Bund Bulletin Volume 1 Issue 1

Dear Bundists,

After many months of delay, the Provisional Steering Committee (PSC) of the

International Jewish Labor Bund has been elected and certified. This finally allows

for decisions to be undertaken by an elected accountable body with a defined

mandate to begin building democratic structures for our movement over the next 3

months.

Following the certification of the results, the PSC held its first official meeting. All

meeting action points and resolutions adopted by the PSC can be found in this folder

on the IJLB Google Drive. We plan to meet weekly, while maintaining contact at all

times in between. If you have any questions regarding what we are up to, please feel

free to message any of us or send an email to psc@jewishbund.org and we promise

to respond within 24 hours.

Rebuilding the Bund as an effective organization that can meet this moment of

immense crisis can not be accomplished by a handful of organizers from above. THE

BUND NEEDS YOU. As outlined in our meetings on June 16 and September 15,

2024 (the latter being when Resolution #1 was adopted) we have decided to

organize six committees which we want your help building:

- Administration

- Communications

- Ideology & Education

- Local Development

- Membership & Onboarding

- Moderation & Mediation

We also encourage you to get involved in building your own local Bundist

organization. Thus far, these have been initiated in: Krakow, NYC, Binghamton,

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia), the Carolinas, Towson

University, Chicago, Montana, New Mexico, Golden Gate/Norcal, SoCal, and

Bellingham. These are autonomous organizational efforts that have a yet undefined

relationship to the democratic leadership structures we are building. We are currently

engaging with local organizers toward the first official meeting of our Local

Development Committee which will be a key point of interconnection as we build up

our organization’s structures. Whether you live near an existing local effort or not, we

hope you’ll stay connected and do not hesitate to reach out to us or your nearest

local to explore how you can get involved. If you aren’t sure how to contact your

nearest local, you can reach us at psc@jewishbund.org and we’ll be happy to help

get you connected.

We are in a moment of unprecedented urgency. The world is burning and the powers

at be are stoking the flames. Fascism is on the rise globally and a rogue state that

claims to be the “Nation-state of the Jewish People” is its vanguard. The Jewish

world needs a revived International Jewish Labor Bund to articulate and advance a

positive vision for the Jewish future. It is our responsibility to organize our

communities to fight with our neighbors for the liberation of all humanity from the

shackles of racism, capitalism, colonialism, and all other tools of oppression.

Don't mourn. Organize!