Kropotkin footprint in the history of social and revolutionary movements is undeniable. His works had a profound impact on the revolutions of Russia and Spain. In Mexico his book The Conquest of Bread was a strong influence on the group of anarchists of the Mexican Liberal Party. Ricardo Flores Magon, Praxedis Gilberto Guerrero, Librado Rivera, etc., directly recognized the influence exerted on them by the works of Kropotkin.
Not that the other anarchists are less important. Not at all.
But the work of Kropotkin is especially easy work to understand (perhaps igualable with Berckman and Malatesta), nontechnical or bombastic words.
Staunch critic of Marxism, Kropotkin's work is considered one of the foundations of anarchist communism. Although this does not mean that even before Kropotkin, Malatesta, Cafiero and other comrades defend a form of libertarian communism ...read more