Benjamin Pillet is a translator and community organizer. He holds a PhD in Political Thought from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec and a MA in History and Political Theory from Sciences Po Paris, France. His main research interests include settler colonial studies, decolonial theory and praxis, intercultural solidarity and critical race theory.
Gord Hill is the author of The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book, The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book, and The Antifa Comic Book. He is a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation whose territory is located on northern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in the province of "British Columbia." He has been involved in Indigenous people's and anti-globalization movements since 1990.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a writer, teacher, historian, and social activist, is Professor Emerita of Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies at California State University, East Bay, and author or editor of numerous scholarly articles and books, including the award-winning An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, as well as two other memoirs.
Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas is a Kanienkeha'ka activist, film-maker and entrepreneur from Kanesatake. He took part in the conflict known as the 'Oka crisis' following the blockade of Kanesatake by the Canadian army between July and September 1990. He made a number of independent documentaries such as 'Elsipogtog: No Fracking Way!' which addresses the Mik'maw resistance against fracking on their territory, as well as 'Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron Snake' on the pipeline project called Énergie Est.
Véronique Hébert is an actor, theatre director and writer from the Atikamekw First Nation of Wemotaci. She wrote, directed and acted in collective theatrical works with Atikamekw youth and professional artists for the festival Présence Autochtone in Montréal. She has had work presented at the Printemps autochtone d’art in 2013, and has repeatedly put on political theatre with a musical component for the festival Présence Autochtone.
Freda Huson is a Wet'suwet'en land defender and representative of the Wet'suwet'en Camp in North West British Columbia, blocking various tar sands and fracked gas pipelines. She lives permanently on the blockade. Freda (Unist'ot'en Clan) is spokesperson of the Camp.
Toghestiy is a Wet'suwet'en land defender and representative of the Wet'suwet'en Camp in North West British Columbia blocking various tar sands and fracked gas pipelines. He live permanently on the blockade. Toghestiy is a hereditary chief of the Likhts’amisyu Clan.
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui is a diasporic Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) born in southern California on traditional homeland of the Tongva people. She currently lives in Mattabessett (Middletown, CT), where she is a Professor of American Studies and affiliate in Anthropology at Wesleyan University. She is the editor of Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders and co-producer for Anarchy on Air, a majority POC radio show co-produced with a group of students.
