Rudi Batzell

Feminist manifesto

Feminism must become a politics of collective democratic power for workers, individual dignity for all human beings, and a freedom that transcends the choices of market incentives.

By Rudi Batzell | Apr 14 10:43 pm ET

A privileged campus, a segregated community

I quickly learned that the reality of student life at Columbia, while boasting of its own internal “diversity,” was harshly segregated from the communities to the north of campus.

By Rudi Batzell | Mar 31 08:38 pm ET

Crisis, Class and Inequality

The inability of a middle-class family to sustain a middle-class lifestyle without piling up credit card debt and mortgages is a critical distributional component of this economic crisis.

By Rudi Batzell | Mar 10 08:46 pm ET

National Atrocities and Collective Punishment

Israel’s 23-day war on Gaza from December 2008 to January 2009 provoked outrage among many. Campuses worldwide, from the UK to New York City, were convulsed with competing responses. To many it was clear that Israel was collectively punishing the Palestinian people, and yet Zionists succeeded in portraying the conflict as a defensive action against an inhumane, terrorist enemy.

By Rudi Batzell | Feb 24 10:32 pm ET

Health Care as a Human Right

Lucha, a group usually associated with the struggle for immigrant rights, has decided to focus on health care this semester. In many ways, it is remarkable that activists in the United States are still forced to fight for this major reform.

By Rudi Batzell | Feb 10 10:05 pm ET

Obama and Campus Politics

With the inauguration of Barack Obama, CC ’83, campus activism, and the strategy of the left in general, enters a new phase. Rather than a triumphant victory, the current political situation is ambiguous.

By Rudi Batzell | Feb 5 10:21 pm ET

Wake Up Dems, Liberalism is Dead

With breathless euphoria liberals rejoice, reveling in the excesses and stupidities of the Bush regime.

By Rudi Batzell | Nov 14 12:00 am ET

The Truth About Facebook

releasing a new feature. The benign-sounding News Feed immediately provoked sinister comparisons: it was "Big Brother mode" or the "Super Stalker feature."

By Rudi Batzell | Sep 14 12:00 am ET

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