Kevin Danaher (born July 11, 1950) is an American author and anti-globalization activist. With his wife Medea Benjamin and activist Kirsten Irgens-Moller, he co-founded Global Exchange,Global Exchange Website Kevin Danaher a social justice and anti-globalization non-governmental organization based in San Francisco, California. He is the founder and executive co-producer of the Green Festivals and he is executive Director of the Global Citizen Center. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Early life and education Kevin Danaher was born in New Jersey on July 11, 1950.Rotten Tomatoes Kevin DanaherBorn Glory United States > Kevin Danaher

Danaher is from an Irish Catholic family and is the youngest of three children. His father, who was a bus driver, had immigrated from Ireland. He had an interest in politics and had been a messenger for the Irish Republican Army (IRA). In a 2003 article for Sfgate by Tom Abate, Danaher said that the stories he heard from his father about the IRA made him what he is today.

He graduated from high school in 1968, at which time he was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, but purposefully failed his physical in order to avoid being deployed. He then worked as a truck driver and bricklayer, as well as spending nights as a bass guitarist for a band (The Everlovin) that primarily played in strip clubs and topless bars. Eventually moving West, he met a woman in Los Gatos, California, where he settled.

Danaher attended De Anza College in Cupertino for a time, followed by attending Sonoma State University, where he graduated with an undergraduate degree in sociology. Following this, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, writing his thesis on the boycott movement against the apartheid regime of South Africa.Sfgate, Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - SPOTLIGHT / Kevin Danaher: Part activist and part businessman - Tom Abate

Personal life In 1985, Danaher married Medea Benjamin, who comes from Long Island, New York. They have two daughters.Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2003 Devotion to Life of Political Activism in Family's Blood - Rone Tempest

Activism In an interview with Miguel Bocanegra in February 2000, Danaher said that his government's trying to send him to Vietnam caused him to question what his government was doing, namely the bombing of people who were no threat to the U.S. In the early days, he wrote a dissertation on U.S. policy towards South Africa in what he saw as U.S. policy being supportive of the white minority against the black majority.University of Washington Interviewee: Kevin Danaher, Affiliation: Co-Founder of Global Exchange, Interviewer: Miguel Bocanegra

He was critical and vocal about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.ABC, Tuesday 15 June 2004 Activists for Freedom, Equity and Justice with Medea Benjamin & Kevin Danaher Along with Scott Ritter, Daniel Ellsberg, Jody Williams, Norman Mailer, Noam Chomsky, and Medea Benjamin, he appeared in the film Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire.Vanier College Hijacking catastrophe (videorecording)

Professional background From 1979 to 1983, Danaher was with American University in Washington, DC, as an adjunct professor.Sfgate, Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - SPOTLIGHT / Kevin Danaher: Part activist and part businessman - Tom Abate By 1982, he had earned a Ph.D. in sociology at UC Santa Cruz.A.W.E. Global, Inc. - Advisors, KEVIN DANAHER In 1984, having moved back to the Bay Area, he was working with Food First as a senior analyst.Sfgate, Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - SPOTLIGHT / Kevin Danaher: Part activist and part businessman - Tom Abate

Bibliography Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots. With Shannon Biggs and Jason Dove Mark. (September 2007) PoliPoint Press. Insurrection: The Citizen Challenge to Corporate Power. With Jason Dove Mark, foreword by Arianna Huffington. (2003) Routledge. Salon, April 29, 2015 Weeds are the future of healthy eating - Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal 10 reasons to abolish the IMF & World Bank. Foreword by Anuradha Mittal. (2001) Seven Stories. Globalize This! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule with Roger Burbach. (2000) Common Courage Press. Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream. (1997) Common Courage Press.

Filmography

+ Film Title Role Director Year Notes # Timber GAP Himself James Ficklin, Kay Rudin 2000 Trading Freedom: The Secret Life of the FTAA Himself 2002 David Suzuki appears as well Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire Himself Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally 2004 Hannity & ColmesEpisode dated 25 January 2006 Himself 2006 Kimberly Guilfoyle also appears Project Censored the Movie Himself Doug Hecker, Christopher Oscar 2013 Imdb Kevin Danaher, Filmography

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External links

Interview with Kevin Danaher on Globalism and Its Discontents www.youtube.com − 2008 Interview with Kevin Danaher on Building the Green Economy (27 minutes) Green Festivals Home Page Global Citizen Center Home Page