T. Scott Johnson
@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social
historian, cook, baker, swimmer Assistant Professor of History. CUNY-Grad Alum. All tweets reflect me not any institutional affiliation.
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Reading Marx and drinking Guinness
How is David Harvey more lucid at 90 than almost any person I've ever met?
Behind the News: How Capital Works w/ David Harvey
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February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Reading Marx and drinking Guinness
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Every uni/college that caved proven as craven cowards
“…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”
“…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Every uni/college that caved proven as craven cowards
“…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”
“…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”
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Just posted a quick introduction for seminar with Cornel West on Wed. Feb. 11, 2026 for #Hegel1313. Essay here:
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... On YouTube here: youtu.be/DNx6SCw2DpI?... Join Cornel West on 2/11, please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hegel-1313....
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... On YouTube here: youtu.be/DNx6SCw2DpI?... Join Cornel West on 2/11, please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hegel-1313....
Nietzsche and Foucault on Hegel and History
An Introduction to the Hegel 13/13 Seminar with Cornel West (Feb. 11, 2026)
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February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Just posted a quick introduction for seminar with Cornel West on Wed. Feb. 11, 2026 for #Hegel1313. Essay here:
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... On YouTube here: youtu.be/DNx6SCw2DpI?... Join Cornel West on 2/11, please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hegel-1313....
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... On YouTube here: youtu.be/DNx6SCw2DpI?... Join Cornel West on 2/11, please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hegel-1313....
Especially heart-warmed by this comment: "Johnson closes by returning to analogy as method, emphasizing that comparisons rewrite the past they cite and reorganize what later historians can see.... 1/2
Many thanks to @keanuheydari.bsky.social for his indulgent review of Repeating Revolutions!
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
Timothy Scott Johnson's Repeating Revolutions: The French Revolution and the Algerian War - Logos Journal
Repeating Revolutions examines how France’s revolutionary past became a working political language during Algeria’s struggle for decolonization from the 1930s through the 1960s. Johnson’s central clai...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Especially heart-warmed by this comment: "Johnson closes by returning to analogy as method, emphasizing that comparisons rewrite the past they cite and reorganize what later historians can see.... 1/2
Many thanks to @keanuheydari.bsky.social for his indulgent review of Repeating Revolutions!
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
Timothy Scott Johnson's Repeating Revolutions: The French Revolution and the Algerian War - Logos Journal
Repeating Revolutions examines how France’s revolutionary past became a working political language during Algeria’s struggle for decolonization from the 1930s through the 1960s. Johnson’s central clai...
logosjournal.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Many thanks to @keanuheydari.bsky.social for his indulgent review of Repeating Revolutions!
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
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Extrême droite et patronat : la brûlante actualité des alertes de Daniel Guérin
Par @laurentmauduit.bsky.social
Par @laurentmauduit.bsky.social
Extrême droite et patronat : la brûlante actualité des alertes de Daniel Guérin
Les alertes de l’écrivain révolutionnaire portant sur les liens entre le fascisme et les milieux d’affaires ont un peu vite été oubliées. En se replongeant dans la lecture de « La Peste brune » et du célèbre « Fascisme et grand capital », on mesure pourtant leur brûlante actualité.
l.mediapart.fr
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Extrême droite et patronat : la brûlante actualité des alertes de Daniel Guérin
Par @laurentmauduit.bsky.social
Par @laurentmauduit.bsky.social
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If you can't paint, take classes, spend some time, learn to paint, don't use genAI to do a weird bullshit facsimile of art and then whine when everyone says it's bad and not creative and destroying the planet and empowering fascists, because we're right and you're wrong.
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
If you can't paint, take classes, spend some time, learn to paint, don't use genAI to do a weird bullshit facsimile of art and then whine when everyone says it's bad and not creative and destroying the planet and empowering fascists, because we're right and you're wrong.
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This is, from a historical point of view, insane:
"With the promise of Manifest Destiny beating in every American heart, President James K. Polk took swift action to defend our Nation’s security, our dignity, and our sovereign borders."
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
"With the promise of Manifest Destiny beating in every American heart, President James K. Polk took swift action to defend our Nation’s security, our dignity, and our sovereign borders."
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of Our Victory in the Mexican-American War
Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted
www.whitehouse.gov
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This is, from a historical point of view, insane:
"With the promise of Manifest Destiny beating in every American heart, President James K. Polk took swift action to defend our Nation’s security, our dignity, and our sovereign borders."
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
"With the promise of Manifest Destiny beating in every American heart, President James K. Polk took swift action to defend our Nation’s security, our dignity, and our sovereign borders."
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
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New: Former Texas A&M lecturer Melissa McCoul is suing the university months after Texas A&M fired her over a gender identity lesson.
McCoul alleges that administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics.
McCoul alleges that administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics.
Fired after gender lesson, former professor sues Texas A&M
Melissa McCoul, arguing she was fired to appease political critics, is seeking to get her job back and other restitution.
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
New: Former Texas A&M lecturer Melissa McCoul is suing the university months after Texas A&M fired her over a gender identity lesson.
McCoul alleges that administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics.
McCoul alleges that administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics.
Wait--Simone Weil, too!?!? Why is Feb 3 not an official holiday?
I was today years old when I found out Stuart Hall and E P Thompson shared a February 3 birthday. Rest in power.
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Wait--Simone Weil, too!?!? Why is Feb 3 not an official holiday?
I was today years old when I found out Stuart Hall and E P Thompson shared a February 3 birthday. Rest in power.
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I was today years old when I found out Stuart Hall and E P Thompson shared a February 3 birthday. Rest in power.
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Listen to the poets.
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Listen to the poets.
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This was only about two time-lapsed minutes of the Alex Pretti memorial ride in Minneapolis today. I'd guess there were at least 5x more people there than this, and probably significantly more than that. Absolutely mind blowing love and support showing up on bikes today.
February 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This was only about two time-lapsed minutes of the Alex Pretti memorial ride in Minneapolis today. I'd guess there were at least 5x more people there than this, and probably significantly more than that. Absolutely mind blowing love and support showing up on bikes today.
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The Battalion is paying attention!
‘Education is our right’: Protestors demonstrate for academic freedom
Students and professors at Texas A&M gathered for a demonstration in support of academic freedom at Academic Plaza on Jan. 29. A&M’s American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, chapter led by President Leonard Bright, Ph.D., organized the protest. The event welcomed all students and professors interested in protesting the new academic policy approved by...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The Battalion is paying attention!
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Legalize Plato!
Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth.
Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the students’ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.
Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth.
Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the students’ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Legalize Plato!
Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth.
Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the students’ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.
Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth.
Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the students’ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“Whatever you post on TikTok now goes directly to Trump's billionaire buds, whom he hand-selected to purchase the world's most addictive social media app.”
They are not being slick about it, because they do not think you will (or even can) quit using the platform.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
“Whatever you post on TikTok now goes directly to Trump's billionaire buds, whom he hand-selected to purchase the world's most addictive social media app.”
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guess Bovino got kicked out of the Christmas Adventurers club
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
guess Bovino got kicked out of the Christmas Adventurers club
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Counterinsurgency narratives are first and foremost a means to justify targeting civilians for violence. The regime declares protesters it murders guilty simply by virtue of their death, and uses talk of imaginary "sympathetic populations" to erase the actual demands of the people protesting
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Counterinsurgency narratives are first and foremost a means to justify targeting civilians for violence. The regime declares protesters it murders guilty simply by virtue of their death, and uses talk of imaginary "sympathetic populations" to erase the actual demands of the people protesting
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hot tip: every Brecht poem hits insane right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:08 PM
hot tip: every Brecht poem hits insane right now
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Went to see this fascinating documentary on the first African writer to win the Prix Renaudot, the Malian Yambo Ouologuem, and the destruction of his career on allegations of plagiarism. A fascinating story told beautifully by director Kalidou Sy. icicine.com/en/movies/ya...
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Went to see this fascinating documentary on the first African writer to win the Prix Renaudot, the Malian Yambo Ouologuem, and the destruction of his career on allegations of plagiarism. A fascinating story told beautifully by director Kalidou Sy. icicine.com/en/movies/ya...
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Ted Cruz has been caught on camera flying to Laguna Beach, California as Texas is expected to experience another dangerous winter storm.
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Ted Cruz has been caught on camera flying to Laguna Beach, California as Texas is expected to experience another dangerous winter storm.
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For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, Barry Trachtenberg criticizizes the moral abdication of @historians.org re. Palestine. Its leaders' decision to twice veto resolutions condemning scholasticide in Gaza "is not merely disappointing. It is antidemocratic and morally evasive."
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Historians Have a Duty to Condemn Scholasticide in Gaza
An overwhelming majority of American Historical Association members voted earlier this month to condemn scholasticide in Gaza. AHA leaders overruled members to block the measure, opting for cowardice ...
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January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, Barry Trachtenberg criticizizes the moral abdication of @historians.org re. Palestine. Its leaders' decision to twice veto resolutions condemning scholasticide in Gaza "is not merely disappointing. It is antidemocratic and morally evasive."
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Wow. Some straight up BS from @historians.org Stay morally bankrupt on Palestine if you insist. But take NZD’s name out of your mouths as you do it.
Reading @historians.org's letter to members justifying the council veto re Gaza. They say they're doing it cuz of the AHA's *mission* - but at the linked page, there's a pic of Natalie Zemon Davis.
NZD was supportive of every res on Palestine!
www.historiansforpeace.org/2023/10/29/n...
NZD was supportive of every res on Palestine!
www.historiansforpeace.org/2023/10/29/n...
January 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Wow. Some straight up BS from @historians.org Stay morally bankrupt on Palestine if you insist. But take NZD’s name out of your mouths as you do it.
The downfall of IU as a top public research university is the real story, not IU’s pummeling of Miami.
While many of you are likely yelling "GO INDIANA!" or "GO MIAMI!" I'm yelling "GO AAUP and academic freedom!"
Wild that Indiana is going to finally win a national football championship in the year that IU’s leaders & the state’s government decided it was no longer a serious research university.
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
The downfall of IU as a top public research university is the real story, not IU’s pummeling of Miami.