Archives of the first conference
Roland Anderson is a musician and educator who taught for three years at Summerhill School. Founded in 1921 by A.S. Neill as an educational experiment, Summerhill is a 'free school', democratically run according to the wishes of the pupils themselves. Despite predictable public scepticism, Summerhill has endured for over 80 years as a progressive model for education. Visit the school's home page for more information.
Matt Barr is a member of Voices in the Wilderness and has recently returned from a sanctions-breaking delegation to Iraq in December. Voices campaigns against the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq. According to UNICEF, in excess of 500,000 children under five have died in Iraq as a consequence of the sanctions. Voices have carried out 42 delegations to Iraq since 1996.
Francis Irving co-ordinates the Cambridge Oxfam Group and founded the Cambridge Fair Trade Committee. He's sure that anyone can change the world, and most do every day.
Hannah Luff is coordinator of the Cambridge Homeless Partnership.
Sanjoy Mahajan is a physicist at the University of Cambridge interested in improving physics teaching. He is keen to challenge the fragmented and disheartening world view given in the media, and often runs courses on "Reading between the lines".
Greg Palast is a reporter for Newsnight on BBC Television and writes for the Observer newspaper. You can read and subscribe to his columns and reports online at http://www.GregPalast.com/. Pluto Press recently released Palast's book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters.
Riccardo Vitale is a research student in the Department of Social Anthropology, where he is doing research on the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico. He has been closely monitoring and participating in political movements for several years.