The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Tobin, the former rector of Christ Church in Cambridge, mass, lives in Sunset, Maine. He has been actively working for a just peace in Palestine-Israel since his first visit there in 1994.
Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He has been a fellow of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Salim Muwakkil is a senior editor of In These Times, where he has worked since 1983. He is the host of “The Salim Muwakkil” show on WVON, Chicago’s historic black radio station, and he wrote the text for the book HAROLD: Photographs from the Harold Washington Years.
James Spencer is the director of research and analysis at the British firm Scymitar Consulting. He is a retired infantry officer in the British Army and has extensive experience in all aspects of low-intensity conflict in the Middle East and Islamic Africa as both a practitioner and analyst. He is a member of the British Yemeni Society.
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The New York Times News Service/Syndicate.
Carol Brightman is the author of Total Insecurity: The Myth of American Omnipotence (Verso, 2004).
Azhar Usman, a Chicago-based, global stand-up comedian, is the co-founder of the popular Muslim comedy showcase “Allah Made Me Funny.”
