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Vijoo Krishnan is the general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and a polit bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). As a leader of the AIKS, he played a crucial role in the historic farmers’ agitation in Delhi in 2021–2022. Before becoming a full-time political activist, he was the head of the Department of Political Science at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore. In 1998–1999, he was the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union. Vijoo is also a photographer who captures the everyday life of the working class.

Nidheesh J Villatt is a member of the All India Kisan Sabha’s Central Kisan Committee as well as the research coordinator of the P Sundarayya Memorial Trust, a research institute that focuses on agrarian issues and movements. Nidheesh is dedicated to studying and building the worker-peasant alliance, with a focus on its political economy and philosophy. He has written about agrarian and industrial class struggles, ‘competition’ under capitalism, political ecology, and Hindutva.

The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS) is recognized as the oldest worker cooperative in India. It was founded in 1925 under the guidance of Vagbhadananda in Calicut Kerala.

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research seeks to build a bridge between academic production and political and social movements to promote critical thinking and stimulate debates and research with an emancipatory perspective.

Jill Webb is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Webb mainly covers health, labor, culture, and the environment. She's especially interested in the intersection of mental health and climate change.

Wellbeing Economy Alliance California (WEAll CA) works with local organizations to create community collaborations towards equitable economies. Learn more at www.weallcalifornia.org

Jack is a Salford-born producer, curator, and writer with a background in film, radio, and TV. His work spanning indie film, journalism, and curation focuses on breaking down cultural barriers and amplifying working-class voices. He works to make art and ideas more accessible because culture belongs to everyone, not just those who can afford it.

David Lidz is a founder of Waterbottle Cooperative in Baltimore, MD.

Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad Sweden

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