‘Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor’
Fuelled by anger at injustice and optimism about humankind’s ability to make a better, truly communal society, the anarchist writings of Peter Kropotkin have influenced radicals the world over, from nineteenth-century workers to today’s activists.
One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 24/09/2020
Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Anarchist Communism
By Peter Kropotkin
Review by Liam
A great deal of emphasis is placed on reading classic texts of left-wing politics, such as Capital and On Authority, but comparatively little attention is given to Anarchist thought and its academic value.
This title was first published well over a century ago, yet its thesis of a collective democratic future still holds a great deal of relevance to our modern struggles with authoritarianism and class struggle.
The way in which Kropotkin formulates and expresses his ideas is surprisingly readable, making this an illuminating read. Informative both of Kropotkin’s contemporary challenges and of our own.
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