Franziska Wöckel has an MA in political science and economics, and is an entrepreneur & director of a software development consultancy. Prior to that she worked as chief of staff at German Parliament for DIE LINKE MPs. She graduated high school in Bogotá, Colombia.
Abhay Regi is an editorial fellow at The Caravan. He has also written for Jawa Post and South China Morning Post about caste and politics in South Asia.
Axmed Maxamed is a Queer Diasporic Somali activist, organizer and music nerd. Axmed was born in Xamar, Somalia where he spent his early years until his family had to flee during the civil war and ended up in the Netherlands. Axmed addresses systemic inequalities in Dutch society and in the underground dance music scene, which pave the way for harmful practices such as cultural appropriation and the white washing of Black music.
Sebastian Friedrich works for NDR; der Freitag and other German media. His main focus is on the new Right, the AfD, the development of Capitalism and the analysis of class. He is a former editor of the newspaper Analyse und Kritik (A&K). He is a member of the verdi trade union and the advisory council of the rosa luxemburg stiftung Hamburg. More information on his homepage.
Richard Lederer is an Austrian socialist. Since 2009 he has been an active member of the Austrian representatives of the International Socialist Tendency (IST)-
Jeroen van der Starre is the editor of De Socialist and Socialisme.nu and a member of the International Socialist in the Netherlands.'
Mark Bergfeld works for the international trade union confederation UNI Global Union and tweets as @mdbergfeld. He comes originally from Erfstadt, where his family still lives.
Carmela Negrete is a Spanish freelance journalist based in Berlin. She writes regularly for the junge Welt, Neues Deutschland and other publications.
Born in Sunderland in north-east England Carol McGuigan worked for a time as a professional actor and freelance dramatist for BBC Radio. She moved to Berlin in 2011, is still writing and is branch secretary for Labour International Berlin.