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Peter Kropotkin 
The Conquest of Bread 

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The Conquest of Bread  also known colloquially as
The Bread
Book , is an 1892 book by the Russian anarcho-communist
Peter Kropotkin . Originally written in French, it first appeared as a series of articles in the anarchist journal
Le Révolté . It was first published in Paris with a preface by Élisée Reclus, who also suggested the title. Between 1892 and 1894, it was serialized in part in the London journal Freedom, of which Kropotkin was a co-founder.



In the work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism and why he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity. He goes on to propose a more decentralized economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, asserting that the tendencies for this kind of organization already exist, both in evolution and in human society.



The Conquest of Bread has become a classic of political anarchist literature. It was heavily influential on both the Spanish Civil War and the Occupy movement.




Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842[ – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activist who advocated anarcho-communism.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9791222021737 ● File size 1.2 MB ● Publisher Passerino ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8701574 ● Copy protection without

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