M.E. O'Brien
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M. E. O’Brien writes and speaks on gender freedom and capitalism. Her co-authored speculative novel, Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072, was published by Common Notions in August 2022. Her second book, Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communization of Care, will be out with Pluto Press June of 2023.

O'Brien co-edits two magazines, Pinko, on gay communism, and Parapraxis, on psychoanalytic theory and politics. Her work on family abolition has been translated into Chinese, German, Greek, French, Spanish, and Turkish. Her writing has been published by Work, Employment and Society, Social Movement Studies, Endnotes, Homintern, Commune, and Invert.

Twitter: @genderhorizon

Eman Abdelhadi
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Eman Abdelhadi is an academic, activist, and artist who writes and thinks at the intersection of identity, politics, sexuality, and gender. Her academic work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and covered by press outlets such as the Washington Post, Associated Press, and NPR.

Abdelhadi is a poet and an essayist as well as co-author of Everything for Everyone, An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072--a novel published with Common Notions Press in 2022. She received her PhD in Sociology from New York University in 2019 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.

Twitter: @emanabdelhadi

Rebecca Lurie
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Rebecca Lurie is the founding director of the Community and Worker Ownership Project at the CUNY School for Labor and Urban Studies (SLU). She is also on the adjunct faculty of SLU.

Lurie is a founding member of the worker-owned cooperative, New Deal Home Improvement Company. She began her working career as a union carpenter, transitioning to worker education through the union’s apprenticeship program and the construction industry. Using a sectoral approach for understanding industries and their employment needs, and dedicated to inclusiveness, Lurie has collaborated on numerous community economic development projects in NYC, including pre-apprenticeship programs, a Bronx green jobs network, a kitchen incubator, and the design of Best for NYC.

Lurie serves on the Boards of the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. She holds a Master’s in Organizational Change Management from The New School, a certificate in Adult Occupational Education from CUNY, and is certified in Permaculture Urban Design.

Websites:
slu.cuny.edu/cwop
slublog.org/category/cwop/

Twitter: @rebecca_lurie