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Mountain Justice Joins National Group Sunrise, Broadens Goals

After a busy past year, Mountain Justice is rebranding. They’ve joined Sunrise, a national “movement to stop climate change and create millions of jobs in the process,” according to their website. “Last year I remember hearing about Mountain Justice just about every

September 21, 2017

Campus Journal

How did Swat get here? An abridged history of activism at Swat

In the context of recent activism and student action regarding Swarthmore’s divestment from fossil fuels, I thought I’d take a look at past and ongoing activism both campus and related to the institution. Here’s a (brief) history of some historical progresses

April 27, 2017

News

Why Protests Fail: Micah White ’04 discusses the End of Protest

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Micah White

April 4, 2017

Op-Ed·Opinion

In Response to the Sexual Assault Awareness Week Posters

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Loud, boisterous

April 4, 2017

Op-Ed·Opinion

One Year Later: Our Thoughts on President Smith and Divestment

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. We first

March 31, 2017

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Help us reclaim our country

Dear class of 2017: When my Class of 1967 was getting ready to graduate, we paid no attention to the class of 1917, which was then celebrating its 50th reunion. To the extent we thought about them at all, they were just

March 23, 2017

Opinion

Sustainability isn’t just activism

We always hear about what Mountain Justice is up to because their efforts are broadcasted to the entire campus community. But, believe it or not, Mountain Justice is not the only sustainability-minded group on campus. There is, in fact, an entire group

March 16, 2017

Campus Journal

Postcard from Abroad: Tamara Matheson

Dear Campus Journal, After the inauguration, I spent all of my free time at home vigilantly watching the news, calling my representatives, reading about nonviolent resistance, and generally trying my best to break through what seemed to be one bad fever dream

February 9, 2017

Around Campus·News·Regional News

Swatties attend Women’s March, reactions mixed

On Jan. 21, Swarthmore community members traveled to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to participate in the Women’s March. Demonstrators took to the streets to protest the proposed policies of the Trump administration that would largely affect marginalized communities as well as other

February 2, 2017

Campus Journal

Reflections on a [potentially] New America: Philly in Action

We’re tempted not to write about “fun things to do in Philly;” it almost seems trivial. But fun is something we all undoubtedly deserve in these times. The other night, as we were surrounded by an illuminated crowd of different races and

January 26, 2017

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Mountain Justice Joins National Group Sunrise, Broadens Goals

How did Swat get here? An abridged history of activism at Swat

Why Protests Fail: Micah White ’04 discusses the End of Protest

In Response to the Sexual Assault Awareness Week Posters

One Year Later: Our Thoughts on President Smith and Divestment

Letter to the Editor: Help us reclaim our country

Sustainability isn’t just activism

Postcard from Abroad: Tamara Matheson

Swatties attend Women’s March, reactions mixed

Reflections on a [potentially] New America: Philly in Action

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