How We Win

Charles Derber is professor of sociology at Boston College, USA. A lifelong social justice activist, his work focuses on the crises of capitalism, globalization, corporate power, militarism, the culture of hegemony, the climate crisis, and peace and global justice movements. His recent books include Turnout!: Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency (Routledge, 2020), Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can About It (Routledge, 2023), and Who Owns Democracy?: The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America (Routledge, 2024) Suren Moodliar is an organizer, writer and journal editor. He co-leads encuentro5, a Boston-based movement-building center. His most recent book is Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It (Routledge, 2023). Matt Nelson is executive director of Presente.org, an advocacy group which advances Latinx power and amplifies Latinx voices. Before his work at Presente.org, he was the Organizing Director at Color of Change. Matt is a seasoned campaign strategist who has won dozens of local and national campaigns, and a skilled community organizer who has trained thousands of activists. He is the co-editor of Turnout!: Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency (Routledge, 2020) and was featured in Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion (2015). Nancy Treviño is director of power at Presente.org., a community organizer, trainer, and campaign strategist. Previously, Nancy worked alongside dozens of grassroots community organizations across the U.S., collaborated with national and international human rights organizations, and continues to provide strategic organizing, digital, and communications support to advance social justice movements.