By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/06/2026The Bund played an important role in the Russian Revolution and in the resistance to the rise of European fascism, and fought valiantly in the antifascist underground guerrilla bands in Nazi-occupied territories. 4/ 1131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/06/2026Despite this faded prominence, the Bund is all but unknown today. I was only vaguely aware of it, even though I attended seven years' worth of Yiddish classes at the Workmen's Circle, a Bund-originated socialist fraternal organization, and was bar-mitzvahed at a Workmen's Circle hall. 5/ 2141
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/06/2026It wasn't until I read about the Bund in Naomi Klein's essential 2023 book *Doppelganger* that I first caught a glimmer of its significance: pluralistic.net/2023/09/05/n... 6/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Naomi Klein’s “Doppelganger” (05 September 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1100
Just Walkin' 👣 @kenshain.bsky.social · 19/06/2026My grandfather was a member, in a family deeply divided. Still have his song book! 031
