On this day, 8 February 1921, Peter Kropotkin, famous proponent of anarchist-communism, died of pneumonia in Russia. In his life he founded and participated in revolutionary groups in Russia, England, France and Switzerland, and wrote many key texts in the development of anarchist theory. These included Mutual Aid: a Factor in Evolution, which showed how cooperation was a key factor for any successful species, and Fields, Factories and Workshops: a practical model on how a free society, run by the working class, could function.
Works by and about him, including a beautiful new illustrated edition of Mutual Aid with an essay by David Graeber, available here in our online store: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/peter-kropotkinhttps://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1916470735204734/?type=3
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
[ID: a tweet from aj plus featuring a picture of an island beach: A plane carrying mostly Mormon missionaries brought #COVID19 to Kiribati — one of the last places without any outbreaks. Passengers tested positive after arrival on the island nation, which closed borders for 2 years, despite being vaccinated. Cases there are now at least 181.]
Oof I’m seething.
Of-fucking-course it was the people who want to “help” and “bring Jesus to them and save their souls” who brought the plauge to the natives. History loves to repeat itself.
