Candy-coated family-friendly version of activism achieves nothing
Swarthmore brands itself as an institution where student-staff-administration collaboration is crucial not only to student culture but to college function.
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Mountain Justice
Who Has the Power? My Journey into Swat Bureaucracy
Ever since the Board of Managers chose not to divest from fossil fuels, I’ve started envisioning the people “at the
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Mountain Justice stages sit-in and protest after Board’s divestment decision
Last Friday morning, members of Mountain Justice staged a sit-in protest in the office of Chief Investment Officer Mark Amstutz,
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We forced divestment from apartheid, we will do it again
Yesterday, SGO announced the results of the student referendum on fossil fuel divestment. The referendum passed by a landslide: 80.5
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In referendum, vote for divestment, vote for justice
From foreign conflict to inadequate healthcare to domestic militarized, racist policing, the government controlled by Donald Trump and the Republican
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Students, faculty attend walk-out and teach-in for climate justice
There is no shortage of public outcry across the country in protest of the newly established Trump administration. As recently
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Divestment and the need for moral leadership on climate
On Monday, thousands of students and faculty at colleges, high schools, and even two middle schools across the nation walked
Read moreCherish our campus and climate
I have stopped appreciating how beautiful our campus is. Walking through the Amphitheater to admire the trees each day, only
Read moreSwatties Led by Mountain Justice Protest Dakota Pipeline in Philadelphia
Swarthmore Mountain Justice took to the streets of Philadelphia on Saturday to join the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Yale divested, why haven’t we?
In April, Yale University, which has one of the highest performing endowments in the world, announced that it would partially
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