Micah M. White is an independent activist as well as a writer and Contributing Editor at Adbusters Magazine. His activist efforts have been featured in the AP, the Chronicle for Higher Education, the New York Times and Teen People magazine; as a high school maverick, Micah appeared on ABC TV's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.

Micah graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in Philosophy and minors in Interpretation Theory and Film and Media Studies. While at Swarthmore, he co-founded Why War?, one of the nation’s first antiwar student organizations after 9/11.

Currently, Micah is pursuing a PhD in Media and Communications from the European Graduate School, where he has had seminars with internationally renowned philosophers Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Avital Ronell, and Slavoj Zizek.

Micah now lives with his wife and two cats in Berkeley, CA. Inspired by his activist experience and education, he is working on a book that argues that the cultural battle over our mental environment is the vanguard of meaningful activism.



Live Interview with Micah


In this eighteen minute interview filmed at Q 2009, Micah talks about Facebook, Adbusters and activism to an audience of progressive Christians.

Micah on the Radio


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An hour long discussion with Micah recently aired on KPFK radio to celebrate Buy Nothing Day 2009.