Al Giordano

Al Giordano was arrested for what would be the first of twenty-seven times on May 1, 1977 at the age of 17 for protesting a nuclear power plant. At age 20, he was living in a cabin in Rowe, MA, running the Rowe Nuclear Conversion Campaign, which ended in the first-ever shutdown of an operating nuclear power plant in America. There, he met Abbie Hoffman, who called him “the best political organizer of his generation.” The two worked together until Hoffman’s death in 1989, opposing U.S. intervention in Nicaragua and fighting to save the Delaware and St. Lawrence rivers. He also occasionally worked on political campaigns, notably for senator John Kerry.

In addition to his activism, Al Giordano started Narco News Bulletin in April 2000, which is a non-profit news organization that reports on the US War on Drugs in Central and South America. In 2007, Giordano launched The Field, a blog that covers American politics.