At a civil disobedience action protesting yesterday’s firing of 17 Pomona dining hall workers, 15 workers, students, professors and alumni were arrested by the Claremont Police Department. Updated w/ blotter.
While the Workers for Justice organized a boycott of dining halls, the Concerned Students of Pomona College set up an extended vigil outside of Alexander Hall.
While protestors prepare for Condoleezza Rice’s event this evening, another protest is happening at Pomona. Tim Reynolds PO ’15 is covering the Workers for Justice Dining Hall Boycott.
“It’s interesting what discourse you can have with hundreds of people packed together,” said Avery Barger PZ ‘12. Saturday, a Global Day of Action for the Occupy movement, featured ten to fifteen thousand Angelenos marching to Pershing Square.
Protestors have been occupying Zuccotti Park since September 17. Welcome to liberal populism for the 21st Century.
“There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” Buffalo Springfield’s iconic 1960s protest anthem might have been talking about the protestors in Zuccotti Park. What, exactly, is Occupy Wall Street?
King Abdullah has granted Saudi Arabian women the right to vote and run for office in municipal elections, but more needs to be done.
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