History
Jews in the American Labor Movement: The Bundist Legacy
What Bundist influence on American labor history can teach a new generation of Jewish workers
Essay
An Open Letter to Dr. Nissim Yaakov Malul
Once, your advocacy for Arabic and rejection of separatism inspired me to discover my Arabness and commit to Palestinian liberation. Now, your history is a reminder that true solidarity with Palestinians means co-resistance, not coexistence.
Review
New Lessons for Old Truths: Molly Crabapple's "Here Where We Live Is Our Country"
By making the full and long-dormant history of the Bund readily accessible to lay readers both Jewish and not, Crabapple gives us another battering ram with which to demolish the hegemony of Zionist delusion.
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.
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.
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.
History
Introducing The ‘Tuers’: Translations from Doyres Bundistn, Part 3: Anne Braude-Heller
The doctor-activist is often publicly remembered for her heroism in the Warsaw Ghetto, and less for her political activity with the Bund before 1940.
History
For a Bundist Chanukah (the Best-Worst Jewish Holiday)
We can think of the struggles that might have been left out of history, so that new struggles can make history today.
History
Manifesto of the General Jewish Workers’ Union (Bund) in Poland
Baited by Polish nationalism and scoffed at by Jewish nationalism, the Bund never grew tired of calling upon the Jewish masses; ‘‘Do not succumb to despair; do not surrender to any feeling of panic!’’
History
Word on the street is…
An article by Philadelphia shul teacher Shloyme Davidman reveals the extent to which secular Yiddish shuls were embedded in in the everyday lives and struggles of the working class.