author: Undercurrents staff

Palestine

January 5, 2024

CMC affinity groups release statement expressing solidarity with Palestine

Leaders of Latine, Black and AAPI student groups criticized a faculty statement for "failing to acknowledge ... genocide."

Commentary

December 12, 2023

Undercurrents statement regarding Dec. 8 protest coverage

Since Oct. 12, we have set the standard for responsible visual reporting of protests. On Dec. 8, we fell short of our standard.

Palestine

November 13, 2023

113 students shut down Pomona Family Weekend Address, demanding divestment from Israel

The action came after students promised escalation in an Oct. 25 delegation attended by at least 370 people.

Commentary

November 5, 2023

Our commitment: finding and telling the truth about Palestine

We are committed to archiving our resistance as it's tied to collective struggles for a free Palestine, honoring the brave testimony and stories stemming from this movement.

Abolition

October 6, 2023

5C PrisAb’s teach-in covers policing, prison industrial complex

"There's a level of community that [is needed] in order for carceral options to not be the primary response from people when they're facing some sort of inconvenience."

Labor

September 25, 2023

Palmdale Amazon drivers extend four month strike to San Bernardino

After their contract was terminated by Amazon, workers seeking safer working conditions are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike around the country.

Labor

August 6, 2023

Pitzer workers fired for taking a discarded couch reinstated after delegations, union advocacy

“This was an old student's couch that we took...we are not criminals,” Vazquez said.

Labor

May 15, 2023

Whittier and ULV workers win raises, pension after month-long strike

Pomona and Pitzer fights set the precedent for the win, organizers said

Palestine

April 25, 2023

SJP and Prisab co-host Stop LAPD Spying Coalition talk about LAPD and IDF surveillance

U.S. police and Israeli apartheid surveillance share logics of “othering,” technologies of legitimization, organizers said

Labor

April 20, 2023

Whittier College dining workers go on indefinite strike for higher wages, pension fund

Claremont students have picketed alongside Whittier students and workers from 7 AM to 7 PM on weekdays since March 27.

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

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