author: Samson Zhang

Palestine

May 10, 2024

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

The president said that the Board of Trustees met students and faculty with "sheer disrespect" in a May 7 meeting.

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

April 26, 2024

Breaking: SJP, JVP set up Gaza solidarity encampment at Pitzer

Pitzer now joins dozens of colleges where students have set up anti-genocide encampments in the past week.

Palestine

April 15, 2024

Students block Pomona Admitted Students Day entrances, disrupt tours for divestment

“Genocide Gina welcomes you to Apartheid College. Enjoy the show.”

Palestine

April 13, 2024

700 walk out for divestment, days after Pomona’s arrest of 20 students

“We don’t want to hear a word about arrests or suspensions or bans unless in the same breath you’re condemning Israeli apartheid, occupation, and genocide," one arrestee said.

Palestine

February 12, 2024

Scripps Dean calls Motley “SJP headquarters,” demands poster censorship for re-opening

After having to remove pro-Palestine posters in the fall, the student-run coffeehouse is re-opening with restricted poster and meeting policies.

Labor

November 19, 2023

Students fundraise for Palmdale Amazon delivery drivers on strike

Amazon terminated its contract for 84 delivery drivers after they unionized in June. They’ve been picketing at warehouses around the country since.

Palestine

November 13, 2023

Against student protests, Pomona College clears Palestine vigil from SCC

The college's rationale shifted from rain damage to a prohibition of memorials at SCC over the night before the takedown.

Labor

May 15, 2023

Turning point: how Pitzer workers won a second union at the 5Cs

A look back on the win that sparked standard-setting fights at Pomona, Whittier, ULV and beyond

Palestine

April 3, 2023

SJP relaunches campaign to suspend Pitzer study abroad at University of Haifa in Israel

Organizers say program supports violent displacement of Palestinians — “My family is from Haifa, my dad was born in Haifa…but I would not be able to go there on study abroad.”

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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