Kate Brown is taking a PGCE in Citizenship, a new component of the UK National Curriculum.
Howard Clark is a peace activist and peace researcher, and was involved in the Balkan Peace Team, a project sending volunteers to Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo from 1994 to 2001. He is the author of Civil Resistance in Kosovo (Pluto Press, 2000), and also of a research report for the Centre for the Study of Peace and Forgiveness at the University of Coventry, Kosovo Work in Progress - Closing the Cycle of Violence.
Clive Hamilton is executive director of the Australia Institute, Australia's foremost public interest think tank. Trained in economics and politics, he also holds academic positions at the Australian National University and the University Technology Sydney. His book Growth Fetish, recently released in the UK (Pluto Press, 2004) was described by the Australian Review of Political Economy as "a call to arms for the No Logo generation".
Emily James is a filmmaker with Fulcrum TV. Originally from the USA, she studied history and philosophy of science at Cambridge before going on to the National Film and Television School. Her musical animation The luckiest nut in the world, commissioned for Channel 4, will be shown at Think Twice. Emily is currently developing a number of new projects including a puppet series for Channel 4.
Robin Priestley and Arthur Swindells are secret agents of the Space Hijackers. The group is a collective of "anarchitects" which was set up at the beginning of 1999. Through their various actions they attempt to raise awareness of corporate misappropriation of public spaces, and to change how these spaces are used and perceived.
Peter Tatchell was born in Australia. He came to London in 1971, and became a leading activist in the Gay Liberation Front. He has been a tireless champion of gay rights, and human rights in general, for over 30 years. He stood as the Labour candidate in the infamous 1983 Bermondsey by-election. Recently, he has attempted to arrest Robert Mugabe for human rights violations.