Abstract
Michael Kearney was a member of the Latin American Perspectives editorial collective for almost 30 years. His name appears on the masthead first in Issue 27 (Volume 7, Fall 1980) and thereafter until Issue 170 (Volume 37, January 2010). His presence had much to do with our ability to maintain the thrust of the anti-imperialist and class-conscious concerns that had given birth to the journal in the early 1970s. What do we remember about Michael? Besides the important and insightful contributions to thinking about Latin America mentioned in this issue, we remember that he was fun to be with. He had a twinkle, and an enthusiasm that was catching. We remember LAP editorial meetings at his home; big pots of delicious food that he cooked for us; lingering after meetings for animated and thoughtful conversations; his partnership with his wife, Carole; walking down the street in Tijuana when he dashed off and returned later to say he had seen some of his people, Mixtecs he had worked with, on the other side of the street; his students’ reporting valuable insights gained in his classes and his engaged interest in their careers; and, perhaps most of all, his reminding us, as we considered manuscripts for the journal, of his abiding conviction that class is fundamental. We miss him, but we will never forget him.