Philip Ruff
@ruffphilip.bsky.social
Anarchist historian with a weakness for Latvia, good music and things that go bump in the night. Anarhistu vēsturnieks.
Distinguished historian Vestermanis dies aged 100 eng.lsm.lv/article/cult... #Latvia #Baltics
Distinguished historian Vestermanis dies aged 100
The eminent historian, founder and long-time director of the 'Jews in Latvia' museum, Marģers Vestermanis, has died, the museum has announced.
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Any Russian 'little green men' will be neutralised, says Latvian Defence Minister eng.lsm.lv/article/soci... #Latvia #Baltics
Any Russian 'little green men' will be neutralised, says Latvian Defence Minister
Currently, a direct military, conventional Russian attack on NATO is not possible, and stating this is not just an attempt to calm public fears of conflict, Latvian Defence Minister Raivis M...
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Latvian honorary consulate building in Sloviansk destroyed by Russian strike eng.lsm.lv/article/poli... #Ukraine #Latvia
Latvian honorary consulate building in Sloviansk destroyed by Russian strike
On Friday, July 24th, Russia carried out an airstrike on the city of Sloviansk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, which destroyed the building of the Latvian honorary consulate.
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"I want to thank Looby-Loo and Teddy, who have always been there for me" Just to be clear, a leadership election with only one candidate is called a COUP.
Today in 1789, the French Revolution began - 900 revolutionaries and a regiment of French Guards stormed the Bastille in Paris, the symbol of Royal oppression. Poster: a celebration of Bastille Day organised by French anarchist exiles in London, Friday 14 July, 1893.
Happy 250th Birthday, America! 🦝 Celebrating a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic white males who didn't want to pay their taxes.
#OTD 1 July 1876, Michael Bakunin died in Bern, Switzerland, aged only 62. It was Bakunin, in his arguments with Marx, who first defined anarchism as a separate political movement, and not just part of the package-deal-left. I wish more "anarchists" would bother to read him. 🏴
"Peter the Painter, the legendary Latvian anarchist terrorist who defied Winston Churchill and to whom Filips Rufs dedicated a formidable book (available in English and Latvian) is being honoured on France Culture (Radio France)" - Nicolas Auzanneau www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Peter the Painter : qui es-tu ?
Voici un homme célèbre pour : son absence ! Et dont on n'est pas même pas sûr qu’il ait vraiment existé ! Il était letton, anarchiste et voulait tout faire péter. Il s’appelait Peter, Peter the Painte...
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Does Max Stirner lie headless in his grave? freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/26/d... @freedompress.bsky.social
Does Max Stirner lie headless in his grave? - Freedom News
The incredible story of a skull — and a Berlin landmark that survived Nazism and the Cold War ~ Maurice Schuhman ~ In 2006, in response to my…
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Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say Kremlin may attempt to test Nato cohesion as Russia comes under growing pressure from Ukraine, according to sources from two countries www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Latvia #Baltics #Poland
Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say
Kremlin may attempt to test Nato cohesion as Russia comes under growing pressure from Ukraine, according to sources from two countries
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"Līgo" / "Jāņi" is the Midsummer festival, celebrated in Latvia on 23-24 June. In pagan times, Jānis was the God of Summer, fertility, and the Summer Solstice. Christianity demoted him to "Saint John". But the ancient pagan rituals remain in the modern celebrations. Priecīgus Līgo svētkus!
Baltic pro-Russian activists flee to Belarus, embark on propaganda mission www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e... #Baltics
Baltic pro-Russian activists flee to Belarus, embark on propaganda mission
Antanas Kandrotas, who is currently on trial in Lithuania and unexpectedly travelled to Minsk in early May, has surfaced...
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I need to start a new campaign - to keep me out of bookshops! 🧐
New think-tank urges: be more Baltic eng.lsm.lv/article/poli... @edwardlucas.bsky.social #Baltics #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania
New think-tank urges: be more Baltic
With the slogan "Be More Baltic", the "Baltic International Security Centre" (BISC) think-tank was unveiled in Brussels on Wednesday, June 3, Latvian Radio reports.
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And on Bakunin's birthday, don't forget the anarchist fighters in Ukraine who are still resisting Russian military occupation. 🌻
Happy birthday Michael Bakunin, father of modern anarchism, born 30 May, 1814. 🏴
Security experts dismiss media speculation about Russian attack on Baltic states news.err.ee/1610039380/s... #Baltics #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania
Security experts dismiss media speculation about Russian attack on Baltic states
Estonian security experts have dismissed claims circulating in the Western media that Russia is preparing to attack the Baltic states in the near future, arguing the coverage does not critically asses...
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What’s going on in Baltics with falling drones and Russian threats against Latvia? www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl9Z... #Baltics #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania
What’s going on in Baltics with falling drones and Russian threats against Latvia?
YouTube video by Re:Baltica
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Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist
Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist
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I live near the port when I'm in Rīga, so I see these ships roll in. This one is just an accident waiting to happen. eng.lsm.lv/article/econ... #Latvia #Baltics
Biggest cruise ship in Rīga port's history to call on Friday
On Friday, May 22, the Mein Schiff Relax, a ship operated by the German cruise line TUI Cruises, will make its first call at the Port of Rīga. This is the largest cruise ship scheduled to visit this s...
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John Lennon on the cover of the Rolling Stone, 21 January, 1971.
In memoriam: Andrejs Ritins Born, Hamburg, Germany, 14 September, 1946 Died, Canada, 10 May, 2026 RIP 🍃
Happy Mothers' Day, Mum - Winifred Mary Ruff (nee Holloway, 19 June, 1921/ 25 December, 2001) - and to all mums out there. 🌹🥂
