Claremont Undercurrents

Labor

October 2, 2024

40+ students delegate to Pitzer HR to demand rehiring of DACAmented worker

“[This] is completely anti-immigrant behavior,” a student speaker said of Pitzer’s refusal to rehire former dining worker Adan Campos.

Palestine

October 1, 2024

Students host Lebanon teach-in as Zionist forces bomb Lebanon

The teach-in happened in response to a call for a national day of action for Lebanon.

Palestine

September 25, 2024

Students rally against Northrop Grumman and defense companies at HMC career fair

Campus Safety responds by blaring sirens and pushing students out

Abolition

September 23, 2024

Prison abolition, not reform: 5C Prisab hosts workshop with Critical Resistance LA organizers

Prison abolition means physically dismantling prisons and the systems around it as a short-term strategy and long-term vision, organizers said.

Palestine

September 13, 2024

Scripps tells Motley to take down Palestinian flag or stay closed. Students workers fight back

160+ people showed up to the Motley in support of the baristas on Thursday

Palestine

September 12, 2024

Mudders Against Murder hosts first teach in of the year, invites new students to organize against military industrial complex

Students pointed out the ties that many defense companies, such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman, have to the Zionist entity’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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 27, 2024

Staff for Palestine group launches, hosts Palestine vigil in front of library

Staff from across the Claremont Colleges Consortium called for divestment and spoke out against repression at the vigil.

Palestine

August 9, 2024

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

Pomona and Pitzer trustee chairs have only described one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers as a transportation company.

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

Palestine

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

Pomona could have requested for charges to be dropped, lawyer said

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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40+ students delegate to Pitzer HR to demand rehiring of DACAmented worker

Students host Lebanon teach-in as Zionist forces bomb Lebanon

Students rally against Northrop Grumman and defense companies at HMC career fair

Prison abolition, not reform: 5C Prisab hosts workshop with Critical Resistance LA organizers

Scripps tells Motley to take down Palestinian flag or stay closed. Students workers fight back

Mudders Against Murder hosts first teach in of the year, invites new students to organize against military industrial complex

Divestment sit-in shuts down Pomona convocation ceremony

Staff for Palestine group launches, hosts Palestine vigil in front of library

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