Claremont Undercurrents

Labor

March 30, 2024

Student workers at Coop and Cafe 47 announce new union, demanding voluntary recognition from administration

120+ students and dining hall workers attend rally in solidarity with student workers filing to unionize with UNITE HERE! Local 11

anti-imperialism

Palestine

March 26, 2024

Students Launch “Mudders Against Murder” To Get War Profiteering Companies Off Harvey Mudd

“You're not the only ones who have a problem with the presence of all these defense companies,” said a Mudd organizer to their fellow students.

Labor

March 23, 2024

American Labor Union founder Chris Smalls and Claremont organizers speak at ‘Americonned’ screening and panel

“I've never been fired from my job ever in my life until Amazon. And I was a great employee. So for them to fire me, because I spoke up one time, five years, I gave blood, sweat, and tears I gave you [sic]. And that woke me up,” Smalls told the audience.

Palestine

March 12, 2024

Claremont City Council votes down ceasefire resolution, despite 72% of comments in favor

The decision came after a 7-hour meeting and weeks of organizing by resident and student org Claremont Community for Palestine

Palestine

March 9, 2024

50+ Students demand divestment at to Pomona Board of Trustees meeting

“We don’t care how long it takes or how hard you claim it might be…your job is to figure out how to move the money.”

Palestine

March 1, 2024

Students stage second die-in at Big Bridges to demand Pomona divest from genocide, disrupting HMC inauguration

The action follows an ASPC referendum in which Pomona students voted overwhelmingly in favor of disclosure and divestment.

Palestine

February 29, 2024

5C students delegate to Alexander Hall after passing BDS referendum

“You cannot scare us into complicity and silence. Pomona College students have spoken.”

Labor

February 27, 2024

120+ students rally and delegate to Harvey Mudd College administration to #dropstarbucks

“When HMC uses Starbucks as a supplier, our university is materially and symbolically supporting a corporation that violates workers rights.”

Palestine

Pomona students vote overwhelmingly in favor of divestment from Israel in historic referendum

The referendum had the highest margin of victory for a student body-wide BDS vote at any U.S. college, according to National SJP.

Affinity groups

Against protests, Pomona admin to move first-gen, Black, Latinx student affinity groups to SCC basement

Dean Jackson approached groups in November to ask if they wanted to leave their spaces, but said that the decision was already “90% made.”

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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Student workers at Coop and Cafe 47 announce new union, demanding voluntary recognition from administration

Students Launch “Mudders Against Murder” To Get War Profiteering Companies Off Harvey Mudd

American Labor Union founder Chris Smalls and Claremont organizers speak at ‘Americonned’ screening and panel

Claremont City Council votes down ceasefire resolution, despite 72% of comments in favor

50+ Students demand divestment at to Pomona Board of Trustees meeting

Students stage second die-in at Big Bridges to demand Pomona divest from genocide, disrupting HMC inauguration

5C students delegate to Alexander Hall after passing BDS referendum

120+ students rally and delegate to Harvey Mudd College administration to #dropstarbucks

Pomona students vote overwhelmingly in favor of divestment from Israel in historic referendum

Against protests, Pomona admin to move first-gen, Black, Latinx student affinity groups to SCC basement