Kropotkin in the Guardian
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July 3, 2015 at 8:37 am #83754alanjjohnstoneKeymaster
If only we could get such coverage for free access
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/03/anarchism-could-help-save-the-world
Considering the frequency that we use the term "free access" there should be a dedicated pamphlet to the idea.
July 3, 2015 at 12:31 pm #112081AnonymousInactiveRe: Kropotkin, the Times Literary Supplement this week is running a feature on Victorian Darwinism: Huxleyans vs socialists.
July 3, 2015 at 12:46 pm #112082AnonymousInactiveIn fact, to my mind, praise for Huxley by socialists is uncalled for. And did he (this bourgeois apologist) not refuse to sign a petition that others had signed to release Kropotkin from prison?
July 3, 2015 at 1:16 pm #112083DJPParticipantalanjjohnstone wrote:If only we could get such coverage for free accessAll these articles are PR for the brand new Penguin Classics edition of "The Conquest Of Bread"
July 3, 2015 at 2:22 pm #112084ALBKeymasterCouldn't find the reference in the article to "free access". Pity because that's what he did stand for. I notice that it also fails to mention Kropotkin's support for the First World Slaughter. And I thought the IWW was more influenced by anarcho-syndicalism rather than anarcho-communism (which, in the anarchist tradition, have seen themselves as rivals). Enough pedanticism as he was basically a good guy who influenced William Morris and demolished the idea of "labour-time vouchers" (in, in fact, chapter 13 of The Conquest of Bread).Review of a book about his Mutual Aid and TH Huxley here:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2011/no-1279-march-2011/book-reviews-crude-world-mutual-aid-introduction-an
July 4, 2015 at 8:46 am #112085imposs1904ParticipantFrom the archives:What Marx Should Have Said To Kropotkinhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-marx-should-have-said-to-kropotkin.html
July 6, 2015 at 1:11 pm #112086AnonymousInactiveThe social, and not biological, basis of oppression and violence, such as we see in modern capitalism, was also pointed out 100 years before Darwin, by J.J. Rousseau in his Discourse on Inequality. But those who scoff at socialism would also scoff at this.Also, Rousseau speculates (in 1756!) on physiological evolutionary changes, but says honestly that he won`t elaborate upon this since he doesn`t know.
July 10, 2015 at 12:35 pm #112087AnonymousInactiveHuxley vivisected, and came up with garbage. Kropotkin observed, and wrote Mutual Aid! I rest my case.
July 10, 2015 at 2:37 pm #112088ALBKeymasterI'm not in favour of vivisection (far from it, certainly not in its original sense of cutting up animals while they are still alive) but that's not a logical argument.It's about as logical as arguing: Paul Lafargue wrote The Right To Be Lazy and was not against vivisection, therefore vivisection is not bad. This doesn't follow either. And of course there are all sorts of people who didn't vivisect and still came up with garbage …
July 10, 2015 at 8:03 pm #112089james19ParticipantGreat piece, and thanks for the link. I mentioned the Party, Socialism and get the odd dissenter….. Not sure if the person is genuine or GCHQ?Having posted the link, I lost my dissenter, and a few people were very interested in Kropotkin.I was wondering if I could start a thread on Kropotkin? Any ideas? YFS
July 10, 2015 at 9:26 pm #112090james19ParticipantRe- Eugene V. Debs, I found a great picture and comment re, workers and the rich, via occupy on Facebook. Would be great to see it more here?! Not sure re posting it atm.
July 10, 2015 at 9:29 pm #112091james19ParticipantJuly 11, 2015 at 4:22 am #112092AnonymousInactivejames19 wrote:I was wondering if I could start a thread on Kropotkin?Feel free; almost anything would be better than having rocks talk to us.
July 11, 2015 at 12:01 pm #112093AnonymousInactiveALB. Hi. It`s still a fact, though, that everyone who does vivisect comes up with garbage!
July 14, 2015 at 2:41 pm #112094AnonymousInactive"Posture Maketh the Man" by S.J. Gould treats of Engels` "The Part Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man."
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