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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Latest news

Palestine

December 19, 2025

Gabi Starr announces 8 new policies that Pomona will comply with after ADL and Brandeis Center federal complaint

Here’s how some of these policies have been practiced and resisted against at other universities

Palestine

December 7, 2025

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

Palestine

November 5, 2025

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

Palestine

October 28, 2025

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

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

Commentary

Undercurrents staff

December 19, 2025

Gabi Starr announces 8 new policies that Pomona will comply with after ADL and Brandeis Center federal complaint

Here’s how some of these policies have been practiced and resisted against at other universities

Undercurrents staff

June 11, 2025

Sharif Abdel Kouddous’ four principles for journalism towards Palestine liberation

The Drop Site News editor spoke about the conditions of reporting in Gaza, and how English-language journalists can work towards the liberation of Palestine, in his opening address at Undercurrents’ People’s Journalism School.

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.

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.

Abolition

July 23, 2025

Off-duty LAPD officer kills Hugo Cachua 15 minutes from campus, returns to duty; Cachua’s family demands justice

Cachua’s sister shared his story and urged students to fight for justice at an April 18 event at Pitzer College.

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

Gabi Starr announces 8 new policies that Pomona will comply with after ADL and Brandeis Center federal complaint

“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.

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

Commentary

Gabi Starr announces 8 new policies that Pomona will comply with after ADL and Brandeis Center federal complaint

Sharif Abdel Kouddous’ four principles for journalism towards Palestine liberation

More

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

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

Off-duty LAPD officer kills Hugo Cachua 15 minutes from campus, returns to duty; Cachua’s family demands justice