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Dramatic oil painting depicting the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, with the city partially on fire.

Poetry

Ungodly Psalms: Minor Prophecy of Joseph during the Reign of Benjamin

You think the enemy is writhing in pangs of death, but those are birth travails

Black-and-white image of men and women marching with banners in a Bundist rally in Belgium in 1935..

History

Is Zionism a Liberating Democratic Movement?

"Zionism has all along been a Siamese twin of anti- Semitism and every kind of nationalist chauvinism."

A large crowd holding a banner that reads, "make our future" marches through the street with various protest signs

Dispatches

Diaspora Dispatches Vol. 2

In the past several months, Bundists around the world have been actively organizing grassroots educational and cultural events as well as solidarity actions in their respective areas.

Sepia image of a rocky port on the red sea, with two men sitting in the foreground.

Poetry

Ungodly Psalms: Covenant of the Distant Cousins of Israel

Editor's note: this is the third poem in the series "Ungodly Psalms" by Joe Grim Feinberg. Don't miss the previous parts in this series, "Report from the Cowardly Scouts on the Condition of the Land" and "Ten Insubordinations." Our god

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Personal Essay

Bundism Today: A Case for Jewish Autonomist Diasporist Socialism

A case for rebuilding the International Jewish Labor Bund in 2025 -- beyond admiration for its historical legacy.

A drawing based on a concrete impression of a ship at war.

Poetry

Ungodly Psalms: Report from the Cowardly Scouts on the Condition of the Land

This is the second part in a series of poems by Joe Grim Feinberg titled "Ungodly Psalms." Click here for the first part in the series. Lord General! The land up there is fine but deadly. Its valleys may be moist and soft and sweet. Milk indeed flows

An image of two shelves of books on Marx, the Bund, and other related subjects, framed by Bundist flags.

News

From the Cafe Bund Library: An Appeal to Jewish Socialists and Diasporists, Wherever You Are

The Cafe Bund library is seeking contributions of books, pamphlets, zines, and periodicals.

A detailed black-and-white woodcut depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God, surrounded by angels blowing horns.

Poetry

Ungodly Psalms: Ten Insubordinations

The Tanakh is a patchwork of many texts. Why not add another?

News

The IJLB's Provisional Steering Committee: Bund Bulletin #1

The first update from the International Jewish Labor Bund's Provisional Steering Committee laying.

Demonstrators march for migrant rights in London; one banner on the far left reads "fuck racism; Jewdas; daloy politzei."

History

Bundism in Britain: Then and Now

Contrary to popular belief, the Bund was not only active within the borders of European Yiddishland. Whether in Melbourne, Buenos Aires or London, the history of ‘diaspora Bundists’ can teach us about the successes and shortcomings of the movement and its continued relevance and necessity today.

Billboard outside an American synagogue stating "Save Soviet Jews" with a Magen David in chains

Personal Essay

The Soviet Jew

This is a reprint of the introduction to a longer series, called "The Soviet Jew," currently being published on Yasha Levine's Substack, "Weaponized Immigrant." We encourage you to continue reading and support Yasha's work. Intro It was the morning of November 9,

A still image of an illustrated vortex in green, pink, black and purple from "Lyd."

Interview

“A Wound Opened Between Realities”: an interview with Sarah Ema Friedland, co-director of “Lyd”

Director Sarah Ema Friedland discusses imagining a future of collective liberation in Palestine through speculative fiction.

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