Amin Husain is a Palestinian-American activist and

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, though he has been suspended from that position. He has founded, organized, participated in, and demonstrated with many social activist organizations.

Academic career

He has a B.A. in philosophy and political science from

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, a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, and an LL.M. from

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. He joined the New York University faculty as a part-time adjunct professor in 2016. His academic work focuses on resistance and liberation and postcolonial theory. Prior to NYU, he taught at

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, before leaving in 2019. In January 2024, Husain was suspended as an adjunct professor at NYU after denying

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and describing New York as a "Zionist city" at a

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rally.

Activism

He is a founding member of Global Ultra Luxury Faction; founding member and managing editor of the magazine ''Tidal: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy''; founding member of the collective MTL; and founding member of NYC Solidarity with Palestine. He has directed and produced an experimental documentary film about Palestinian Territories titled, ''On This Land''. He is a supporter of New York City Students for Justice in Palestine and is an active supporter of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment ( BDS) movement, emphasizing the cultural and academic boycott of

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. As of 2017, he was the lead organizer of

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whose organization is founded on five main issues: Free Palestine, Indigenous Struggle, Black Liberation, Global Wage Workers, and de-gentrification. He was also co-founder of the MTL+ Collective. In 2018-2019, he led (via Decolonize) the weekly protest at the

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in New York, called the "Nine Weeks of Art and Action" to protest

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' position as the vice-chair of Whitney's board. At the end of the protest on May 17, 2019, the protestors walked to Kanders' home.

References

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