Tej Nagaraja
@tejnagaraja.bsky.social
historian — Cornell U. professor — book author, “Troop Movements” (2026)
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Tej Nagaraja
@tejnagaraja.bsky.social
· Apr 18
📣📕 Checkout our new book, “The Greater Second World War” eds. Ruth Lawlor & Andrew Buchanan.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Amid a current crisis of “post-WW2 order” — we need to reconsider what was WW2 itself. This book has top scholars who do just that.
@cornellupress.bsky.social
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Amid a current crisis of “post-WW2 order” — we need to reconsider what was WW2 itself. This book has top scholars who do just that.
@cornellupress.bsky.social
RIP the playwright Tom Stoppard —
— Here’s my 2008 review of the Broadway production of “Rock 'n' Roll”, starring the great Brian Cox.
‘Stoppard — having explored the revolutions of 1848 and 1871 and 1917 — now takes on 1968 and 1989 in Rock 'n' Roll…’
indypendent.org/2008/02/what...
— Here’s my 2008 review of the Broadway production of “Rock 'n' Roll”, starring the great Brian Cox.
‘Stoppard — having explored the revolutions of 1848 and 1871 and 1917 — now takes on 1968 and 1989 in Rock 'n' Roll…’
indypendent.org/2008/02/what...
What is to be Fun?: A Review of Tom Stoppard’s “Rock ‘n Roll”
Rock ‘n’ Roll, a play by Tom Stoppard At the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th Street; through…
indypendent.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
RIP the playwright Tom Stoppard —
— Here’s my 2008 review of the Broadway production of “Rock 'n' Roll”, starring the great Brian Cox.
‘Stoppard — having explored the revolutions of 1848 and 1871 and 1917 — now takes on 1968 and 1989 in Rock 'n' Roll…’
indypendent.org/2008/02/what...
— Here’s my 2008 review of the Broadway production of “Rock 'n' Roll”, starring the great Brian Cox.
‘Stoppard — having explored the revolutions of 1848 and 1871 and 1917 — now takes on 1968 and 1989 in Rock 'n' Roll…’
indypendent.org/2008/02/what...
Fresh new magazines — worth checking out — Long-Haul and Jamhoor
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November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fresh new magazines — worth checking out — Long-Haul and Jamhoor
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Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
50 years ago — origin of our times:
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
50 years ago — origin of our times:
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
@smh-historians.bsky.social: can labor and military history work together?
I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
Up For Debate: Labor and Military History
YouTube video by Labor and Working-Class History Association
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@smh-historians.bsky.social: can labor and military history work together?
I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
50 years ago — origin of our times:
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
50 years ago — origin of our times:
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
* Oct-Nov 1975 — In NYC, Wall St public-private ops usher neoliberalism. In South América, Operation Condor: a public-private, multi-polar terror war.
* Oct-Nov 2025 — Lula & Mamdani meet Trump, try to hold the line — as GOP wars target NYC and América.
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
Giving thanks today to Rosemary Feurer for this conversation on "The Wages of War" forum in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall!) with historians John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
See lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
See lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
Labor History and Military History: A Forum | LAWCHA
This recorded forum is an exciting follow-up to Justin Jackson's blog, The Specter of War in Labor History on the Labor: Studies in Working Class History
lawcha.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Giving thanks today to Rosemary Feurer for this conversation on "The Wages of War" forum in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall!) with historians John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
See lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
See lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
@lawcha.bsky.social — @justinfdjackson.bsky.social — @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
"Up for Debate — The Wages of War: Debating Military and Labor History"
youtu.be/jC-VfNhQARs?...
with — Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
"Up for Debate — The Wages of War: Debating Military and Labor History"
youtu.be/jC-VfNhQARs?...
with — Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@lawcha.bsky.social — @justinfdjackson.bsky.social — @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
"Up for Debate — The Wages of War: Debating Military and Labor History"
youtu.be/jC-VfNhQARs?...
with — Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
"Up for Debate — The Wages of War: Debating Military and Labor History"
youtu.be/jC-VfNhQARs?...
with — Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
Here's video/audio of our panel discussion — on the links between labor & military concerns.
w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor.
Check it out!
lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor.
Check it out!
lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
Labor History and Military History: A Forum | LAWCHA
This recorded forum is an exciting follow-up to Justin Jackson's blog, The Specter of War in Labor History on the Labor: Studies in Working Class History
lawcha.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here's video/audio of our panel discussion — on the links between labor & military concerns.
w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor.
Check it out!
lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor.
Check it out!
lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
Interesting times…
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Interesting times…
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
*Nov 19 — The migrant worker Joe Hill was executed — Around the world, wherever working people struggle, he lives on beside them. #1u
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
*Nov 19 — The migrant worker Joe Hill was executed — Around the world, wherever working people struggle, he lives on beside them. #1u
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
NYT's Douthat talks to NatCon's Hazony 🎧
The conservative educated-elite has been the main booster of antisemitism.
Douthat+Hazony oppose condemning antisemitism.
With nuance — their priority is to learn from and keep antisemitic elites as GOP operatives.
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/u...
The conservative educated-elite has been the main booster of antisemitism.
Douthat+Hazony oppose condemning antisemitism.
With nuance — their priority is to learn from and keep antisemitic elites as GOP operatives.
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/u...
Understanding the Right’s Antisemitic Turn
Podcast Episode · Interesting Times with Ross Douthat · 20/11/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NYT's Douthat talks to NatCon's Hazony 🎧
The conservative educated-elite has been the main booster of antisemitism.
Douthat+Hazony oppose condemning antisemitism.
With nuance — their priority is to learn from and keep antisemitic elites as GOP operatives.
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/u...
The conservative educated-elite has been the main booster of antisemitism.
Douthat+Hazony oppose condemning antisemitism.
With nuance — their priority is to learn from and keep antisemitic elites as GOP operatives.
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/u...
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
*Nov 19 — The migrant worker Joe Hill was executed — Around the world, wherever working people struggle, he lives on beside them. #1u
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
*Nov 19 — The migrant worker Joe Hill was executed — Around the world, wherever working people struggle, he lives on beside them. #1u
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
*Nov 20 — Trans Day of Remembrance, for those lost around the world — as we cherish and champion all of our neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
An injury to one, is an injury to all.
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System
In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...
www.aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
11-4-1975 — Halloween Massacre led by Rumsfeld and protégé #Cheney.
For 50 years, GOP leads DNC — with adaptive repertoire of executive power, foreign war, class war. Trump/Vance take it to new levels.
11-4-2025 — Among new DNC electeds, some will acquiesce; while others seek a new horizon.
For 50 years, GOP leads DNC — with adaptive repertoire of executive power, foreign war, class war. Trump/Vance take it to new levels.
11-4-2025 — Among new DNC electeds, some will acquiesce; while others seek a new horizon.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
11-4-1975 — Halloween Massacre led by Rumsfeld and protégé #Cheney.
For 50 years, GOP leads DNC — with adaptive repertoire of executive power, foreign war, class war. Trump/Vance take it to new levels.
11-4-2025 — Among new DNC electeds, some will acquiesce; while others seek a new horizon.
For 50 years, GOP leads DNC — with adaptive repertoire of executive power, foreign war, class war. Trump/Vance take it to new levels.
11-4-2025 — Among new DNC electeds, some will acquiesce; while others seek a new horizon.
📣 Awesome documentary reporting from the brilliant Anjali Kamat — on working-class South Asian politics in NYC. #DemocracyNow
Over a quarter-century, from post-9/11 to 2025 — working-class organizing, from DRUM to Taxi Workers, has made a mark on NYC. #1u
Over a quarter-century, from post-9/11 to 2025 — working-class organizing, from DRUM to Taxi Workers, has made a mark on NYC. #1u
"The Mamdani campaign has given this community a new sense of political confidence and purpose.”
“Our Time Is Now”: Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaign Inspires NYC’s Working-Class South Asians
Democracy Now!'s Anjali Kamat reports on working-class South Asian support for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. South Asian voter turnout increased by 40% during the Democratic primary,...
www.democracynow.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
📣 Awesome documentary reporting from the brilliant Anjali Kamat — on working-class South Asian politics in NYC. #DemocracyNow
Over a quarter-century, from post-9/11 to 2025 — working-class organizing, from DRUM to Taxi Workers, has made a mark on NYC. #1u
Over a quarter-century, from post-9/11 to 2025 — working-class organizing, from DRUM to Taxi Workers, has made a mark on NYC. #1u
‘Mamdani appeared on a panel with anti-caste activist Prachi Patankar — and emphasized the need for leadership from Dalit & marginalized caste communities, to counter the rise of Hindu nationalism…
Mamdani cosponsored a caste protection bill in New York state.’
newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...
Mamdani cosponsored a caste protection bill in New York state.’
newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...
What Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics
As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right
newlinesmag.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
‘Mamdani appeared on a panel with anti-caste activist Prachi Patankar — and emphasized the need for leadership from Dalit & marginalized caste communities, to counter the rise of Hindu nationalism…
Mamdani cosponsored a caste protection bill in New York state.’
newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...
Mamdani cosponsored a caste protection bill in New York state.’
newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...
Known as the Battle of Blair Mountain, this was the largest labor uprising in US history and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. For a month, 10,000 coal miners confronted some 3,000 company guards, state soldiers, and strikebreakers. Nearly a million rounds were shot.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Deeply misguided and ahistorical view on organized labor by Vance. As Chris Cooper says in the film Matewan, "Any union keeps this man out ain't a union, it's a goddam club!"
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Workers engaged BLM, MeToo, unions — to challenge corporate hierarchies.
Yet billionaire elites use anti-woke, anti-DEI, anti-Pal, anti-trans — to suppress worker voice & all speech.
“You’re fired!” is always core Trump slogan.
All political issues today, are about worker democracy vs boss power.
Yet billionaire elites use anti-woke, anti-DEI, anti-Pal, anti-trans — to suppress worker voice & all speech.
“You’re fired!” is always core Trump slogan.
All political issues today, are about worker democracy vs boss power.
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Workers engaged BLM, MeToo, unions — to challenge corporate hierarchies.
Yet billionaire elites use anti-woke, anti-DEI, anti-Pal, anti-trans — to suppress worker voice & all speech.
“You’re fired!” is always core Trump slogan.
All political issues today, are about worker democracy vs boss power.
Yet billionaire elites use anti-woke, anti-DEI, anti-Pal, anti-trans — to suppress worker voice & all speech.
“You’re fired!” is always core Trump slogan.
All political issues today, are about worker democracy vs boss power.
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
For better or for worse, Americans have no shared understanding of a spectrum — of what terms like moderate, liberal, progressive, left mean.
MSNBC says, that the GOP says:
“The left [Jeffries] has been taken over by its progressive wing [Mamdani].”
🧐
youtu.be/JHlzpY5M6RE?...
MSNBC says, that the GOP says:
“The left [Jeffries] has been taken over by its progressive wing [Mamdani].”
🧐
youtu.be/JHlzpY5M6RE?...
'Seismic shift in politics': Speaker Johnson reacts to Jeffries' endorsement of Mamdani
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
For better or for worse, Americans have no shared understanding of a spectrum — of what terms like moderate, liberal, progressive, left mean.
MSNBC says, that the GOP says:
“The left [Jeffries] has been taken over by its progressive wing [Mamdani].”
🧐
youtu.be/JHlzpY5M6RE?...
MSNBC says, that the GOP says:
“The left [Jeffries] has been taken over by its progressive wing [Mamdani].”
🧐
youtu.be/JHlzpY5M6RE?...