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thing at a critical time when it was needed most...Think of The Bund
as a coalition, a movement, people power at its best."]
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PORTSIDE CULTURE

THE BUND: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF JEWISH LABOUR RESISTANCE  
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Henry Chamberlain
September 24, 2023
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_ "The Bund was a phenomenal uprising of people doing the right thing
at a critical time when it was needed most...Think of The Bund as a
coalition, a movement, people power at its best." _

The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance, Between the
Lines - Books without bosses since 1977

 

This graphic novel, or history, (call it whatever you like! It’s
comics!) runs with its theme right out of the gate with a sense of
urgency that embraces the reader all the way through to the very last
page.  

The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance
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Sharon Rudahl (Author); Paul Buhle (Editor); Michael Kluckner
(Artist).
Between the Lines Press; 144 pp.
Paperback:  $25.95 (from AK Press)
Released: September 19, 2023
ISBN-13: 9781771136365

Think of The Bund as a coalition, a movement, people power at its
best. It was there to help people in need, people who happened to be
Jewish and living by a thread. Let’s focus on the region, as it
could not be more relevant. This is what was known as “The Pale,”
what is now Poland and Ukraine. Let’s focus on the era. This is
circa 1900 to 1940, covering Tsarist Russia into World War II. The
Bund was a Jewish labor resistance movement that pushed back on its
oppressors, namely Russia and Nazi Germany; and that cultivated and
celebrated a Jewish identity, specifically in nurturing the Yiddish
language and tradition. This book provides a history and insights into
The Bund. And, if it makes you think of Bundt cake, you are on the
right track: a metaphor for a strong and sturdy collective.  

What is very exciting to me about this graphic novel is how it is put
together as a vehicle to educate while also mindful of keeping the
reader engaged. The artwork is pared down to the essentials, for the
most part, with the added artistic flourish where needed. I can’t
stress enough how important it is to include some personality even in
the most straightforward graphic storytelling. If an artist is capable
of it, well, go to it. Clearly, Michael Kluckner is in command of a
compelling and expressive line.

The individuals behind this book are a creative dream team. The goal
here is to provide an entry point, a doorway, into further study or a
highly accessible overview. That is what this book does with Sharon
Rudahl leading the way as the author. Rudahl is a veteran cartoonist,
to say the least, who intimately understands what the comics medium
can do. Rudahl is many things, including a passionate activist, along
with the book’s esteemed editor, Paul Buhle. In fact, Rudahl and
Buhle have a long and productive professional history, highlighted by
working together on the Yiddish anthology, _Yiddishkeit: Jewish
Vernacular and the New Land_, published by Abrams in 2011. So, one can
see this new book as a continuation of what was achieved with that
landmark anthology.  

The overriding theme to this book is how The Bund reached out and put
itself in the places it needed to be, achieving time and time again
the “hereness” that was so desperately called upon. The Bund was
HERE! It met the moment, did what it could, and now lives on in
spirit. Here we have a book introducing readers to the leaders of The
Bund, such as Pati Kremer and Bernard Goldstein. For the first time,
we have a concise visual narrative of this highly significant Jewish
history. All in all, this visual narrative encapsulates essential
history that will inspire new generations.  This graphic history
meets the moment in its own way, and helps return The Bund to the here
and now.

_[HENRY CHAMBERLAIN [[link removed]] is an American
blogger, writer and artist known for his writing on comics and his own
work in comics. Henry goes back to the Seattle comics scene in the
‘90s. He has curated numerous art shows and provided the first art
show for a number of Seattle artists. As a freelance illustrator and
writer, his work has appeared in various venues including Poopsheet
Foundation, Comic Book Bin, Newsarama, Rivet, Geekweek, and Comic Book
Artist. Henry has many years of experience covering art, fiction, pop
culture, and particuarly the comics medium. Find a lot of his writing
on comics and various other themes right here at ComicsGrinder.com
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* The Bund
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* socialism
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* Jewish community
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* Jewish ghetto
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* anti-Semitism
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* Europe
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* Russia
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* Poland
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* Ukraine
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* Czarist Russia
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* pogroms
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