Tomorrow, the great @prisonculture.bsky.social & I are in conversation on KING OF THE NORTH at the NYPL at 6:30 --we'll unpack the many myths & omissions about the ways we understand Martin & Coretta Scott King's work & what a fuller history shows for the struggle today. www.nypl.org/events/progr...

I got to talk about Black Reconstruction and the general strike that ended slavery @marketplace.org

This is terrifically sad news. One of the true giants of the historical profession, endlessly curious and creative, and a genuine pioneer of new kinds of international history, especially using NGOs and culture as topics/methodology.

For today, we need to also hold up the fierce freedom fighting legacy of Coretta Scott King, Dr. King’s political partner. Eight ways to be like her for our struggle today.

This is my annual reminder that the MLK holiday began as a strike demand, which seems particularly relevant as we look toward A Day of Truth and Freedom: No Work, No School, No Shopping on January 23. @thenation.com

📕 proofs… ‘Troop Movements’ (2026)

Why we all need a union: Dickerson said the union “will ensure our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract language safeguarding his job and his rights as a union member.” "UAW backs worker who yelled at Trump, condemns ‘vulgar’ behavior"

📕 proofs… ‘Troop Movements’ (2026)

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

Will you be at the AHA historians meeting in Chicago this week? Hope to cross paths. This week proves to be a timely moment — to discuss the links between empire and economy, class and war. These are two panels — on Saturday, January 10:

The racist right-wing claims paternalistic protection over women. So, they demonize those who enact solidarity — Viola Liuzzo — Heather Heyer — Renee Good — 💐 When Liuzzo was killed — Hoover's FBI launched a smear campaign about her sexuality. Millions hate Hoover and honor Liuzzo.

Two AHA panels that will be of great interest to historians of empire, labor, and the Cold War. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Chicago later this week!

Humbled to see that my article, was one of the most-read of the year — in the journal ‘Labor: Studies in Working Class History’. I wrote about militarism and capitalism, class and war. Checkout this + other great articles in “Labor”: lawcha.org/2025/12/23/t...

Will you be at the AHA historians meeting in Chicago this week? Hope to cross paths. This week proves to be a timely moment — to discuss the links between empire and economy, class and war. These are two panels — on Saturday, January 10:

Headed to Chicago this week? Check out these panels made by and for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #AHA2026

Watching MSNBC — an important day for breaking news about US/Venezuela war. MSNOW reports MAGA foreign-policy claims — without much fact-checking of Trump’s lies. MSNOW reports MAGA’s pro-war stance — without much mention of congressional Democrats’ anti-war consensus. #NoKings ?

Wrote a little about my favorite books and movies of 2025 kasiareads.com/2025/12/31/b...

Today, our ten most read posts of 2025! What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order? Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.

Next is"Gotta Study War Work More" (vol. 22, no. 3) by @tejnagaraja.bsky.social doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Honored to be on the list. Thrilled to be ranked so highly!

And finally, "Class/War: Do Labor and Military History Work Together?" (vol. 22, no. 3) by @justinfdjackson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1215/1547...

To wrap up the year, here are LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2025! @dukepress.bsky.social is making these articles free for all to read from now until January 31, 2026.

RIP Betty Reid Soskin — age 104. As a Rosie The Riveter park ranger — she was a storyteller of her own journey, and of America’s past century. My book ‘Troop Movements’ (2026) is about such ordinary/extraordinary working people — whose WW2 struggles echoed onward, for decades since. 💐

What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Tejasvi Nagaraja’s “Gotta Study War Work More” takes us to WWII, showing how soldiers and civilians weighed the “wages of war” in pursuit of justice, democracy, and survival. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Our latest issue (22:4) is now available online! read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...

Joel Eis explores the world of Progressive Era theater and the militancy of Yiddish actors in his new article for LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/12/05/y...

Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans. Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills. Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.

Attention scholars: to mark the 20th anniversary of Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native," SETTLER COLONIAL STUDIES is soliciting reflections/ critiques for a special issue on Wolfe and his influence. Details below. Please circulate widely!

The Introduction, “What is the Future We Yearn For?,” to my book, *The Future That Was*, is now live and freely available to all on the book’s @princetonupress.bsky.social website press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Read this — ‘Surrealism Against Fascism’ by Naomi Klein. — Would suggest this fresh take be read in conversation, with Robin DG Kelley’s Freedom Dreams.

RIP playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard — what an eclectic body of work…

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...

Fresh new magazines — worth checking out — Long-Haul and Jamhoor 📖 📖

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.

@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...

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.

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...

@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/...

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...

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.

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...

#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.

*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.

"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

‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation

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:

Cornell Chapter of the AAUP 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.