Valentín Ladrero holds degrees in Sociology and Information Sciences. For years, he worked as a journalist and music critic in radio, printed press, and the music industry while participating in anti-military, anarchist, and environmentalist collectives. He has collaborated on books such as Hasta el final (2000), Desde el otro lado (2006), and ¿Y ahora qué? Impactos y resistencia social contra la embestida ultraliberal (2012), among others. He is the author of Músicas contra el poder (2016) and is about to publish a new book about popular music, the working class, and lumpen. Currently, he is the coordinator of Libros en acción, the publishing house of the association Ecologistas en acción, and he heads a program on Radio Primavera Sound. (Translated by Hannah Sherman). Co-dictionary entry: Music against power
