Blogged: CODECON #Žilina
I've just been deep down one of those Internet rabbit holes.
The Interhelpo project in (what is now) Kyrgyzstan was set up as a utopian society by Czechoslovak people who travelled by train - that took about a month - from Žilina - where I was last month.
It's a fascinating story of dreams, hopes, success, and crushing defeat.
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/kyrgyzstan-bishkek-interhelpo-co-operative-soviet-union-utopia