ACLU, Amnesty International report on repression cites Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps; Pomona disputes claims

Pomona, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges were mentioned in a Sept. 23 report by Amnesty International USA and the American Civil Liberties Union addressing suppression of “pro-Palestine speech and dissent” across college campuses nationwide. In a statement to TSL, a Pomona spokesperson wrote that the report “makes serious errors, unsupported by the source material.”

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OPINION: Before Rebuilding Gaza, the World Must Confront Who Destroyed It

In an AI video posted by President Donald Trump to Truth Social, “Trump Gaza” imagines beaches and skyscrapers rising from ruins.: Trump’s proposed “GREAT” plan recasts Gaza’s destruction as an opportunity for profit, inviting the same powers complicit in its devastation to rebuild it while further displacing Palestinian populations and causing even greater environmental harm beyond that already caused by the war. Leili Kamali PO ‘29 argues that current plans for reconstruction are dangerously colonialist and anti-environmentalist, and must be reimagined in order to make proper reparations for those living in Gaza.

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5C organizations commemorate two years since Oct. 7 attacks

Several groups across the 5Cs hosted events this week to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023.

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Claims of academic censorship levied against The Claremont Discourse Lecture Series following speaker withdrawal

Pomona College Professor Bilal Nasir withdrew from a planned lecture with the Claremont Colleges library this fall.

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