America's #1 progressive radio show host and NY Times bestselling author of over twenty books, Thom Hartmann is also the host of The Big Picture, a daily political show on RT.

­Jake is a religious scholar, having studied at the Fuller Theological Seminary. Jake specialists in Religious Conflict and Religious Guerilla Warfare. He served as a US Marine in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Jake is a co-founder of Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan and a policy adviser and analyst with US based advocacy organization Rethinking Afghanistan.

­Gerald Celente has earned his reputation as "The most trusted name in trends" by accurately forecasting hundreds of social, business, consumer, environmental, economic, political, entertainment, and technology trends. Gerald Celente, a Close Combat practitioner and black belt trainer, well understands the importance of proacting rather than reacting: "The first rule of Close Combat is to attack the attacker. Action is faster than reaction. The same holds true for the future. You know the future is coming … attack it before it attacks you."

­Christopher Petrella is a doctoral candidate in the African American Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He writes a weekly column for NationOfChange and teaches at San Quentin State Prison. In addition to his regular contributions to NationOfChange, he has written for Monthly Review, Truthout, Axis of Logic, and The Real Cost of Prisons. Christopher holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Bates College and an M.A. from Harvard University in Religion, Ethics, and Politics. He lives in Oakland, CA with his partner