Claremont Undercurrents

Palestine

December 7, 2025

“We are in a shared struggle:” CSJUP Teach-in Recap

On October 21, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (CSJP) hosted a teach-in at the Pitzer Grove House titled “Solidarity […]

Palestine

November 5, 2025

Gabi Starr wants to conduct an investigation on who disrupted the Oct. 15 event with a former IOF soldier.

Read the anonymous statement on the disruption of Claremont Hillel's "Marking October 7th" event.

Labor

November 4, 2025

Meet El Puestesito: a mutual aid project by the nieces and nephews of Job Garcia

Garcia and his niece and nephew created El Puestesito as a mutual aid project to support street vendors in LA after ICE abducted Garcia last summer.

Palestine

October 28, 2025

MSA hosts vigil on the two year anniversary of Oct. 7, commemorating the Palestinians martyred in the intensified genocide

“How do we grieve when there can be no grave? Because there are no remains to bury.” – A Scripps faculty member questioned.

Palestine

October 22, 2025

“Community is the vehicle of change”: Shaheen Nassar talks about community organizing for Palestine on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023

Nassar, who was part of the “Irvine 11,” talked about how students can continue to better organize themselves against Zionism and white supremacy.

Labor

October 16, 2025

Starbucks Off Pomona campaign protests Starbucks at Cafe 47 which escalates as national strike continues

CSWA, Starbucks Workers United, Students Against Starbucks, Claremont Colleges Prison Abolition Collective, and The Motley host teach-in on Pomona’s new contract with Starbucks and Nestlé.

Palestine

October 7, 2025

SJP holds vigil honoring Palestinians killed by the Zionist entity on the two-year anniversary of the intensified genocide

“We grieve the violence that Israel inflicted and continues to inflict upon Palestinians supported in full by the US government in our tax dollars,” an SJP organizer said at the event.

Palestine

October 6, 2025

FJP hosts vigil two years after zionist forces murder 680,000+ in Gaza

Faculty and community members across the 7 Claremont Colleges Consortium gather to commemorate the 680,000 murdered Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023.

Labor

October 2, 2025

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center hosts rapid response training amid an increase in ICE raids

Four speakers from the PEOC hosted a rapid response training to explain how students can identify and respond to ICE on and off-campus.

Palestine

September 28, 2025

Middle East Studies Association Condemns Claremont College’s library for censoring Professor Bilal Nasir’s lecture and abstract title

The Middle East Studies Association sends a letter to the Claremont College library's condemning the censorship of Nasir's use of 'Palestine' in the title and abstract of his lecture.

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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“We are in a shared struggle:” CSJUP Teach-in Recap

Gabi Starr wants to conduct an investigation on who disrupted the Oct. 15 event with a former IOF soldier.

Meet El Puestesito: a mutual aid project by the nieces and nephews of Job Garcia

MSA hosts vigil on the two year anniversary of Oct. 7, commemorating the Palestinians martyred in the intensified genocide

“Community is the vehicle of change”: Shaheen Nassar talks about community organizing for Palestine on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023

Starbucks Off Pomona campaign protests Starbucks at Cafe 47 which escalates as national strike continues

SJP holds vigil honoring Palestinians killed by the Zionist entity on the two-year anniversary of the intensified genocide

FJP hosts vigil two years after zionist forces murder 680,000+ in Gaza

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center hosts rapid response training amid an increase in ICE raids

Middle East Studies Association Condemns Claremont College’s library for censoring Professor Bilal Nasir’s lecture and abstract title