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born in september 1937 in frankfurt, germany, tom mayer is a professor of sociology at the university of colorado (uc) at boulder. he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from oberlin college in 1959 and a ph.d. in sociology from stanford university in 1964. he has taught sociology ever since (from 1964-1969 at the university of michigan, and from 1969 to the present at uc boulder.
after fellow uc professor ward churchill came under fire in 2005 for his anti-american essay “some people push back: on the justice of roosting chickens,” mayer rushed to churchill’s defense. mayer shares churchill’s belief that the united states is a nation whose history is essentially an uninterrupted narrative of bigotry and imperialistic aggression. and, like churchill, mayer loathes capitalism, which he (as a marxist) views as the principal cause of human suffering throughout the world. during churchill’s ordeal, mayer depicted his beleaguered colleague as an eloquent voice of truth seeking to rally resistance against america’s purportedly intransigent evil.
from his belief that the u.s. had brought the world’s wrath upon itself, it was but a short logical leap for mayer to assert that the 9/11 al qaeda attacks were not of an overtly aggressive nature, but rather were defensive countermeasures against u.s.-perpetrated aggression and exploitation. “the underlying source of the attack upon the world trade center is not islamic fundamentalism but imperialist domination,” he explained.
because mayer viewed 9/11 as an entirely logical response to america’s persistent depredations, he opposed military retribution against afghanistan’s taliban regime which for years had harbored al qaeda leaders and the terrorist training camps they oversaw. moreover, he was of the opinion that military actions could produce no lasting beneficial outcomes.
mayer opposed not only u.s. military intervention in afghanistan, but also in iraq. in february 2003 he participated in a “books not bombs” teach-in with a number of fellow colorado faculty and staff who spoke against the looming iraq war and u.s. foreign policy generally. a member of north boulder progressives, mayer in september 2005 co-organized a petition drive calling for the removal of the u.s. military from iraq within six months.
in april 2002 mayer hosted, in his home, a fundraising reception for the rosenberg fund for children, a foundation headed by robert meeropol, the youngest son of the convicted spies ethel and julius rosenberg.
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