Today in Labor History May 5, 1882: Sylvia Pankhurst was born on this day. Plankhurst was a leader of the English women's suffrage movement. She was also a left (council) communist and follower of Anton Pannekoek. In her “Constitution for British Soviets,” she argued that "Mothers and … organizers of the family life of the community [should] be adequately represented, and … take their due part in the management of society [through] a system of household Soviets..."

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Today: Putin lancia la "tregua unilaterale" con Zelensky, niente guerra 8 e 9 maggio: c'è la parata della vittoria da celebrare

Le forze militari russe osserveranno un cessate il fuoco unilaterale l'8 e il 9 maggio in coincidenza con la "giornata della vittoria", la storica parata con cui in Russia si celebra la vittoria delle forze sovietiche sui nazisti durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Così ha deciso Vladimir Putin...

Putin launches the "unilateral truce" with Zelensky, no war on May 8th and 9th: there’s the victory parade to celebrate.

Russian military forces will observe a unilateral ceasefire on May 8th and 9th, coinciding with “Victory Day,” the historic parade in Russia that celebrates the victory of Soviet forces over the Nazis during World War II. This was decided by Vladimir Putin…

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https://www.today.it/mondo/tregua-unilaterale-russia-ucraina-parata-9-maggio-putin-zelensky.html

Putin lancia la "tregua unilaterale", niente guerra 8 e 9 maggio ma Zelensky rilancia: "Cessate il fuoco nei giorni 5 e 6"

Il Cremlino ha minacciato rappresaglie missilistiche sul centro di Kiev in caso di attacchi ucraini per la parata della vittoria. Per il...

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Read The Dark Side of the Earth. It is an *excellent* work of popular history. And important. It is *hard* for people today to understand what the #Soviet Union was, or how weird it was from our POV. Helps you understand why #communist officials once investigated seriously if Lenin was a mushroom.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mkzea7nf2c2n
There's a prescient warning about this at the end of Nurkse's "Empire of the Absurd", which is one of the most darkly hilarious books I've read and IMHO necessary reading for anyone interested in the #USSR / #Soviet #Union

Agi: Cos'è e a cosa serve la Comunità Politica Europea

AGI - La Comunita' Politica Europea è un forum informale istituito nel 2022, dopo l'invasione russa dell'Ucraina, su impulso del presidente francese Emmanuel Macron. L'obiettivo è allargare la rete diplomatica dell'Unione Europea allo scopo di dimostrare che Mosca e il suo alleato bielorusso sono sempre più isolati anche all'interno della tradizionale sfera d'influenza del Cremlino. Tra le 47 nazioni che fanno parte della Comunità non vi sono infatti solo i microstati troppo piccoli per trovar spazio tra i 27 - come Andorra, San Marino o il Liechtenstein - e i Paesi balcanici candidati all'adesione ma anche Armenia, Azerbaigian e Georgia, oltre alla Turchia, oggi un peso massimo della diplomazia, e alla stessa Ucraina. Lo scopo di questi summit non è prendere decisioni ma costruire un nuovo spazio di dialogo e cooperazione in grado di consentire scambi tra cancellerie che non hanno frequente occasione di un confronto faccia a faccia. L'ambizione è nondimeno tracciare i confini di quella che sara' l'Europa di domani, se non di dopodomani, "piu' sovrana", come ha detto Macron atterrando ieri nella capitale armena.
È particolarmente significativo che l'ottavo vertice della Comunita' Politica Europea si svolga a Erevan. Il rifiuto di Mosca di intervenire a sostegno dell'Armenia nello scontro con l'Azerbaigian per il Nagorno-Karabakh, nonostante sulla carta la Russia e l'ex repubblica sovietica facciano parte di un'alleanza difensiva, ha provocato un deciso raffreddamento dei rapporti tra i due Paesi.
Il percorso armeno verso l'Europa
Pur cercando di non irritare il presidente russo Vladimir Putin, il primo ministro armeno Nikol Pashinyan ha infatti avviato il cammino verso un'adesione all'Unione Europea che potrebbe richiedere decenni.

What is it and what does the European Political Community serve for?

AGI - The European Political Community is an informal forum established in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the urging of French President Emmanuel Macron. The aim is to expand the diplomatic network of the European Union in order to demonstrate that Moscow and its Belarusian ally are increasingly isolated, even within the traditional sphere of influence of the Kremlin. Among the 47 nations that make up the Community are not only the microstates too small to find space among the 27 – such as Andorra, San Marino, or Liechtenstein – and the Balkan countries vying for accession, but also Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as Turkey, today a major weight in diplomacy, and Ukraine itself. The purpose of these summits is not to make decisions, but to build a new space for dialogue and cooperation that can enable exchanges between chancelleries that rarely have the opportunity for face-to-face contact. The ambition is nonetheless to define the boundaries of what will be Europe tomorrow, if not the day after, “more sovereign,” as Macron said upon landing yesterday in the Armenian capital.

It is particularly significant that the eighth summit of the European Political Community takes place in Yerevan. The refusal of Moscow to intervene in support of Armenia in the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, despite the fact that Russia and the former Soviet republic are, in theory, part of a defensive alliance, has provoked a decisive cooling of relations between the two countries.

The Armenian Path to Europe

Despite trying not to irritate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has nevertheless begun the journey towards accession to the European Union, which could take decades.

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https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-04/comunita-politica-europea-yerevan-36877021/

The Hidden History of a British Female Photographer Turned Soviet Agent

She was a leading British documentary photographer - and a Soviet agent.

PetaPixel

Reaching for the stars: enduring symbols of Soviet science – in pictures

'The photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a scientific journey through space and time in a book on Soviet scientific institutes'

#photography #science #Soviet #Russia

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/03/symbols-of-soviet-science-in-pictures

Reaching for the stars: enduring symbols of Soviet science – in pictures

The photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a scientific journey through space and time in a book on Soviet scientific institutes

The Guardian
Reaching for the stars: enduring symbols of Soviet science – in pictures

The photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a scientific journey through space and time in a book on Soviet scientific institutes

The Guardian

New draft of cover for next issue of #Vladrushka.
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