From Occupy to Occupied

with Amin Husain (NYC) and Abir Kopty (Palestine)

Kopty is well known for being a key organizer of the Bab al-Shams protest village that garnered significant international attention earlier this year, a culminating moment of the weekly protests across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Husain has become known as a critical organizer in Occupy Wall Street and was involved in the organizing that took place prior to the actual occupation.

Abir Kopty is a feminist and political activist born in Nazareth and is now based in Ramallah. She is a former Nazareth City Councilwoman and today works as a media analyst and consultant, holding a Master’s in Political Communication from the City University of London. She also blogs at http://abirkopty.wordpress.com.

Amin Husain began organizing with Occupy Wall Street in the months preceding the occupation and continues to play an active role.  Most recently, he has helped create initiatives like Strike Debt and Rolling Jubilee and was active in Occupy Sandy.  Amin is one of the editors of the occupy movement’s theory and strategy print magazine TIDAL (www.tidalmag.org).  He has a JD and LLM in Law but left law for art. Recently, he completed the Artist program at the Whitney Independent Study Program.

Students of Color Collective at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College