Treyf Podcast

50 Irena Klepfisz

On this episode, we spoke with Irena Klepfisz. Irena is a writer, a poet, an activist, a lesbian feminist, a teacher, a researcher, and a movement elder. We talked with Irena about her experience being born in the Warsaw Ghetto to Bundist parents, her role in founding the Jewish Women’s Committee to End the Occupation, her years of work in the lesbian feminist movement in NYC, and her thoughts on the ways Jewish history is taught today. Show notes & full transcript: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2021/02/23/50-irena-klepfisz

49 The General Jewish Labour Bund Pt 3

The final episode in our series on the Jewish Labour Bund! We first spoke with David Slucki about the ways the organization was reimagined after the Holocaust, with Bund chapters scattered around the world. We then spoke with Molly Crabapple about the Bund’s different legacies & what the symbol of the Bund can mean for different people today. Special thanks to JB Brager for the art we’re using for the series! Show notes & full transcript here: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2020/12/13/49-the-general-jewish-labour-bund-pt-3

In the Streets: 1492 Land Back Lane

For this instalment of In the Streets, we spoke with Skyler Williams, spokesperson for 1492 Land Back Lane, an ongoing land reclamation effort on Six Nations territory. We talked about the recent solidarity day of action, the settler backlash that’s emerged, and the relationship between this struggle and the 2006 reclamation of Kanonhstaton. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2020/10/17/1492-land-back-lane

48 The General Jewish Labour Bund Pt 2

The second episode of our series on the Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist movement founded in the late 1890s. On this episode, we spoke with Jack Jacobs about the Jewish Labour Bund during the interwar period in Poland. We talked about the Bund's widespread support during this period, its approach to Secularism, Zionism, Doykeit, and its many different auxiliary organizations. Show notes & full transcript here: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2020/09/08/48-the-general-jewish-labour-bund-pt-2 Special thanks to JB Brager for the art we're using for the series!

47 Ashanti Alston

Ashanti Alston is an anarchist, a prison abolitionist, and a former member of the Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army. He was a political prisoner for over a decade and continues to work with the Jericho Movement to free all political prisoners. We talked with Ashanti about his life, his political work, state repression, prison abolition, and his thoughts on the current political moment. Show Notes: shorturl.at/sT567