2018 Top Ten of Polemic for People

Sanjay Kak

Sanjay Kak is an author, activist and self-taught film-maker. He is known for his documentaries about environmental activism and resistance politics

Henry A. Fischel

Henry A. Fischel was an American-German professor emeritus of Near Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by Spaniards of the Franciscan order on "The Feast of the Birth of Mary," September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become twenty-one Spanish missions in California. San Gabriel Arcángel was named after the Archangel Gabriel and often referred to as the "Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles." The mission was built and run using what has been described as slave labor from nearby

Trần Thừa

Trần Thừa was the head of the Trần clan and a high-ranking mandarin during the reign of Lý Huệ Tông and Lý Chiêu Hoàng. After the overthrow of the Lý Dynasty by Trần Thủ Độ, Trần Thừa's second son Trần Cảnh was enthroned as Trần Thái Tông, the first emperor of the Trần Dynasty. Being the Emperor's father, Trần Thừa was honoured by the title Retired Emperor and given the temple name Trần Thái Tổ after his death. He was thus the first retired emperor of the Trần

Willie Collum

William Sean Collum is a Scottish football referee

Nathaniel Tarn

Nathaniel Tarn is a French-American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He was born in Paris to a French-Romanian mother and a British-Lithuanian father. He lived in Paris until age 7, then in Belgium until age 11; when World War II began, the family moved to England. He emigrated to the United States in 1970 and taught at several American universities, primarily Rutgers, where he was a professor from 1972 until 1985. He has lived outside Santa Fe, New Mexico since his retirement from Rutgers

Vic DiCara

Vic DiCara is a hardcore punk guitarist, vocalist and bass guitarist. He played in Beyond, Inside Out, Shelter, Burn, and later the Hare Krishna band 108. As part of the band 108, DiCara was instrumental in recording three albums considered influential in the hardcore punk scene of the 1990s. DiCara is also noted for the incorporation of Hindu spirituality into his music

Lewis Hobba

Lewis Hobba is an Australian radio presenter, television presenter and comedian

Keturah Sorrell

Keturah Sorrell was a British opera singer and later a background actress

Ian Buchanan (philosopher)

Ian Buchanan is an Australian public academic. He has published works on Michel de Certeau, Gilles Deleuze and Fredric Jameson