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
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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.
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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?...
JCPA —
‘We must remain clear-eyed about how antisemitic extremism, is being mainstreamed in the highest levels of power — avowed neo-Nazis in senior government roles; the embrace of deadly conspiracy theories that inspire violence; the gutting of programs intended to counter domestic extremism.‘
‘We must remain clear-eyed about how antisemitic extremism, is being mainstreamed in the highest levels of power — avowed neo-Nazis in senior government roles; the embrace of deadly conspiracy theories that inspire violence; the gutting of programs intended to counter domestic extremism.‘
Today marks 7 years since a white supremacist murdered 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh — the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history. The hate that fueled the attack has only become more normalized.
Our full statement:
jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
Our full statement:
jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
Seven Years After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, JCPA Highlights Crisis of Increasingly-Normalized Antisemitism and Extremism - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Today marks seven years since the horrific Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, where a white supremacist gunman murdered 11 Jewish worshippers from three congregations at Tree of Life, the deadliest attack...
jewishpublicaffairs.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
JCPA —
‘We must remain clear-eyed about how antisemitic extremism, is being mainstreamed in the highest levels of power — avowed neo-Nazis in senior government roles; the embrace of deadly conspiracy theories that inspire violence; the gutting of programs intended to counter domestic extremism.‘
‘We must remain clear-eyed about how antisemitic extremism, is being mainstreamed in the highest levels of power — avowed neo-Nazis in senior government roles; the embrace of deadly conspiracy theories that inspire violence; the gutting of programs intended to counter domestic extremism.‘
Today, we remember the 11 Jewish worshippers murdered in the attack at Tree of Life Synagogue 7 years ago:
Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger
Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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We share our love and solidarity with Jewish and immigrant communities, and all who are targeted by white supremacy.
May we keep fighting antisemitism — like all forms of bigotry — in solidarity with our neighbors.
Together we can build a country where all are safe and free.
May we keep fighting antisemitism — like all forms of bigotry — in solidarity with our neighbors.
Together we can build a country where all are safe and free.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We share our love and solidarity with Jewish and immigrant communities, and all who are targeted by white supremacy.
May we keep fighting antisemitism — like all forms of bigotry — in solidarity with our neighbors.
Together we can build a country where all are safe and free.
May we keep fighting antisemitism — like all forms of bigotry — in solidarity with our neighbors.
Together we can build a country where all are safe and free.
‘Seven years ago — was the deadliest act of antisemitic violence in US history.’
‘We explain how the antisemitic, anti-immigrant, racist lies spread by Trump and MAGA politicians motivated the shooter — and continue to pose a threat to our collective safety.’
www.bendthearc.us/new_video_7_...
‘We explain how the antisemitic, anti-immigrant, racist lies spread by Trump and MAGA politicians motivated the shooter — and continue to pose a threat to our collective safety.’
www.bendthearc.us/new_video_7_...
New video, 7 years after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
We explain in our new video how the antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and racist lies spread by Trump and MAGA politicians motivated the shooter in 2018, and continue to pose a threat to our collective saf...
www.bendthearc.us
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
‘Seven years ago — was the deadliest act of antisemitic violence in US history.’
‘We explain how the antisemitic, anti-immigrant, racist lies spread by Trump and MAGA politicians motivated the shooter — and continue to pose a threat to our collective safety.’
www.bendthearc.us/new_video_7_...
‘We explain how the antisemitic, anti-immigrant, racist lies spread by Trump and MAGA politicians motivated the shooter — and continue to pose a threat to our collective safety.’
www.bendthearc.us/new_video_7_...
Today, we remember the 11 beloved Jewish community members who were murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh seven years ago.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
2018, Oct 27 — Pittsburgh massacre
2019 — El Paso
2022 — Buffalo
The biggest-ever antisemitic violence in USA — killing Jewish, Latino, Black people.
Top MAGA-GOP leaders boost "gre*t repl*cement" and "wh*te genoc*de" antisemitism.
Why won't Democrats and the media, confront this antisemitism?
2019 — El Paso
2022 — Buffalo
The biggest-ever antisemitic violence in USA — killing Jewish, Latino, Black people.
Top MAGA-GOP leaders boost "gre*t repl*cement" and "wh*te genoc*de" antisemitism.
Why won't Democrats and the media, confront this antisemitism?
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
2018, Oct 27 — Pittsburgh massacre
2019 — El Paso
2022 — Buffalo
The biggest-ever antisemitic violence in USA — killing Jewish, Latino, Black people.
Top MAGA-GOP leaders boost "gre*t repl*cement" and "wh*te genoc*de" antisemitism.
Why won't Democrats and the media, confront this antisemitism?
2019 — El Paso
2022 — Buffalo
The biggest-ever antisemitic violence in USA — killing Jewish, Latino, Black people.
Top MAGA-GOP leaders boost "gre*t repl*cement" and "wh*te genoc*de" antisemitism.
Why won't Democrats and the media, confront this antisemitism?
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Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
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Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history?
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history?
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
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Checkout the latest issue of Labor
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Checkout the latest issue of Labor
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
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To read our great content, join the Labor and Working Class History Association! Join us in the fight. Only $50, or $20 for students, contingent scholars, and unemployed. www.dukeupress.edu/labor-and-wo...
Labor and Working-Class History Association
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October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
To read our great content, join the Labor and Working Class History Association! Join us in the fight. Only $50, or $20 for students, contingent scholars, and unemployed. www.dukeupress.edu/labor-and-wo...
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Join us next Tuesday to hear about my book Box 25:Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social thanks to @iehs.bsky.social for organizing this!
***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series - October 2025***
Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.
October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST
Register: iehs.org/event/online...
Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.
October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST
Register: iehs.org/event/online...
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Join us next Tuesday to hear about my book Box 25:Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social thanks to @iehs.bsky.social for organizing this!
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You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover!
Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover!
Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
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Really fascinating essay, and deeply relevant to our own times. @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
details different ways of thinking about war and labor and the misconceptions you can run into along the way. Agency, knowledge, intersectionality, types of labor, social perception. So many moving parts.
details different ways of thinking about war and labor and the misconceptions you can run into along the way. Agency, knowledge, intersectionality, types of labor, social perception. So many moving parts.
Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Really fascinating essay, and deeply relevant to our own times. @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
details different ways of thinking about war and labor and the misconceptions you can run into along the way. Agency, knowledge, intersectionality, types of labor, social perception. So many moving parts.
details different ways of thinking about war and labor and the misconceptions you can run into along the way. Agency, knowledge, intersectionality, types of labor, social perception. So many moving parts.
Reposted by Tej Nagaraja
The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!
Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...