Zach Samalin
@zachsamalin.bsky.social
antediluvian new yorker; english prof at nyu; wrote a history of disgust, The Masses Are Revolting; writing and teaching about anticolonial theories of civilization; censorship; the “Controversial Discussions”
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🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
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Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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if Mamdani PR is listening I humbly request a victory speech cut to Mobb Deep
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if Mamdani PR is listening I humbly request a victory speech cut to Mobb Deep
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The hundreds of thousands of Black & Latino men who were subjected to stop-and-frisk did not have the option to “leave NYC.” They endured the reign of Bloomberg - the beloved choice of elite New Yorkers - who even supported changing the law to give Bloomberg a 3rd term.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The hundreds of thousands of Black & Latino men who were subjected to stop-and-frisk did not have the option to “leave NYC.” They endured the reign of Bloomberg - the beloved choice of elite New Yorkers - who even supported changing the law to give Bloomberg a 3rd term.
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Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the Chambers Street subway station.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the Chambers Street subway station.
I've lived my whole life in NYC + Chicago. As far back as I can remember, I've only ever detested, loathed, despised, abhorred, cursed, reviled or been outright horrified by the mayor. not sure I'm ready for this strange new chapter. what will I even call these unsettling feelings of admiration?
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've lived my whole life in NYC + Chicago. As far back as I can remember, I've only ever detested, loathed, despised, abhorred, cursed, reviled or been outright horrified by the mayor. not sure I'm ready for this strange new chapter. what will I even call these unsettling feelings of admiration?
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Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
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“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
Guest Essay: NYU must reject Trump’s coercive ‘compact’ - Washington Square News
Zachary Samalin is the president of NYU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and an associate professor of English. NYU senior leadership should unequivocally reject the “Com...
nyunews.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
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I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
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They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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1st Circuit in Stand with Us v. MIT: "[O]ur Constitution bars the government from forcing a private university to prohibit students from voicing vehement support for, or opposition to, the policies and conduct of the United States and its allies."
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
1st Circuit in Stand with Us v. MIT: "[O]ur Constitution bars the government from forcing a private university to prohibit students from voicing vehement support for, or opposition to, the policies and conduct of the United States and its allies."
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
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Libraries are where kids & adults go to learn, socialize & connect. Now more than ever we need to invest in our public institutions. They are an essential good — the literal stuff of democracy. New Yorkers, please write & demand this budget increase!
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Libraries are where kids & adults go to learn, socialize & connect. Now more than ever we need to invest in our public institutions. They are an essential good — the literal stuff of democracy. New Yorkers, please write & demand this budget increase!
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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I'm excited to share that our first on the record official YES to our demand is Council Member Lynn Schulman of District 29!!!! If Council Member Schulman is your representative, please thank her for supporting our public libraries.
nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm excited to share that our first on the record official YES to our demand is Council Member Lynn Schulman of District 29!!!! If Council Member Schulman is your representative, please thank her for supporting our public libraries.
nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
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Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc
Master Plan
Step 1. Arrive
Step 2. Steal jewels
Step 1. Arrive
Step 2. Steal jewels
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Master Plan
Step 1. Arrive
Step 2. Steal jewels
Step 1. Arrive
Step 2. Steal jewels
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U of Arizona says NO to the Compact: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
president.arizona.edu
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
U of Arizona says NO to the Compact: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
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In the richest city in America, we cannot simply accept that 500,000 kids go to bed hungry every night.
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In the richest city in America, we cannot simply accept that 500,000 kids go to bed hungry every night.
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CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university system and an engine of social mobility for the city's working class.
But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.
But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.
Cuomo’s controversial CUNY record resurfaces as affordability concerns dominate mayor’s race
Advocates, union leaders and lawmakers have criticized his previous push to cut state aid.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university system and an engine of social mobility for the city's working class.
But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.
But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.
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Just over one year after launching my own walking tour company, my work now has a feature profile in THE NATION:
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City
Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Just over one year after launching my own walking tour company, my work now has a feature profile in THE NATION:
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.
October 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.
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WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
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Remember that as a professor you can be a member of @aaup.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Remember that as a professor you can be a member of @aaup.org
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⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
knightcolumbia.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
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An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."