Laird Cummings has been active in the Democratic Party, in third party politics, in anti-war movements during the Vietnam and Iraq wars, and in a number of political movements generally to the left of most of the established Democratic Party, since the 1960's. He works as a technology consultant for not-for-profit organizations. He believes that we must quickly reverse the destruction of our environment in order to leave a world in which our children and grandchildren can live, and that in the global economy and community in which we now live, we must strive to live in peace and equality, and with respect for the cultures and rights of all.