Biographical note

Simon Hardy is a writer and socialist activist. He was a leading figure in the student revolt of 2010-11 and a contributor to It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest (Verso 2012). He has recently been involved in setting up the Anticapitalist Initiative, a new, pluralist activist network to facilitate practice-informed debate on the future of radical politics (see Anticapitalists.org). Luke Cooper is a writer and socialist activist. He is currently studying for a PhD in International Relations at the University of Sussex and part of the workgroup on Uneven and Combined Development (see UnevenandCombined.com). He has recently been involved in setting up the Anticapitalist Initiative, a new, pluralist activist network to facilitate practice-informed debate on the future of radical politics (see Anticapitalists.org). He lives in the UK. He lives in the UK.