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George Caffentzis is a leading thinker in the development of autonomist thought who has been engaged in varied movements during the past half-century, from civil rights sit-ins and antinuclear efforts to alter-globalization and pro-commons activities. He is cofounder of the Midnight Notes Collective and coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA). Caffentzis was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine for over thirty years before retirement. Among his many books and articles—covering topics such as the death penalty, peak oil, and the philosophy of money—is In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and the Crisis of Capitalism; Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government John Locke's Philosophy of Money; and Civilizing Money: Hume, his Monetary Project, and the Scottish Enlightenment.

Silvia Federici is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant. In 1972 she was cofounder of the International Feminist Collective that launched the Wages for Housework campaign. Her books include Caliban and the Witch; Re-enchanting the World; Beyond the Periphery of the Skin; and Witches, Witch Hunting, and Women. She is a professor emerita at Hofstra University, where she taught in the social sciences. She worked as a teacher in Nigeria for many years and was also the cofounder of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa.

Joey Mauro is a writer, archivist, and editor from Canada, currently living in Brooklyn. He is a PhD student at Brown University, where he studies movement history, the performativity of struggle, and political economy. His research explores the body and political violence, the social commons and resistance practices, and subjectivity and incarceration. His current work reads acts of self-inflicted harm in relation to social movements. Otherwise, he spends his time with his family and friends.