Students, as opposed to labor workers, have no substantial political power because they have nothing to withdraw. Guest writer Marcello Ursic PO ‘24 argues that disrupting the cash flow of the institution is the most effective way to create change.
Tag: Politics
Red house, blue senate: 5C students, professors react to ‘abnormal’ midterm elections
To understand the significance of the recent US midterm elections, TSL spoke with 5C students and faculty about their reactions.
OPINION: Gangsta rap is not the problem
The recent murders of rap artists are connected via structural violence, gun laws, over-policing and systemic poverty — not via the contents of their music, argues David De Souza PO ’24.
OPINION: The left must let go of ideological purity
If the left wants to affect lasting change, they need to shift away from lofty goals and tackle the system from within, argues Margot Rosenblatt SC ‘24.
As money pours into California’s proposition campaigns, 5C students serve up the facts
With reproductive freedom, gambling, dialysis and greenhouse gasses among the seven propositions on California’s Nov. 8 midterm ballot, Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State and Local Government released a “Video Voter Guide” last month to help Californians understand what their vote means.
From Green Beach to Whitehall: CMC alum Murty moves into Downing Street as Britain’s new ‘First Lady’
Claremont McKenna College now has a direct connection to 10 Downing Street. On Oct. 25, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s first leader of color and third prime minister in two months, following Liz Truss’s abrupt resignation. The 42-year-old former banker is married to CMC alumna and trustee Akshata N. Murty CM
Historian Jared Diamond delivers Ath talk on ‘what’s next’ for our generation
As we learn to adjust to a new reality in a certain historical moment where the future seems uncertain, what’s next for young people? Jared Diamond’s talk at the Athenaeum on sought to answer this question.
Pomona politics professor Omar Wasow leaving for UC Berkeley
Pomona College Assistant Professor of Politics Omar Wasow is leaving to teach at UC Berkeley in the fall, a move coming just a year after he joined the college as assistant professor in 2021.
From Pomona to presidential appointment: Biden nominates two alums
Two Pomona College alumni are among the nominees for top diplomatic and legal positions announced by President Joe Biden last week. The White House is putting forward Alexander M.M. Uballez PO ’08 for U.S. attorney for the district of New Mexico and Michael Adler PO ’86 for ambassador to South Sudan, according to statements released Jan. 26.
Let’s spill the pop culture tea: ‘Squid Game’ is more than just gory entertainment
The violence of “Squid Game” isn’t merely for entertainment value, rather it and other elements of the hit show provide a powerful critique of capitalism’s consequences, argues Anna Tolkien CM ’24.