Marina Karides is Professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. She has written several books, including (coedited with Judith Blau) The World and US Social Forums: A Better World is Possible and Necessary and (coauthored with Jackie Smith, Marc Becker, Dorval Brunelle, Christopher Chase-Dunn, and Donatella Della Porta) Global Democracy and the World Social Forums, Second Edition.
