Ron Aronson

Ron Aronson

Template:TOCnestleft Ron Aronson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the History of Ideas at Wayne State University. His most recent book is We: Reviving Social Hope (2017). He is also the author of several books on Sartre, including Jean-Paul Sartre: Philosophy in the World, Sartre’s Second Critique, and Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It.

Studies on the Left

Ron Aronson was editor of Studies on the Left, from 1966 to 1967. SOTL was a publication which "helped to revive radical scholarship in the United States and to create a new radical understanding of the American political economy. Second, Studies contributed to the consciousness and ideological development of the New Left."

NAM

Aronson was once a student of Herbert Marcuse, and was a founding member of the New American Movement.

Socialist Scholars Conference

Joseph Walsh, Bob Stone, Ron Aronson and Gail Presbey were speakers on the We Need to Talk about Right and Wrong panel sponsored by the Radical Philosophy Association at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City.

New Jewish Agenda

Helen Samberg was active in New Jewish Agenda and on the board of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Scholarship Fund, with Ron Aronson. .

1995 DSA Youth Conference

In August 1995 Adolph Reed, Ginny Coughlin, Joanne Landy, Jeremy Smith, Stephen Coats, Paul Rogat Loeb, Lauren Berlant, Joseph Schwartz, Shakoor Aljuwani, Ron Aronson and Eric Vega, spoke at the Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section conference in Chicago.

Democratic Socialists of America

Ron Aronson, Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, was elected to the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee, at the November 1997 DSA National Convention in Columbus Ohio.

Center for Democratic Values

The Center for Democratic Values (CDV) was launchedat the 1995 Democratic Socialists of America National Convention as a means of contesting the current hegemony of capitalist ideas.

By 1997 CDV network members Ron Aronson, Nelson Lichtenstein, Harry Brod, Maxine Phillips, Rick Perlstein, Anna Marie Smith and Skip Oliver were all publishing op-ed pieces for the Progressive Media Network and local newspapers. Topics include arts funding in schools, the Teamsters election, the meaning of Clinton's reelection for women, and the use of polls in elections.

Midwest Radical Scholars & Activists Conference 1997

Ron Aronson addressed the Midwest Radical Scholars & Activists Conference 1997;

C. Radical Theory: Why Dialectics? Why Now?

• Bertell Ollman, Philosophy, New York University
• Peter Hudis, News & Letters
• Ron Aronson, Philosophy, Wayne State University
• Kevin Anderson, Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, Chair

Working with the Democrats

Detroit DSA works closely with the Democratic Party.

Over fifty people attended the DSA Forum held at the Kulick Community Center in Ferndale on Sunday, June 4th. The subject of the forum was “Democrats and Socialists: Building the Alternative.” The speakers were DSA steering committee member and Wayne State University Distinguished Professor Ronald Aronson, Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, and Labor Notes editor Chris Kutalik.

Ron Aronson argued that in building an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal ideology, the Democratic Party must once again “become friendly” with many of the basic tenants of socialism—particularly those dealing with social provision (e.g., Social Security, national health insurance, public education). Mark Brewer argued that in order to avoid even more egregious setbacks for poor and working people, it is essential for socialists and Democrats to work together in the electoral arena. Chris Kutalik cited examples of direct worker actions on the job as a means of challenging capitalist hegemony and suggested that this may be preferable to participation electoral politics. A lively discussion followed.

"Support Bill Ayers"

In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.

In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.

We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...

We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.

Ron Aronson of the University of California, Los Angeles signed the statement.

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