Kropotkin’s “The Conquest of Bread” Today; Anarchist Political Economics

by Wayne Price

For forty years, Peter Kropotkin (1842—1921) was active in the anarchist movement. “Kropotkin…was the chief exponent of the ideas of the European anarchist movement, which for the most part, only developed after Bakunin’s death.” (Cahm 1989; p. ix) One of his most well-known books was The Conquest of Bread. Written clearly and understandably, it laid out his program of anarchist-communism and is still widely read throughout the world.

ASR 92 (Summer 2025)

From Anarcho-Syndicalist Review

ASR 92 (Summer 2025) is at the printer, and we hope to start mailing copies to subscribers this weekend. This issue features articles on a recent labor conference of building mass strikes, anarchism & expertise, Britain's syndicalist revolt (1910-1914), resistance to Trump, mutual aid, and more. The table of contents is on our website.

ASR 86 (Spring 2023)

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ASR 86 is, at long last, at the printer. Copies should begin arriving next week. This issue explores the opportunities facing the labor movement and the dangers of squandering them if U.S. unions continue down the same path that has led to 19th century unionization rates, examines the role of general strikes, looks at the dangers both to the earth and to workers in Tar Sand exploitation, and reviews recent books on American autocracy, women in the Mexican revolution, Stalinism in the United States, and the demand that we become passionate about our work.

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