Rudi Batzell
@rbatzell.bsky.social
Book: "Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery" with UChicago Press. Historian of capitalism, labor, race, and gender inequality. Chicago DSA, motorcycle maniac, parenting fanatic.
Just landed in Atlanta for @asalh-bhm.bsky.social and excited to be participating in this new books roundtable this afternoon with Gus Wood and Naomi R Williams. So honored to have Joe Trotter as chair.
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just landed in Atlanta for @asalh-bhm.bsky.social and excited to be participating in this new books roundtable this afternoon with Gus Wood and Naomi R Williams. So honored to have Joe Trotter as chair.
Quoted the great WEB DuBois in a letter to the Chicago Sun Times on OSHA nominee David Keeling, infamous for making UPS drivers cook, and why the history of slavery that Trump wants to hide from matters because it helps explain why US workers are so likely to be killed at work.
August 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Quoted the great WEB DuBois in a letter to the Chicago Sun Times on OSHA nominee David Keeling, infamous for making UPS drivers cook, and why the history of slavery that Trump wants to hide from matters because it helps explain why US workers are so likely to be killed at work.
I am very sorry for publishing an OpEd with the Post Gazette while the @pghguild.com continues its strike. I am very embarrassed and sorry this happened. I was unaware of the strike. Still, there are no excuses for crossing a picket line.
August 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I am very sorry for publishing an OpEd with the Post Gazette while the @pghguild.com continues its strike. I am very embarrassed and sorry this happened. I was unaware of the strike. Still, there are no excuses for crossing a picket line.
OpEd this weekend using the history of the fugitive slave law and the story of Pittsburgh man kidnapped into slavery to examine the oppression and terror of ICE enforcement in immigrant communities
August 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
OpEd this weekend using the history of the fugitive slave law and the story of Pittsburgh man kidnapped into slavery to examine the oppression and terror of ICE enforcement in immigrant communities
"Resistance to ICE Recalls Resistance to Slavery in the 1850s" - excited and honored to have a guest Op-Ed in the West Coast's oldest and largest Black newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel lasentinel.net/resistance-t...
July 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Resistance to ICE Recalls Resistance to Slavery in the 1850s" - excited and honored to have a guest Op-Ed in the West Coast's oldest and largest Black newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel lasentinel.net/resistance-t...
BE CAREFUL ON CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF DEVON SOUTHBOUND.
On my way to the Chicago Cycling Club Monday night group ride I hit the seam between the asphalt and concrete and came down hard on my right side. Broken hip and wrist, was in the hospital for a week with major surgery on hip.
#cycling #chicago
On my way to the Chicago Cycling Club Monday night group ride I hit the seam between the asphalt and concrete and came down hard on my right side. Broken hip and wrist, was in the hospital for a week with major surgery on hip.
#cycling #chicago
July 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As soon I can walk, I'm tracking down the seemingly harmless seam in the road that did this to me. Cyclists look out for gaps/steps between asphalt roads and the concrete pads installed at many bus stops in Chicago.
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
As soon I can walk, I'm tracking down the seemingly harmless seam in the road that did this to me. Cyclists look out for gaps/steps between asphalt roads and the concrete pads installed at many bus stops in Chicago.
Very disappointing to see this 'letter' on the AHA elections that completely ignores the actual reasons the regular slate is being challenged: AHA members voted overwhelmingly for a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza and the executive council vetoed it.
June 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very disappointing to see this 'letter' on the AHA elections that completely ignores the actual reasons the regular slate is being challenged: AHA members voted overwhelmingly for a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza and the executive council vetoed it.
My book has arrived! Thanks to @uchicagopress.bsky.social for making sure it shipped in time for the @oah.org roundtable! Grateful, excited, and a bit nervous to have such an amazing crew respond to the project.
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
My book has arrived! Thanks to @uchicagopress.bsky.social for making sure it shipped in time for the @oah.org roundtable! Grateful, excited, and a bit nervous to have such an amazing crew respond to the project.
My book 💙📚 has a cover! Strange to have so many years of work distilled into a single image, but the designers @uchicagopress.bsky.social did a great job!
January 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My book 💙📚 has a cover! Strange to have so many years of work distilled into a single image, but the designers @uchicagopress.bsky.social did a great job!
MLK in 1968 speech to mark Du Bois' 100th Birthday
January 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
MLK in 1968 speech to mark Du Bois' 100th Birthday
Kicking off parental leave with a lentil turkey stock soup improvisation that grew to unexpected proportions
January 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kicking off parental leave with a lentil turkey stock soup improvisation that grew to unexpected proportions
Excited to be in New York for the AHA, panel tomorrow on Race, Labor, and Empire. Just catching the tail end of the conference but get in touch if you're around.
January 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Excited to be in New York for the AHA, panel tomorrow on Race, Labor, and Empire. Just catching the tail end of the conference but get in touch if you're around.
