Mukund Rathi

Oakland teachers strike in defense of public education
Picket line reports

Oakland teachers are fighting for the future

Teachers, students and parents are standing strong on the picket lines in Oakland in a battle for the schools that they all deserve.

February 26, 2019

The documentary Israel doesn’t want you to see

When you find out what’s in this documentary about the Israel lobby, you’ll understand why the Israeli government wants to bury it.

January 15, 2019
Marching for legal abortion in the era before Roe v. Wade

A power more supreme than any judge

The fight against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is part of a larger process of building social movements that can achieve our demands.

September 6, 2018

What will it take to save privacy?

A recent Supreme Court decision is a victory for privacy rights, but the fight against government surveillance won’t be won in court.

August 10, 2018

Third time is the harm for the Muslim ban

The Supreme Court upheld the third version of the Muslim ban, delivering a sordid victory to Trump and the white supremacists.

June 29, 2018

Protecting the right to take away workers’ rights

The Supreme Court decision enforcing arbitration agreements on workers shows how judges camouflage their attacks on our rights.

June 19, 2018
Christopher Baum and Mukund Rathi

The Supreme Court says: Let them eat hate

No one should downplay the danger of a Supreme Court ruling for a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

June 14, 2018
Interview: Samuel Farber

The message of the Free Speech Movement

A participant in the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley in 1964 discusses its lessons for today's struggle for free speech.

March 13, 2018
Readers’ View

Who is for a neutral internet?

The demand to maintain net neutrality, while positive, is limited, because the internet as it exists is fundamentally not neutral.

December 11, 2017

Selective about free speech at UC Berkeley

A Berkeley dean's defense of free speech has a blind spot when it comes to university suppression of advocacy for Palestinians.

October 9, 2017

Why are they obstructing anti-racist speech?

In Berkeley, the right has used "free speech" as a cover for its violence--and powerful liberals are letting them get away with it.

September 11, 2017

Berkeley can’t give in to fear

White supremacists want to continue their campaign of intimidation and violence in Berkeley. They must not go unopposed.

August 25, 2017

Justice denied on Trump’s Muslim ban

The Supreme Court's restoration of parts of Trump's Islamophobic travel ban is a travesty that must be contested in the streets.

June 29, 2017
Students march against Trump and the far right at UC Berkeley

What will it take to stop the right in Berkeley?

The right wing has focused its strategy for provocations and mobilizations on Berkeley. We have to respond with a strategy for large mobilizations.

May 23, 2017

We need mass mobilization and solidarity

With the far right targeting Berkeley and its University of California campus, what strategy can help the left to respond?

May 4, 2017
Neil Gorsuch speaks at a press conference while Trump looks on

Neil Gorsuch and the original injustice

Trump's Supreme Court nominee is loyal to a conservative doctrine called "originalism," but there's a deeper problem with the legal system itself.

April 7, 2017

Thousands confront the right at UC Berkeley

Far-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos was set to speak at UC Berkeley, but thanks to 2,000 protesters, he didn't get the chance.

February 6, 2017

Do American spies have the goods on Russia?

The allegations of Russian interference in the presidential election have caused a number of strange flip-flops in U.S. politics.

January 18, 2017

Where Trump and tech see eye to eye

The president-elect's closed-door meeting with Democratic-supporting tech executives surprised some people, but it shouldn't have.

January 5, 2017

Berkeley’s system lets women down

The response of University of California at Berkeley administrators to sexual harassment allegations has been far too slow and weak.

September 6, 2016