Shuruq Josting is a German-Palestinian student and researcher based in Berlin. Throughout her studies and in much of their work their focus has been to better understand the intersections of the Palestinian struggle and other movements for liberation and justice. As an activist, Shuruq previously organized with a variety of grassroots initiatives in and beyond Berlin. In 2020, she was one of the co-founders of the Zait wa Za3tar Festival, a festival celebrating Palestinian arts and culture and hosted a panel discussion on Palestinian feminisms. Shuruq also hosts a podcast called “Area D – Decolonizing with Palestine”.
Laura Miles was a senior lecturer in social science and a former National Executive Committee member and National Negotiator for the University and College Union in the UK. She is the author of Transgender Resistance: Socialism and the fight for trans liberation and a number of pamphlets and articles addressing LGBT+ issues. She is a longstanding member of the Socialist Workers Party.
Miho Soon is a Berlin-based independent researcher & designer from Malaysia. Her work focuses on the systemic impact of financial and economic trauma. She runs workshops around trauma-informed economic activism, and currently writes the Money Trauma newsletter, and is preparing to launch the Beyond Money Trauma podcast https://beyondmoneytrauma.org/
Evan Bermel was born and raised in San Diego California. Today he is a Bachelor student for politics and law and a member of DIE LINKE Berlin, Linksjugend [Solid’], Deutscher Hanfverband, and the trade union “Ver.di”. For years he was active in the Berlin group of the Deutscher Hanfverband.
Rasha Al Jundi, a Palestinian documentary photographer based between Nairobi and Berlin
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Carol van Buren, studied modern languages and linguistics at Cambridge University followed by 2 years working in Brussels before going on to to study law at King’s College London. Carol spent several years working as a commercial lawyer, followed by part time stints as a researcher at the UK Parliament and a lecturer at London University. After the Brexit vote, Carol decided to leave the UK and now lives in Berlin where she works as a freelance legal translator.
Srijon is a student of politics and media at Sciences Po Paris, and a multimedia journalist. Originally from India, he is based in Paris and Berlin.