American anti-capitalists

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

American writer (1902–1968)

United States Senator from Vermont

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader who rose from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the religious organization the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until 1964. He was also a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure with Black people and Muslims worldwide for his pursuit of racial justice.

Russian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American writer and playwright (1885–1951)

American author (1922–2007)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)

German sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)

American science fiction author (1928–1982)

Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005), and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006. Ruffalo has gained international recognition for playing Bruce Banner / Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the film The Avengers (2012).

American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American writer (1925–2012)

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

American filmmaker and author (born 1954)

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

American journalist and author (1937–2005)

American author and activist (1952–2021)

American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)

American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)

American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher (1921–2006)

American labor and political leader (1855–1926)

American futurist and self-described social engineer

American anarchist writer and feminist

American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932-2007)

American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939)

American guitarist (born 1958)

French philosopher (1788–1856)

German-American socialist (1808–1871)

American philosopher

American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)

American activist (1936–1989)

German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)

American philosopher, political activist and writer (born 1953)

German-American anarchist

American communist anarchist labor organizer (1853–1942)

American author and literary critic (born 1942)

American LGBT activist, transgender rights activist, and community worker (1951–2002)

American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author

African-American activist (1948-1969)

United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940)

American academic (1933–2026)

American antiwar activist

American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author (1798–1874)

Canadian-American Catholic priest and radio commentator (1891–1979)

American journalist

co-founder of the Black Panther Party (born 1936)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

American writer and public intellectual (1911–1972)

American horror author