Jerry Harris is National Secretary of the Global Studies Association of North America, and a member of the international executive board of the Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism. He contributes frequently to Race & Class (London), Science & Society (New York), and International Critical Thought (Bejing). For 15 years, he did labor organizing at oil refineries (Long Beach), a tobacco factory (Louisville), and US Steel (Chicago) before teaching at DeVry University and heading the faculty association.