pc)
\nWalton Pantland<\/strong> – Unite the Union (pc)
\nAli Pichgah<\/strong> – former member of Iranian oil workers Shora
\nMarianne Quick<\/strong> – branch secretary, University & College Union, Edge Hill University
\nLee Rock<\/strong> – national secretary, PCSU Socialist Caucus
\nRebecka Sawbridge<\/strong> – Black Students NUS
\nMick Shaw <\/strong>– President, Fire Brigades Union
\nSimon Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n

(pc = personal capacity)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Organisations<\/h2>\n

Communist Party of Great Britain<\/a>
\nCommunist League (USA)
\nCommunist Workers League (USA)<\/a>
\nCommunist Students<\/a>
\nGreen Party<\/a>
\nIran Bulletin – Middle East Forum <\/a>
\nIranian Workers Bulletin<\/a>
\nIrish Socialist Network<\/a>
\nJewish Socialist Group<\/a>
\nLabour Representation Commitee<\/a>
\nMarxistische Initiative (Germany)<\/a>
\nMovement for Socialism
\nPermanent Revolution<\/a>
\nOrganization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)<\/a>
\nRepublican Communist Network<\/a>
\nThe Rotten Elements<\/a>
\nSocialist Alliance<\/a>
\nSocialist \u00a0Democracy (Ireland)<\/a>
\nScottish Socialist Party<\/a>
\nThe Starry Plough Initiative (Ireland)<\/a>
\nWorkers Left Unity – Iran <\/a>
\nYoung Greens <\/a>
\nYouth\/Peasants Federation (Nepal)<\/p>\n

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