author: Undercurrents staff

Labor

October 19, 2024

REHIRE ADAN NOW: Workers and students organize after Pitzer fires DACAmented dining worker

Over 70 workers and 1,200 students have signed petitions urging Pitzer to rehire former sous chef Adan Campos.

Palestine

October 8, 2024

REFAAT ALAREER UNIVERSITY: 480+ walk out, dozens take over Carnegie Hall on Oct. 7 anniversary

Students demanding divestment renamed the Pomona building after the Palestinian poet known for his poem “If I must die."

Palestine

MSA, JVP, and Nishmat host vigil for Palestinians and Lebanese killed in genocide on anniversary of Oct. 7

“The blame will forever fall on Israel, the US, and complicit corporations and institutions, including our colleges,” a JVP speaker said.

Palestine

October 5, 2024

People’s Fund hosts mutual aid market in Scripps Student Union

Vendors sold food, jewelry and art to redistribute funds to Sudan, Gaza and Eastern Congo.

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.

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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