Claremont Undercurrents

Undercurrents reports on labor, Palestine liberation, prison abolition and other community organizing at and around the Claremont Colleges.

Issue 1 / Spring 2023

Setting the Standard

How Pomona workers won a historic $25 minimum wage; a new union in Claremont; Tony Hoang on organizing

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Palestine

August 29, 2024

Divestment sit-in shuts down Pomona convocation ceremony

68 students participated in sit-in and picket at Little Bridges Auditorium that forced Pomona to move convocation online

Palestine

August 9, 2024

FACT CHECK: Both Pitzer and Pomona trustees have denied that Boeing is a weapons manufacturer. Here’s what Boeing produces.

Palestine

August 9, 2024

District Attorney files criminal charges against 19 students who Pomona President called riot police on

Police from five police departments zip-tied the 20 arrested students before jailing them for several hours on April 5.

Palestine

June 25, 2024

Pitzer discloses $1.6M in defense and aerospace investments, a month after telling SJP it will not divest

Palestine

May 10, 2024

Incoming ASPC President: Pomona Board of Trustees want to “buy our silence and complicity in genocide through donations”

Features and commentary

Claremont Faculty for Justice in Palestine

February 18, 2024

Statement: Claremont FJP Responds to ASPC Referendum and Pomona College President Gabi Starr’s Email

The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement is a Palestinian-led, non-violent movement that aims to pressure Israel to cease violating […]

Claremont Faculty for Justice in Palestine

February 11, 2024

Statement: Claremont faculty members establish Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter

Faculty members form organization in support of Palestine.

Palestine

May 7, 2024

Pomona admin met with Claremont Police Chief days before Alexander Hall sit-in to plan intervention, emails show

President Starr called in dozens of riot police to arrest 19 students participating in a divestment sit in on April 5.

Palestine

May 6, 2024

LIVE UPDATES: PDfA sets up Gaza solidarity encampment on Marston Quad at Pomona

After arrests one month ago, student group Pomona Divest from Apartheid have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on the main quad at Pomona College.

Palestine

ARRESTED, JAILED, SUSPENDED, UNHOUSED: What happened to the Pomona Seven after April 5

A brutal arrest was only the beginning of weeks of violence at the hand of Pomona administrators.

Palestine

May 2, 2024

Pomona faculty vote in favor of divestment from Israeli apartheid, becoming one of the first colleges in the U.S. to do so

64% of Pomona faculty passes resolution to divest from companies on BDS' "divest and exclusion" targets

Palestine

April 28, 2024

Alumni shut down Pomona parade with divestment banner

The disruption is alumni's second divestment protest of the weekend, after a dinner walkout Friday night.

Undercurrents reports on labor, Palestine liberation, prison abolition and other community organizing at and around the Claremont Colleges.

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Issue 1 / Spring 2023

Setting the Standard

How Pomona workers won a historic $25 minimum wage; a new union in Claremont; Tony Hoang on organizing

Read issue 1

Latest news

Divestment sit-in shuts down Pomona convocation ceremony

FACT CHECK: Both Pitzer and Pomona trustees have denied that Boeing is a weapons manufacturer. Here’s what Boeing produces.

District Attorney files criminal charges against 19 students who Pomona President called riot police on

Pitzer discloses $1.6M in defense and aerospace investments, a month after telling SJP it will not divest

Incoming ASPC President: Pomona Board of Trustees want to “buy our silence and complicity in genocide through donations”

Features and commentary

Statement: Claremont FJP Responds to ASPC Referendum and Pomona College President Gabi Starr’s Email

Statement: Claremont faculty members establish Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter

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Pomona admin met with Claremont Police Chief days before Alexander Hall sit-in to plan intervention, emails show

LIVE UPDATES: PDfA sets up Gaza solidarity encampment on Marston Quad at Pomona

ARRESTED, JAILED, SUSPENDED, UNHOUSED: What happened to the Pomona Seven after April 5

Pomona faculty vote in favor of divestment from Israeli apartheid, becoming one of the first colleges in the U.S. to do so

Alumni shut down Pomona parade with divestment banner