Evan Cofsky Bundism as an alternative to Zionism Freedom Advocacy Network August 13, 2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

Evan Cofsky Bundism as an alternative to Zionism Freedom Advocacy Network August 13, 2025

Links: https://socalbund.blogspot.com/ https://www.antisemitismcurriculum.or... (Real intersectional Antisemitism curriculum) https://jewishbund.org/ https://www.derspekter.org/ Notes: The Bund started the same year in 1898, coincidentally the same year as the start of Zionism Their plan was at the time to petition England to migrate to Palestine Ottoman empire was less violent than Europe - but only allowed Jews to do specific trades like money lending, mercantilism There were many violent pogroms murdering entire Jewish villages in Europe around this time Bundism and Zionism were formed to fight this repression Mainstream Jewish thought was that Jews would be invited to Palestine without taking over Palestine Bundism: Our land is wherever we are - these are our cities - these are our places. Doikayt: hereness - living here - vs Dorkayt: thereness aka Zionism Labour Unions in early 1900s were armed Zionism: There is violence here, send us somewhere else Zionism has contradictory nature of believing that Palestine belongs to Jews yet were not religious The British actually believed that if they supported Jews, then the Jews all over the world would support Britian - even though they were just 30-40 million Jews Zionists started terrorising Palestinians - including Jews in Palestine Jews ended up being considered “first class race” Britain did its usual divide and conquer thing Hitler started rounding up the Jews and putting them in concentration camps - and did it with support from European - this was in the early 1930s Britian: What are we going to do about the Jewish refugees? They didn’t like the, started sending them to Palestine Jews were running away from the problems of Europe The Bund did fight back - they were responsible for many of the uprising including the Warsaw uprising - and Germany destroyed the entire ghetto to stop the uprising Zionists in Palestine only wanted the “whitest” Jews Havara agreement, Zionist and Nazis agreement 40,000 Jews from Germany moved to Palestine - were moved to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, etc. 200-300,000 Jews were sent back to ghettos, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara... Why does it seem like Jews are silent? It’s scary - Evan has personally been getting death threats and weird unsolicited packages Stalin stopped Germany Stalin in many ways was sympathetic to Jews Soviet Union was built on equality - it gets a lot of hate from the West because they were the enemy - Stalin didn’t want people to be subjected to state violence - but committed state violence to ironically achieve that goal There were and always will be lots of Jews in Russia The Jews that were in Palestine were terrorists Stalin armed the Jews in Palestine - he wanted them to survive Arab nations armed the Palestinians UN in 1948 formed Israel and as it’s first project started “managing” Palestine US setup Israel and neighboring nations to be their proxies Bund members in many parts of the world executed Europe closed it’s borders to Jews - they ended up in Palestine After 1948, Jews in Arab countries dropped dramatically - moving them to Palestine Zionism suppressed Bundism amongst Jews Zionism was almost modelled after aryan style new “race” There were immigration quotas everywhere after the Holocaust Israel still suppresses dissent internally - especially Jews that disagree with Bundism JVP, IfNotNow, etc. except these orgs, almost all Jewish instituions send money via dues to Isarel Modern Bund is trying to build local Jewish communities “where we are” - solving local problems “We don’t work well in a kingdom” We are trying to bring the focus back to where we are One of the biggest problems is that the Empire has setup Zionists to represent Jews Elicia: https://www.derspekter.org/ - International Jewish Labour Bund - has chapters across the US Most active ones are NY, California, Montana, DC and others Melbourne has the oldest Bund Many European groups are also organized under the Bundist flag Bundist groups are strongly aligned with Indigenous groups along with Palestinian solidarity Also connected with local labour groups https://jewishbund.org/ Samantha Member of JVP Trying to get relatives to think about Bundism How do I hold space for people in my life for people who are supportive of genocide Like I wouldn’t invite a Nazi to my hosue Evan: Civil wars are some of the worst wars - families are literally fighting each other There is a gradient of thought - left, right, middle - FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE The idea of excommunication comes up - there is no central Jewish authority to excommunicate people Judaism has a central value of life - “an act that does not preserve life is not Jewish”