The International Journal of INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 2011)
Contributors
Takis Fotopoulos is a political philosopher, editor of Society & Nature/Democracy and Nature/The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy. He is also a columnist for the Athens Daily Eleftherotypia. He was previously (1969–1989) Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of North London. He is the author of Towards An Inclusive Democracy (London & New York: Cassell, 1997) which has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Chinese and of the book The Multidimensional Crisis and Inclusive Democracy, published by the International Journal of Inclusive Democracy (2005). His last book in English is The Pink Revolution in Iran and the “Left” (International Journal of Inclusive Democracy, 2009). He has also contributed to several books in English, Italian, Chinese, Polish and Greek. He is also the author of numerous books in Greek on development; the Gulf War; the neo-liberal consensus; the New World Order; the drug culture; the New Order in the Balkans; the new irrationalism; globalisation and the Left; the war against “terrorism”; Chomsky’s capitalism and Albert’s metacapitalism; the present multi-dimensional crisis; Inclusive Democracy: 10 years after and The present capitalist crisis and the antisystemic movement. His latest book in Greek is Greece as a protectorate of the transnational elite: The need for an immediate exit from the EU and for a self-reliant economy (Athens: Gordios, November 2010). He is also the author of over 900 articles in British, American and Greek theoretical journals, magazines and newspapers, several of which have been translated into over twenty languages (see : http://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/fotopoulos/).
Leonor Massanet was born in Mallorca (Balear Islands, Spain) and she's been sharing the Libyan culture and life for the last 5 years. She is a tour guide in Libya at Magalena Tours. She has a degree in Pharmacy and a degree in Psychology.
Eloy Pardo is a periodist. He works for "eldebat.cat"(http://eldebat.cat/), a digital Catalan newspaper and he has done many interviews for well-known alternative media like rebelion.org
Ylli Përmeti is an Albanian writer and activist, author of the book, “Phronetic and Demotic Manifesto” (under publication), who is inspired by the works of Aristotle, Fotopoulos and Flyvbjerg, and a co-founder of a movement in Albania aiming at promoting the need to self-organize society along the lines of an Inclusive Democracy.
John Sargis is a political activist and organizer in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also assistant editor of The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy to which he makes frequent contributions. He is a contributor to the book Globalised Capitalism, The Eclipse of the Left and Inclusive Democracy ed. by Steven Best (Athens: Koukkida, May 2008) published also as a special issue of the Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 2009). He taught secondary school biology in Paterson, New Jersey for twenty-six years and he also used to function as a union leader.