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.
Dimitra Kryillou is a Greek socialist, living in Berlin. She was an elected member of ANTARYSYA's National Council. She is currently an active member of the LINKE Berlin Internationals.
Edward Knudsen is a member of DSA Berlin and researcher on transatlantic relations and political economy at the Hertie School
Anja Ilić is a Sociology student at University of Belgrade (Faculty of Philosophy) and an activist of Marks21, a revolutionary socialist organisation based in Serbia.