Tej Nagaraja
@tejnagaraja.bsky.social
historian — Cornell U. professor — book author, “Troop Movements” (2026)
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.
*FDR to Mussolini, 1937 — ‘I am confident, my dear Duce, that you share with me the desire for peace. I wish that I might talk with you frankly and in person, because great good might come.’
*Mussolini, 1939 — ‘You want to know what fascism is like? It is like your New Deal!’
*Mussolini, 1939 — ‘You want to know what fascism is like? It is like your New Deal!’
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
*FDR to Mussolini, 1937 — ‘I am confident, my dear Duce, that you share with me the desire for peace. I wish that I might talk with you frankly and in person, because great good might come.’
*Mussolini, 1939 — ‘You want to know what fascism is like? It is like your New Deal!’
*Mussolini, 1939 — ‘You want to know what fascism is like? It is like your New Deal!’
{White House, 1921}
GOP Pres. Harding — ‘I have heard so damned much about you, Mr. Debs, that I am now very glad to meet.’
The socialist Eugene Debs — ‘Mr. Harding appears to be a kind gentleman, one whom I believe possesses humane impulses. We understand each other, perfectly.”
GOP Pres. Harding — ‘I have heard so damned much about you, Mr. Debs, that I am now very glad to meet.’
The socialist Eugene Debs — ‘Mr. Harding appears to be a kind gentleman, one whom I believe possesses humane impulses. We understand each other, perfectly.”
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
{White House, 1921}
GOP Pres. Harding — ‘I have heard so damned much about you, Mr. Debs, that I am now very glad to meet.’
The socialist Eugene Debs — ‘Mr. Harding appears to be a kind gentleman, one whom I believe possesses humane impulses. We understand each other, perfectly.”
GOP Pres. Harding — ‘I have heard so damned much about you, Mr. Debs, that I am now very glad to meet.’
The socialist Eugene Debs — ‘Mr. Harding appears to be a kind gentleman, one whom I believe possesses humane impulses. We understand each other, perfectly.”
Interesting times…
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Interesting times…
*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.
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.
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.
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
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...
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NYC — Schomburg Center — 100th anniversary…
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July 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NYC — Schomburg Center — 100th anniversary…
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UK —
Reading Orientalism in Derbyshire
{ Jane Austen, Raymond Williams, Edward Said }
“Think it through as labour… Will you then think of community?”
— Raymond Williams
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Reading Orientalism in Derbyshire
{ Jane Austen, Raymond Williams, Edward Said }
“Think it through as labour… Will you then think of community?”
— Raymond Williams
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July 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
UK —
Reading Orientalism in Derbyshire
{ Jane Austen, Raymond Williams, Edward Said }
“Think it through as labour… Will you then think of community?”
— Raymond Williams
🇬🇧
Reading Orientalism in Derbyshire
{ Jane Austen, Raymond Williams, Edward Said }
“Think it through as labour… Will you then think of community?”
— Raymond Williams
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London — Hackney
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July 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
London — Hackney
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in London —
— Lovely to be a guest in Ambedkar Hall, in Southall, right next to Saklatvala Hall 🔨
— Near to Engels’ house, is Ambedkar House 💙 featuring the suit Ambedkar wore when he spoke on Buddha and Marx
— And to Marx’s House, with trans flag waving proud… 🏳️⚧️ #1u
— Lovely to be a guest in Ambedkar Hall, in Southall, right next to Saklatvala Hall 🔨
— Near to Engels’ house, is Ambedkar House 💙 featuring the suit Ambedkar wore when he spoke on Buddha and Marx
— And to Marx’s House, with trans flag waving proud… 🏳️⚧️ #1u
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
in London —
— Lovely to be a guest in Ambedkar Hall, in Southall, right next to Saklatvala Hall 🔨
— Near to Engels’ house, is Ambedkar House 💙 featuring the suit Ambedkar wore when he spoke on Buddha and Marx
— And to Marx’s House, with trans flag waving proud… 🏳️⚧️ #1u
— Lovely to be a guest in Ambedkar Hall, in Southall, right next to Saklatvala Hall 🔨
— Near to Engels’ house, is Ambedkar House 💙 featuring the suit Ambedkar wore when he spoke on Buddha and Marx
— And to Marx’s House, with trans flag waving proud… 🏳️⚧️ #1u
In these times — reading biography can be enriching. How did people survive & work, across crisis moments & long-haul struggles?
Checkout these new books by Brian & Tourmaline & Garrett.
Each speaks to carceral & class struggles, Black & American lives, labor & sexual freedoms…
Checkout these new books by Brian & Tourmaline & Garrett.
Each speaks to carceral & class struggles, Black & American lives, labor & sexual freedoms…
June 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In these times — reading biography can be enriching. How did people survive & work, across crisis moments & long-haul struggles?
Checkout these new books by Brian & Tourmaline & Garrett.
Each speaks to carceral & class struggles, Black & American lives, labor & sexual freedoms…
Checkout these new books by Brian & Tourmaline & Garrett.
Each speaks to carceral & class struggles, Black & American lives, labor & sexual freedoms…
Had a great time at the LAWCHA conference, connecting with good people.
I was privileged to chair+comment on the work of some awesome upcoming scholars. Altogether, their dynamic approaches are really inspiring.
Checkout these great topics — and stay tuned to their work...
I was privileged to chair+comment on the work of some awesome upcoming scholars. Altogether, their dynamic approaches are really inspiring.
Checkout these great topics — and stay tuned to their work...
June 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Had a great time at the LAWCHA conference, connecting with good people.
I was privileged to chair+comment on the work of some awesome upcoming scholars. Altogether, their dynamic approaches are really inspiring.
Checkout these great topics — and stay tuned to their work...
I was privileged to chair+comment on the work of some awesome upcoming scholars. Altogether, their dynamic approaches are really inspiring.
Checkout these great topics — and stay tuned to their work...
80 years ago, this week —
— Antifascists win the deaths of Mussolini, Hitler, Goebbels — Allies liberate Dachau and other Nazi camps — Prague and Sétif uprisings in Europe and Africa…
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— Antifascists win the deaths of Mussolini, Hitler, Goebbels — Allies liberate Dachau and other Nazi camps — Prague and Sétif uprisings in Europe and Africa…
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April 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
80 years ago, this week —
— Antifascists win the deaths of Mussolini, Hitler, Goebbels — Allies liberate Dachau and other Nazi camps — Prague and Sétif uprisings in Europe and Africa…
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— Antifascists win the deaths of Mussolini, Hitler, Goebbels — Allies liberate Dachau and other Nazi camps — Prague and Sétif uprisings in Europe and Africa…
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My chapter in “The Greater Second World War” — traces the links across labor & racial & imperial struggles — in the heat of the worldwide postwar moment.
Looking at what I consider to be a global uprising of “1946” — helps to shed new light on global politics then, and since…
My chapter in “The Greater Second World War” — traces the links across labor & racial & imperial struggles — in the heat of the worldwide postwar moment.
Looking at what I consider to be a global uprising of “1946” — helps to shed new light on global politics then, and since…
April 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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My chapter in “The Greater Second World War” — traces the links across labor & racial & imperial struggles — in the heat of the worldwide postwar moment.
Looking at what I consider to be a global uprising of “1946” — helps to shed new light on global politics then, and since…
My chapter in “The Greater Second World War” — traces the links across labor & racial & imperial struggles — in the heat of the worldwide postwar moment.
Looking at what I consider to be a global uprising of “1946” — helps to shed new light on global politics then, and since…
📣📕 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
April 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
📣📕 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
10 books, to think with — how we got here — where we might go…
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April 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
10 books, to think with — how we got here — where we might go…
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80 years ago, this week — FDR died on April 12, 1945.
He was an outsized figure in US and world history.
What was his best action, in his own time?
His worst action?
What was his best legacy, for post-1945?
What's his worst legacy, whether intended or not-fully-intended?
He was an outsized figure in US and world history.
What was his best action, in his own time?
His worst action?
What was his best legacy, for post-1945?
What's his worst legacy, whether intended or not-fully-intended?
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
80 years ago, this week — FDR died on April 12, 1945.
He was an outsized figure in US and world history.
What was his best action, in his own time?
His worst action?
What was his best legacy, for post-1945?
What's his worst legacy, whether intended or not-fully-intended?
He was an outsized figure in US and world history.
What was his best action, in his own time?
His worst action?
What was his best legacy, for post-1945?
What's his worst legacy, whether intended or not-fully-intended?
'At Columbia University, a generally good record on academic freedom for faculty and students, was slowly being marred by the national hysteria'.
( 1951 )
( 1951 )
March 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
'At Columbia University, a generally good record on academic freedom for faculty and students, was slowly being marred by the national hysteria'.
( 1951 )
( 1951 )
RIP actor Gene Hackman
February 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
RIP actor Gene Hackman
February 3 is birth-anniversary of E.P. Thompson as well as Stuart Hall.
How do class struggles take shape, in relation to identities and politics?
How does social change happen, through traceable dynamics but never guaranteed trajectories?
Study Thompson and Hall, among others….
How do class struggles take shape, in relation to identities and politics?
How does social change happen, through traceable dynamics but never guaranteed trajectories?
Study Thompson and Hall, among others….
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
February 3 is birth-anniversary of E.P. Thompson as well as Stuart Hall.
How do class struggles take shape, in relation to identities and politics?
How does social change happen, through traceable dynamics but never guaranteed trajectories?
Study Thompson and Hall, among others….
How do class struggles take shape, in relation to identities and politics?
How does social change happen, through traceable dynamics but never guaranteed trajectories?
Study Thompson and Hall, among others….