tag: Palestine

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February 11, 2024

Statement: Claremont faculty members establish Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter

Faculty members form organization in support of Palestine.

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January 16, 2024

Palestine solidarity protesters disrupt December 8 Pomona admissions panel

With red-painted hands, more than 50 students demanded the college to divest from weapons manufacturing and condemned the Nov. 29 arrest of a professor.

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January 5, 2024

“Not in our name”: Jewish students host Alexander Hall sit-in in solidarity with Muslim Student Association

“We will feel safe when we know that our Judaism is not being used to justify the silencing, surveilling, harassing, and policing of our peers."

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CMC affinity groups release statement expressing solidarity with Palestine

Leaders of Latine, Black and AAPI student groups criticized a faculty statement for "failing to acknowledge ... genocide."

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November 13, 2023

Hundreds of Claremont students mobilized for Palestine protests in the past month. Here’s a timeline

Israeli attacks have killed 11,240 Palestinians since Oct. 7. Hundreds of Claremont studednts have mobilized to demand the colleges divest from Israel in response.

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113 students shut down Pomona Family Weekend Address, demanding divestment from Israel

The action came after students promised escalation in an Oct. 25 delegation attended by at least 370 people.

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Against student protests, Pomona College clears Palestine vigil from SCC

The college's rationale shifted from rain damage to a prohibition of memorials at SCC over the night before the takedown.

Commentary

November 5, 2023

Our commitment: finding and telling the truth about Palestine

We are committed to archiving our resistance as it's tied to collective struggles for a free Palestine, honoring the brave testimony and stories stemming from this movement.

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Promising escalation, 370+ students delegate to Pomona treasurer, demanding Israel divestment

"We’re here because Pomona College in particular has fallen on the wrong side of history multiple times."

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October 11, 2023

Second SJP event addresses ‘pinkwashing’ of Israel

Organizers aimed to break down “binary, progressive versus backwards” narrative about queerness in Israel and Palestine

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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