Bama teaches in a primary school in Uthramerur, near Chennai. She draws her energy from the Dalit movements in Tamil Nadu and her writing is a source of strength for the growing Dalit consciousness.
Ana Garcia teaches history and international relations at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and is an associate of the Institute of Alternative Policies in the Southern Cone of Latin A
Christopher Hill was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in seventeenth century English history. From 1965 to 1978, he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford University.