The state: Its historic role - Peter Kropotkin

Famous Russian anarchist Prince Peter Kropotkin's classic work on the state and its function in society.

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Very Ralph Steadman like, I

Very Ralph Steadman like, I dig the illustration alot

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October 9, 2009

There are more in subsequent

There are more in subsequent chapters, one of our users did them for us

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October 9, 2009

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