About the Author

Michael Brooks was the host of the Michael Brooks Show and contributing host for the four-time award-winning independent political talk show, The Majority Report. He was also briefly the co-host, along with Anna Kasparian, on a new YouTube show for Jacobin Magazine entitled Weekends. His writing appeared in Al Monitor, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, among other publications.

Upon Brooks passing the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed his condolences: "May his passion for social justice be remembered and inspire people around the world."