Peter Kropotkin
Influential Russian anarchist-communist, crucial in the crystallisation of socialist ideas within the international anarchist movement.
The Wage System
FREEDOM PAMPHLETS No. 1.
(New Edition. 1920.)
THE WAGE SYSTEM
BY PETER KROPOTKIN.
Proposed Communist Settlement: a New Colony for Tyneside or Wearside
Proposed Communist Settlement: A New Colony for Tyneside or Wearside
by Peter Kropotkin
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle: February 20, 1985, p4.
Reprinted in Small Communal Experiments and Why They Fail
A number of Communists resident in the North of England have decided to found a settlement somewhat on the lines of Mr. Herbert Mill's home colony at Starnthwaite, but to be conducted on Communistic principles. The Promoters of the scheme are in negotiation for various parcels of land, but have not yet come to a final decision as to the locality in which their camp shall be pitched. We are, however, informed that, unless unforeseen and unanticipated difficulties present themselves at the eleventh hour, the colony will be established either on Tyneside or Wearside, probably the latter. Prince Kropotkin having been invited to become the treasurer of the fund, has returned the following answer:
Anarchist Morality
Written in 1897, this study of the origin and function of what we call "morality" was written for pamphlet publication as a result of an amusing situation. An anarchist who ran a store in England found that his comrades in the movement regarded it as perfectly right to take his goods without paying for them. "To each according to his need" seemed to them to justify letting those who were best able foot the bills. Kropotkin was appealed to, with the result that he not only condemned such doctrine, but was moved to write the comrades this sermon
Communism and Anarchy
Communism and Anarchy
by Peter Kropotkin
Freedom: July (p30)/August (p38) 1901
Reprinted in Small Communal Experiments and Why They Fail
Many Anarchists and thinkers in general, whilst recognising the immense advantages which Communism may offer to society, yet consider this form of social organisation a danger to the liberty and free development of the individual. This danger is also recognised by many Communists, and, taken as a whole, the question is merged in that other vast problem which our century has laid bare to its fullest extent: the relation of the individual to society. The importance of this question need hardly be insisted upon.
Advice to Those About to Emigrate
Advice to Those About to Emigrate
by Peter Kropotkin
Freedom: March 1893 p14
Reprinted in Small Communal Experiments and Why They Fail
The Commune of Paris - Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin's analysis of the Paris Commune, a defining moment in revolutionary history which inspired both Marxist and Anarchist revolutionaries for many years afterwards, and warrants continued attention today
Communism and Anarchy - Peter Kropotkin
Published in Freedom, July and August 1901.
[b]Communism and Anarchy[/b]
[b]by Peter Kropotkin[/b]
Freedom: July (p30)/August (p38) 1901
The Conquest of Bread - Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread", along with his "Fields Factories and Workshops" was the result of his extensive research into industrial and agricultural production; originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1906.
Whereas Marx's main contribution to economics was his analysis of the commodity relationship in Capital - capitalism rather than communism - Kropotkin assesses what would need to be done, and most importantly how, in a communist society.
