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Aoki studies the historical development of Asian American revolutionary organizing and radical theory, as well as the broader history of the Third World Left in the United States, through the framework of dialectical and historical materialism. He is currently researching the role of Asian Americans in the rise and fall of the New Communist Movement. He is also a community organizer active in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, participating in projects dedicated to mutual aid and grassroots political education.

Raúl Pérez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of La Verne, and previously an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Denver. His research has been published in journals such as American Behavioral Scientist, Discourse and Society, Ethnicities, and Sociological Perspectives. His scholarship has been awarded and supported by the American Sociological Association, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, the Working Class Studies Association, and the American Humor Studies Association.