Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin were the founding editors of the journal Soundings, in which the theoretical framework of this manifesto was developed. Doreen Massey is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Open University. Michael Rustin is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London. Stuart Hall was a cultural theorist and most recently Emeritus Professor at the Open University. Stuart died during the development of the manifesto project, but his energy, politics and ideas continue to be the foundation on which the manifesto is based.