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Emmaia Gelman

Emmaia Gelman is a PhD student in American Studies at New York University. An activist with deep roots in direct action on queer, antiracist, anticolonial and housing struggles, she also spent nearly a decade as a policy strategist for labor and political organizations, working primarily on housing, fiscal policy, and energy democracy.

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Under the guise of fighting hate speech, the ADL has a long history of wielding its moral authority to attack Arabs, blacks, and queers.
Emmaia Gelman

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