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The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7d

join the SoCal Jewish Bund (or any bund really)! help decolonize Judaism, help decolonize the world, and help liberate us all! tinyurl.com/socalbund

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 34m

It’s not just “the cruelty is the point”

It’s that the spectacle of debating the cruelty to “raise awareness” without the voice of the targets at humans contributes to the dehumanization

and is IN AND OF ITSELF AN ACT OF FASCISM

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 33m

“Sydette are you saying that everytime a white person tries to speak on this they should be including someone directly affected”

YES .

Now more than ever. Especially when discussing Chicago. And immigrants EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Jun 10

Good Jewish people have always spoken out about the RW Zionist oppression of Palestine.
Albert Einstein wanted a peaceful coexistence of Jews & Palestinians.
He opposed the violence now being done even worse by RW forces under the cloak of retribution in Gaza
In 1948 he & others called them Fascists

4x s/s of Letter to the New York Times:
New Palestine Party: Visit of Menachem Begin and Aims of Political Movement Discussed
To the Editors of the New York Times:
Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the "Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine.
The current visit of Menachem Begin, leader of this party, to the United States is obviously calculated to give the impression of American support for his party in the coming Israeli elections, and to cement political ties with conservative Zionist elements in the United States. Several Americans of national repute have lent their names to welcome his visit. It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout the world, if correctly informed as to Mr. Begin's political record and perspectives, could add their names and support to the movement he represents.
Before irreparable damage is done by way of financial contributions, public manifestations in Begin's behalf, and the creation in Palestine of the impression that a large segment of America supports Fascist elements in Israel, the American public must be informed as to the record and objectives of Mr. Begin and his movement.

https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948

The public avowals of Begin's party are no guide whatever to its actual character. Today they speak of freedom, democracy and anti-imperialism, whereas until recently they openly preached the doctrine of the Fascist state. It is in its actions that the terrorist party betrays its real character; from its past actions we can judge what it may be expected to do in the future.
Attack on Arab Village
A shocking example was their behavior in the Arab village of Deir Yassin. This village, off the main roads and surrounded by Jewish lands, had taken no part in the war, and had even fought off Arab bands who wanted to use the village as their base. On April 9 (THE NEW YORK TIMES), terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village, which was not a military objective in the fighting, killed most of its inhabitants240 men, women, and childrenand kept a few of them alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem. Most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish Agency sent a telegram of apology to King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. But the terrorists, far from being ashamed of their act, were proud of this massacre, publicized it widely, and invited all the foreign correspondents present in the country to view the heaped corpses and the general havoc at Deir Yassin.
The Deir Yassin incident exemplifies the character and actions of the Freedom Party.

Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of ultranationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority. Like other Fascist parties they have been used to break strikes, and have themselves pressed for the destruction of free trade unions. In their stead they have proposed corporate unions on the Italian Fascist model.
During the last years of sporadic anti-British violence, the IZL and Stern groups inaugurated a reign of terror in the Palestine Jewish community. Teachers were beaten up for speaking against them, adults were shot for not letting their children join them. By gangster methods, beatings, window-smashing, and wide-spread robberies, the terrorists intimidated the population and exacted a heavy tribute.
The people of the Freedom Party have had no part in the constructive achievements in Palestine. They have reclaimed no land, built no settlements, and only detracted from the Jewish defense activity. Their much-publicized immigration endeavors were minute, and devoted mainly to bringing in Fascist compatriots.

Discrepancies Seen
The discrepancies between the bold claims now being made by Begin and his party, and their record of past performance in Palestine bear the imprint of no ordinary political party. This is the unmistakable stamp of a Fascist party for whom terrorism (against Jews, Arabs, and British alike), and misrepresentation are means, and a "Leader State" is the goal.
In the light of the foregoing considerations, it is imperative that the truth about Mr. Begin and his movement be made known in this country. It is all the more tragic that the top leadership of American Zionism has refused to campaign against Begin's efforts, or even to expose to its own constituents the dangers to Israel from support to Begin.
The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly presenting a few salient facts concerning Begin and his party; and of urging all concerned not to support this latest manifestation of fascism.
ISIDORE ABRAMOWITZ, HANNAH ARENDT, ABRAHAM BRICK, RABBI JESSURUN CARDOZO, ALBERT EINSTEIN, HERMAN EISEN, M.D., HAYIM FINEMAN, M. GALLEN, M.D., H.H. HARRIS, ZELIG S. HARRIS, SIDNEY HOOK, FRED KARUSH, BRURIA KAUFMAN, IRMA L. LINDHEIM, NACHMAN MAISEL, SEYMOUR MELMAN, MYER D. MENDELSON, M.D., HARRY M. OSLINSKY, SAMUEL PITLICK, FRITZ ROHRLICH, LOUIS P. ROCKER, RUTH SAGIS, ITZHAK SANKOWSKY, I.J. SHOENBERG, SAMUEL SHUMAN, M. SINGER, IRMA WOLFE, STEFAN WOLFE.
New York, Dec. 2, 1948

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It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 19h

I’m one of the people who lost everything.
83% destroyed is not just a number — it’s my home, my street, my life.
We didn’t need a nuclear bomb to be erased…
Now they talk about "rebuilding."
But no one asks how we’re surviving in tents, cold and hungry.

Help us survive

gofund.me/f116bf44

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Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · 7h

thank you to all my allies who call out antisemitism but for fucks sake use the words antisemitism/antisemite without a hyphen

Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · Jun 1

jfc for the people in the back...

antisemitism is anti-Jewishness

"anti-semitism" is itself an antisemitic term invented to create a fake ethnic group defined by speakers of Semitic languages that aren't all Jewish to co-opt anti-Jewishness as a broader form of oppression against non-Jews

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1h

People who think they are good at using LLM's are little different than people who think they are good at driving while drunk, except that in the former case almost half the US economy is tied up in a cargo cult of telling them they are right.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1h

Please share! Still here because we STILL need to keep hope alive:

Single mom Mai is STILL malnourished, still needs to return north, still needs shelter, still needs winter clothes for her kids.

12 hours left ⚠️ 260/1000 AND!!! we’ll match 175. Give/find her link here. chuffed.org/project/hope...

A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle” decorated with a red watercolor poppy. Text: Six families are completely starting over—amidst their grief and pain, they have lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and must still seek food and shelter. Help them start over and continue to survive this life-and-death situation. https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 23h

substack.com/@sobiaquazi/...

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La Fleur Sauvage🪻🌻💐🏳️‍🌈 @lafleursauvage.net · 16h

I really really hate the "no ware but a class war" whenever an issues impacting marginalized people who are not cishet and white comes up.

"Like, I hear you. Your issue doesn't matter though, only the social oppression of the masses... no I am not participating in the that, why do you say that?"

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 17h

White people on the left seriously act like people of color made up racism to sow division & if we can just get in line & absolve them of their privilege we can all get back to the class war.

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Count Dad-joke-ula @dmuma.bsky.social · 19h

I know changing your language is difficult, but the effort you take to minimize and eliminate gendered words and phrases can make the world of difference for people who need to see allyship in the world.

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The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Me too... we have to spot each other and rotate the front lines better I think. But we also need coordination for that, and coordinating Jews of any kind is, well, a process...

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

And yes these empires are also controlled now by religious fanatics, but the justifications they use still are just straight Victorian racial phrenology.

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Look, forcing people to be associated with land is 19th century racism, a theory not in small part invented to provide a secular justification for Jew hate. Israel is secular for the same reasons, it's a secular land reserved for secular Jews that support the secular empire.

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The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Ah yes non-Jewish leftists deciding who is and isn't Jewish and asking why the fuck we didn't colonize anywhere else offered to us by citing Gabor Mate is certainly on brand.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

Gaza Palestinians not Gazans. West Bank Palestinians not West Bankers. Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, not Israeli Arabs.

Decolonize your language.

Say Palestine. Say Palestinians.

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The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

What specifically about this? I’m familiar with it.

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Help our friend out! We can’t end the empire overnight but we can send Saed cash instantly!

Saed. 🍉 @ps-saed-98.bsky.social · 16h

I returned to our home and found it completely destroyed. My family and I are now homeless and will be living in tents. I am heartbroken by what happened to us. My heart broke when I saw our home. 😔💔

I need you now. Don't forget to support us through GFM to restore some hope.

gofund.me/a0a540b8

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Only one speaks Yiddish.

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Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · 8h

there are exactly two Mels in hollywood and they are polar opposites

ones the most magnificent Jewish comedic mind of our generation, and the others a fuckin nazi

Stephanie ghost of Stephanie @pagnificent.bsky.social · 8h

Geezus I read this as Mel Gibson and I was gonna have questions

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The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Especially the reliance on a land to be Jewish… that’s pure 19th century nationalism there, a theory constructed in large part to provide a secular antisemitism.

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Sort of but not quite. That’s the leftist anti anti Zionist take but it’s just as deficient in tying facts together into an actual history.

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

Sup, yid? (וואס מאכט א ייד, a normal Yiddish greeting)

The SoCal International Jewish Bund, antifa proud @info.socalbund.org · 7h

“Dude named Adam” is my neobundist band name

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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 13h

Its a ponzi scheme.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15h

the more I read about the promises OpenAI has made, the more disgusted I am. They've promised to deploy 10GW of Broadcom chips *by the end of 2029*, a chip that has yet to tape out, in data centers yet to be planned or funded or the power acquired. We are in a black hole of ethics and good sense.

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