Essay
Against Spectacle: Art and Truth in Times of Genocide
We need more artists, now more than ever, to recover their sense of militancy.
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Interview
Jewish Anarchist Publishing with Circle Aleph
Circle Aleph aims to reimagine Jewishness outside of statist terms, rather than folding to false promises of safety by the same powerful people and institutions that work against us.
Essay
A Liberatory Supplement for Your Passover Seder from the NYC Bund
Exodus is a liberation story so powerful that it was removed from the Bibles published for the Christian conversion of Africans enslaved in America for fear it would encourage uprisings.
Essay
Diasporism in Unfavorable Demographic Conditions: Thoughts on Joshua Leifer’s "Tablets Shattered"
In his new book, Joshua Leifer argues that the "demographic reality" of Israel has made neo-Bundist diasporism obsolete. Doing so leads to a submitting acceptance of the Zionist 'negation of the diaspora' and an inability to adequately address the reality of Israel's crimes.
Essay
War and Basketball
The NBA’s investments expose how even the most mundane facets of American life, now entangled in speculative finance, enable warfare
History
Purim Offers Us the Power to Mock the Powerful
Satire is one of the great weapons of the oppressed. When employed correctly, it has the power to evict the powerful from their palaces of authority and expose them as the pathetic and paranoid creatures that they are.
History
How I Rescued Vladeck
An encounter with Baruch Charney Vladeck, one of Jewish labor history's most notorious figures.
Music
Diaspora Hymn
Isabel Frey imagines new Yiddish Bundist lyrics to Hatikva, the national anthem of Israel.
History
The Socialist Uprising in Austria
A translation of the writing of Henryk Ehrlich in honor of the anniversary of the Austrian Civil War.
History
The Bund and Colonialism - The Perspective of Wiktor Alter
Writings by Bundist leader Wiktor Alter and a 1931 resolution endorsed by the Bund shed light on Bundist political thought on imperialism and colonialism.
Essay
How traditional Jewish grief ritual can serve us as radicals
I couldn't find Jewish grief resources that reflected my values, so I created my own.
Essay
Doikayt in Oakland: Putting the Pieces Together
Bundist ideas inspired new traditions rooted in Jewish culture, history, and values in NorCal.