Max Rameau is a Haitian born Pan-African theorist, campaign strategist, organizer and author.

After moving to Miami, Florida in 1991, Max began organizing around a broad range of issues impacting low-income Black communities, including Immigrant rights, particularly Haitian immigrants, economic justice, LGBTQ rights, voting rights, particularly for ex-felons and police abuse, among others.

As the housing "boom" took off and the devastating impacts of gentrification began to take root, Max shifted his attention to the subject and in the summer of 2006 helped found the organization which eventually became known as Take Back the Land, to address 'Land' issues in the Black community. In October 2006, Take Back the Land seized control of a vacant lot in the Liberty City section of Miami and built the Umoja Village, a full urban shantytown, addressing the issues of land, self-determination and homelessness in the Black community.

In October 2007, Take Back the Land initiated a bold campaign that sparked a national movement: "liberating" vacant government owned and foreclosed homes by moving homeless families into them. In addition, the organization began waging "eviction defenses" by physically blockading homes to prevent police from evicting families.

The local organization inspired a national version, the Take Back the Land- Movement, a trans-local network of organizations engaged in land liberation and eviction defense in pursuit of the human right to housing and community control over land.

As important as the actual work of providing housing is the shift in the conversation around community control, race, gender and class that has happened on a national scale since Take Back the Land began these actions.

In 2008, Max authored the book Take Back the Land, recounting the experiences and political theory behind the Umoja Village, which has been used in several colleges and universities.

The campaign has gained significant national and international attention, including a role in the new Michael Moore movie, Capitalism: A Love Story. They have also been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Mother Jones Magazine, CNN, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, Fox News and PBS' NOW program, among others.

Max Rameau is currently working on his second book, to be published by AK Press, and is available for public speaking and organizational workshops.