Dave Riley: Born 1948. Lives in Brisbane, Australia with partner, Helen, and two children. Has been variously a psychiatric nurse, political organiser,laborer, mask maker/sculptor, playwright, Punch & Judy Professor, process worker, & community artist. Life long socialist & on and off again political activist, he is a frequent contributor to Australia's leading alternative newspaper, and the web's top Australian political site, Green Left Weekly. His activism is today limited by fibromyalgia , an arthritic condition, which he has suffered from for the past 20 years. He is a keen member of the Australian Socialist Alliance.