Greg Ruggiero is an editor, activist, publisher, parent, and author. His Open Media Series, published by City Lights Books, has presented some of the most outspoken scholars, social justice advocates, and dissidents of our time, including Noam Chomsky, Angela Y. Davis, Howard Zinn, Alice Walker, Ralph Nader, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, John Gibler, Laura Gottesdiener, Todd Miller, Arundhati Roy, Subcomandante Marcos, and the Dalai Lama.