Mutual Aid: The Anarchism of Peter Kropotkin

02/23/2011 Jeff Riggenbach

Kropotkin, the founder of anarchist communism, defended the key ideas of libertarianism - social cooperation and rejection of coercion - and was the chief influencer of Murray Bookchin. Kropotkin is one of the half-dozen cases of anarchocommunists that are worth a second look.

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