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Title: The Conquest of Bread

Author: Peter Kropotkin

Release Date: November 9, 2007 [EBook #23428]

Language: English

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The Conquest of Bread

_By_ PETER KROPOTKIN

_Author of "Fields, Factories, and Workshops"
"The Memoirs of a Revolutionist," Etc._

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
VANGUARD PRESS

MCMXXVI

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE MAN (1842-1921):

_Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin_, revolutionary and scientist, was
descended from the old Russian nobility, but decided, at the age of
thirty, to throw in his lot with the social rebels not only of his own
country, but of the entire world. He became the intellectual leader of
Anarchist-Communism; took part in the labor movement; wrote many books
and pamphlets; established _Le Revolte_ in Geneva and _Freedom_ in
London; contributed to the _Encyclopedia Britannica_; was twice
imprisoned because of his radical activities; and twice visited America.
After the Bolshevist revolution he returned to Russia, kept himself
apart from Soviet activities, and died true to his ideals.

THE BOOK:

_The Conquest of Bread_ is a revolutionary idyl, a beautiful outline
sketch of a future society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. It
is, in Kropotkin's own words, "a study of the needs of humanity, and of
the economic means to satisfy them." Read in conjunction with the same
author's "Fields, Factories and Workshops," it meets all the
difficulties of the social inquirer who says: "The Anarchist ideal is
alluring, but how could you work it out?"

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OUR RICHES 1

II. WELL-BEING FOR ALL 12

III. ANARCHIST COMMUNISM 23

IV. EXPROPRIATION 34

V. FOOD 47

VI. D