On Friday, workers, clergy, students and community members from Los Angeles and the Inland Empire rallied at Pomona in support of 17 workers fired last December and in support of dining hall workers who are seeking a union.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) sent a letter on Wednesday to President Gann criticizing the actions of the CMC administration during last semester’s Condoleezza Rice protest.
On Wednesday, Workers for Justice released a video about last semester’s firing of dining hall workers at Pomona. The College’s actions have received renewed national attention in the past week.
Robert Gates, who recently retired after serving as Secretary of Defense under both the Bush and Obama administrations, will speak at Claremont McKenna’s Athenaeum on April 4th.
Highlights and observations of the events surrounding Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Claremont McKenna College from Port Side staffers who covered the evening.
Condoleezza Rice will appear today at Claremont McKenna College. Her talk was moved from its original location at the Athenaeum to Ducey Gymnasium due to security concerns. Students, faculty, and others in the Claremont community have organized a protest. The Port Side will cover the events live.
The organizers of today’s “Unwelcoming Condoleezza Rice” protest at Claremont McKenna College contacted the Port Side in hopes of clarifying their intentions and the tactics for the demonstration.
Ducey Gym, even with the “new backdrop” and floor seating Huang promises, is not the Athenaeum. It’s extremely unfortunate that the CMC administration is overreacting to the peaceful demonstrations, and did not even consult the Athenaeum staff in its decision to move the event.
When I walked along Pennsylvania Avenue on my way to work last spring, I was more captivated by the big white structure Concepcion faced than her makeshift white plastic tent. I dismissed her encampment as quickly as I did the graphic anti-choice abortion trucks that cruise D.C., without the annoyed disgust.
After the 2008 Karl Rove protest, a group of Pitzer students is planning one for Condoleezza Rice with less confrontational tactics.
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